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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > Massachusetts > Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
New England Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
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
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 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
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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA Economy at a Glance:
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022		 May
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)1,673.2 1,673.6 1,675.1 1,689.2 1,665.4 (p)1,663.5

Employment(1)

 (2)1,614.4 1,603.9 1,617.6 1,637.1 1,618.6 (p)1,614.5

Unemployment(1)

 (2)58.8 69.7 57.6 52.1 46.8 (p)49.0

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.5 4.2 3.4 3.1 2.8 (p)2.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,863.8 1,829.7 1,851.2 1,865.6 1,893.5 (p)1,901.0

12-month % change

 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.7 (p)5.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 75.5 72.7 71.8 72.8 76.0 (p)78.6

12-month % change

 6.2 6.8 5.9 5.5 5.7 (p)6.1

Manufacturing(4)

 76.1 75.4 75.5 76.3 77.1 (p)77.5

12-month % change

 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.4 4.3 (p)4.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 242.5 237.3 237.1 237.5 240.1 (p)240.9

12-month % change

 1.4 2.5 4.0 4.0 4.9 (p)4.4

Information(4)

 65.8 65.2 66.1 66.6 67.6 (p)68.4

12-month % change

 5.4 4.8 5.6 5.4 6.6 (p)7.7

Financial Activities(4)

 149.8 149.4 149.2 149.7 148.5 (p)148.4

12-month % change

 -1.4 -1.3 -1.5 -1.2 -1.8 (p)-2.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

 408.6 404.1 407.6 410.5 419.2 (p)419.8

12-month % change

 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.9 6.4 (p)6.4

Education and Health Services(4)

 434.2 426.5 439.6 445.2 445.4 (p)437.9

12-month % change

 4.4 3.5 4.1 4.7 3.8 (p)3.5

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 154.8 147.0 148.4 151.4 163.0 (p)172.6

12-month % change

 35.7 38.5 34.9 31.8 28.0 (p)26.4

Other Services(4)

 62.6 61.3 62.1 62.1 63.1 (p)62.7

12-month % change

 9.8 8.9 9.9 8.0 8.0 (p)6.3

Government(4)

 193.9 190.8 193.8 193.5 193.5 (p)194.2

12-month % change

 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.7 -0.1 (p)-0.1

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

CPI-U, All items(5)

   304.634   310.311   313.578

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

     6.3   7.3   7.5

CPI-W, All items(6)

   304.678   311.571   314.407

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     6.7   7.9   8.2

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary