June's employment numbers were released, and Northwest Arkansas reported a labor force of over 300,000 for the first time ever.

• Mixed results: NWA had the lowest unemployment rate of the Arkansas metro areas at 2.8%. This was an improvement from June 2021's 3.6% unemployment rate but worse than May 2022's 2.2% rate.
• More jobs: Northwest Arkansas's labor force grew by 4.9% year over year to 300,001, while total employment numbers grew 5.8% to 291,748 jobs.

Read more about Arkansas's jobs numbers HERE.