New Mexico Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 514,000 | - | 5.7 | - |
| 1979 | 520,000 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| 1980 | 520,000 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| 1981 | 537,000 | 3.3 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| 1982 | 541,000 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 2.0 |
| 1983 | 547,000 | 1.1 | 10.2 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 581,000 | 6.2 | 7.5 | -2.7 |
| 1985 | 587,000 | 1.0 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| 1986 | 616,000 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 0.3 |
| 1987 | 622,000 | 1.0 | 8.8 | -0.3 |
| 1988 | 635,000 | 2.1 | 7.8 | -1.0 |
| 1989 | 651,000 | 2.5 | 6.6 | -1.2 |
| 1990 | 661,540 | 1.6 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| 1991 | 674,094 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
| 1992 | 688,763 | 2.2 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| 1993 | 697,828 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| 1994 | 729,322 | 4.5 | 6.3 | -1.4 |
| 1995 | 744,557 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| 1996 | 751,826 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 0.7 |
| 1997 | 768,596 | 2.2 | 6.6 | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 783,661 | 2.0 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| 1999 | 793,052 | 1.2 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| 2000 | 810,024 | 2.1 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| 2001 | 821,003 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | 823,191 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 835,835 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 849,970 | 1.7 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| 2005 | 870,288 | 2.4 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| 2006 | 896,359 | 3.0 | 4.2 | -1.0 |
| 2007 | 912,167 | 1.8 | 3.5 | -0.6 |
| 2008 | 919,466 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 729,649 | 3.4 | 6.7 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 736,409 | 3.0 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 736,540 | 2.2 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 738,230 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
| May | 738,429 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 746,683 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 752,211 | 2.1 | 7.3 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 748,012 | 2.0 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 747,880 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 1.2 |
| Oct | 754,278 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 754,603 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 751,757 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 |
| 1996-Jan | 733,507 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 741,547 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 0.9 |
| Mar | 742,138 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 744,193 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| May | 746,736 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 1.6 |
| Jun | 754,424 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 760,021 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 754,385 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 754,548 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 763,214 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 763,813 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 763,382 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| 1997-Jan | 745,754 | 1.7 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 750,832 | 1.3 | 7.2 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 755,717 | 1.8 | 7.1 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 760,014 | 2.1 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| May | 763,700 | 2.3 | 6.6 | -1.4 |
| Jun | 770,787 | 2.2 | 7.4 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 779,532 | 2.6 | 6.7 | -1.6 |
| Aug | 774,843 | 2.7 | 6.4 | -1.3 |
| Sep | 773,182 | 2.5 | 6.2 | -1.3 |
| Oct | 780,975 | 2.3 | 5.8 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 783,878 | 2.6 | 5.7 | -1.3 |
| Dec | 783,937 | 2.7 | 5.8 | -1.1 |
| 1998-Jan | 767,107 | 2.9 | 6.6 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 773,721 | 3.0 | 6.6 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 775,238 | 2.6 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 779,272 | 2.5 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| May | 780,247 | 2.2 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 786,176 | 2.0 | 7.2 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 791,025 | 1.5 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 784,872 | 1.3 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 786,040 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 791,304 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 793,600 | 1.2 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 795,333 | 1.5 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| 1999-Jan | 780,670 | 1.8 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 783,747 | 1.3 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 785,042 | 1.3 | 5.7 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 787,156 | 1.0 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| May | 788,142 | 1.0 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 795,285 | 1.2 | 6.6 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 798,262 | 0.9 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 794,592 | 1.2 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 794,194 | 1.0 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 800,995 | 1.2 | 5.1 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 803,787 | 1.3 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 804,747 | 1.2 | 4.6 | -0.7 |
| 2000-Jan | 799,382 | 2.4 | 5.1 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 802,236 | 2.4 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 807,448 | 2.9 | 5.1 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 808,589 | 2.7 | 4.7 | -1.0 |
| May | 803,641 | 2.0 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 809,950 | 1.8 | 5.7 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 810,109 | 1.5 | 5.3 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 801,193 | 0.8 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 811,812 | 2.2 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 816,575 | 1.9 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 823,485 | 2.5 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 825,870 | 2.6 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| 2001-Jan | 811,876 | 1.6 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 815,515 | 1.7 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 816,668 | 1.1 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 822,425 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| May | 819,236 | 1.9 | 4.6 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 824,551 | 1.8 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 829,198 | 2.4 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 813,823 | 1.6 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 822,005 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 823,752 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 824,948 | 0.2 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 828,036 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| 2002-Jan | 801,919 | -1.2 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 819,891 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 819,977 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 816,877 | -0.7 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| May | 821,789 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 825,236 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 823,121 | -0.7 | 6.1 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 828,916 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 827,720 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 833,374 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 827,028 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 832,444 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| 2003-Jan | 823,043 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 829,061 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 828,551 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 833,319 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 831,594 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 837,154 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 838,488 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 834,688 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 835,254 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 844,115 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 847,031 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 847,722 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| 2004-Jan | 833,677 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 840,460 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 839,150 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 844,531 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 844,150 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 849,726 | 1.5 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 856,013 | 2.1 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 851,083 | 2.0 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 851,120 | 1.9 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 861,206 | 2.0 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 864,541 | 2.1 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 863,977 | 1.9 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| 2005-Jan | 850,086 | 2.0 | 5.5 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 855,043 | 1.7 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 855,617 | 2.0 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 865,000 | 2.4 | 5.2 | -0.5 |
| May | 865,157 | 2.5 | 5.2 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 870,001 | 2.4 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 876,229 | 2.4 | 5.6 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 874,295 | 2.7 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 875,947 | 2.9 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 884,148 | 2.7 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 885,397 | 2.4 | 4.6 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 886,530 | 2.6 | 4.2 | -0.9 |
| 2006-Jan | 874,655 | 2.9 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 882,355 | 3.2 | 4.8 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 884,472 | 3.4 | 4.3 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 888,446 | 2.7 | 4.3 | -0.9 |
| May | 890,115 | 2.9 | 4.2 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 898,580 | 3.3 | 4.8 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 900,214 | 2.7 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 897,636 | 2.7 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 901,769 | 2.9 | 3.7 | -1.1 |
| Oct | 910,066 | 2.9 | 3.5 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 913,003 | 3.1 | 3.6 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 915,000 | 3.2 | 3.3 | -0.9 |
| 2007-Jan | 898,242 | 2.7 | 3.8 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 903,330 | 2.4 | 3.8 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 906,756 | 2.5 | 3.5 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 905,732 | 1.9 | 3.4 | -0.9 |
| May | 906,450 | 1.8 | 3.3 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 913,715 | 1.7 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 916,529 | 1.8 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 909,922 | 1.4 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 915,032 | 1.5 | 3.2 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 920,977 | 1.2 | 3.2 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 926,049 | 1.4 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 923,273 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| 2008-Jan | 910,941 | 1.4 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 914,995 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 915,186 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 921,295 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 918,140 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 922,978 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 924,674 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 919,072 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 921,666 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 925,160 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 922,975 | -0.3 | 4.4 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 916,511 | -0.7 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| 2009-Jan | 897,996 | -1.4 | 5.2 | 1.5 |
| Feb | 899,122 | -1.7 | 5.7 | 1.9 |
| Mar | 891,352 | -2.6 | 6.0 | 2.3 |
| Apr | 896,244 | -2.7 | 5.7 | 2.2 |
| May | 892,724 | -2.8 | 6.5 | 2.6 |
| Jun | 892,654 | -3.3 | 7.3 | 2.7 |
| Jul | 893,775 | -3.3 | 7.5 | 2.7 |
| Aug | 888,157 | -3.4 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
| Sep | 885,077 | -4.0 | 7.4 | 3.2 |
| Oct | 887,722 | -4.0 | 7.5 | 3.2 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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