Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas Job Growth

There were 365,700 jobs in Little Rock, Arkansas in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 344,759 employed persons for the month. Little Rock lost 1,100 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 1,038 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Little Rock job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	365,700	-1,100	+6,400
CPS	344,759	+1,038	-510

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Little Rock, Arkansas Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Little Rock as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Little Rock, Arkansas

CES employment for Little Rock peaked in September 2018 at 366,800. Since then 1,100 jobs have been lost in Little Rock according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 345,269 for Little Rock in October 2017. 510 jobs have been lost in Little Rock since then according to the household survey. From a April 2018 low of 342,586, Little Rock has added 2,173 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Little Rock, Arkansas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	365,700	-1,100	344,759	1,038
September 2018	366,800	2,100	343,721	286
August 2018	364,700	1,400	343,435	-803
July 2018	363,300	600	344,238	902
June 2018	362,700	900	343,336	627
May 2018	361,800	900	342,709	123
April 2018	360,900	-800	342,586	-1,498
March 2018	361,700	100	344,084	836
February 2018	361,600	1,300	343,248	-273
January 2018	360,300	-1,000	343,521	-1,338
December 2017	361,300	1,000	344,859	-268
November 2017	360,300	1,000	345,127	-142