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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > Massachusetts, New Hampshire > Boston

Boston

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Boston Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
New England Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Oct 2019
Average Energy Prices In Boston-Cambridge-Newton – December 2018 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Brockton-Nashua– 2012 Annual Average Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2013
Consumer Expenditures for the Boston Metropolitan Area: 2015-16 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2018
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2017 Pay News Release Oct 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2019
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — September 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2019
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2019
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2019
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Fatal Work Injuries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton: 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release May 2018
Boston Area Employment — October 2018 Employment News Release Nov 2018
Unemployment in the Boston Area by Division - April 2015 Unemployment News Release Jun 2015
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES FOR SELECTED STEM OCCUPATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS’ METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DIVISIONS – MAY 2015 Pay News Release Dec 2016
test pdf reactor upgrade cds Consumer spending News Release Feb 2020
test pdf reactor upgrade cds Consumer spending News Release Mar 2022
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Economy at a Glance:
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023		 Mar
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,797.3 2,788.2 (p)2,788.2 (p)2,812.5    

Employment(1)

 2,718.3 2,714.3 (p)2,708.2 (p)2,710.8    

Unemployment(1)

 79.0 73.9 (p)80.0 (p)101.7    

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.8 2.7 (p)2.9 (p)3.6    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,846.0 2,860.0 (p)2,851.1      

12-month % change

 4.2 4.6 (p)4.1      

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 135.3 135.4 (p)131.9      

12-month % change

 5.4 5.4 (p)4.6      

Manufacturing(3)

 185.8 185.4 (p)185.9      

12-month % change

 3.4 2.4 (p)2.4      

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 415.5 421.1 (p)427.7      

12-month % change

 3.7 3.7 (p)3.0      

Information(3)

 89.1 89.1 (p)88.8      

12-month % change

 8.3 8.3 (p)6.9      

Financial Activities(3)

 182.2 182.4 (p)183.6      

12-month % change

 1.0 1.4 (p)2.0      

Professional and Business Services(3)

 558.2 559.6 (p)557.1      

12-month % change

 6.0 5.7 (p)5.4      

Education and Health Services(3)

 616.7 623.9 (p)615.4      

12-month % change

 3.9 4.7 (p)3.8      

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 259.8 255.9 (p)255.8      

12-month % change

 9.6 12.3 (p)11.4      

Other Services(3)

 94.4 94.8 (p)94.8      

12-month % change

 0.9 0.5 (p)0.4      

Government(3)

 309.0 312.4 (p)310.1      

12-month % change

 0.4 0.9 (p)0.6      

Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

CPI-U, All items(4)

   320.702   324.270   324.859

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     7.0   6.4   4.7

CPI-W, All items(5)

   321.041   324.042    

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     7.0   6.4    

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary