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News Releases:

Nov
07

Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2019

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA) for the 12-month period ending Sept 2019

Oct
11

Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — September 2019

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area increased 0.2 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Oct
09

County Employment and Wages in Massachusetts – First Quarter 2019

Employment increased in 8 of the 9 large counties in Massachusetts from March 2018 to March 2019. Suffolk (2.4 percent) Hampden and Middlesex (1.6 percent each) had over-the-year employment gains.

Massachusetts Economy at a Glance:

Massachusetts
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2020		 Aug
2020		 Sept
2020		 Oct
2020		 Nov
2020		 Dec
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,673.4 3,548.6 3,764.0 3,622.2 (p)3,578.3  

Employment(1)

 3,079.1 3,145.2 3,395.0 3,355.2 (p)3,337.2  

Unemployment(1)

 594.3 403.4 368.9 267.0 (p)241.1  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 16.2 11.4 9.8 7.4 (p)6.7  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,242.6 3,305.1 3,341.5 3,351.0 3,363.6 (p)3,363.0

12-month % change

 -12.3 -10.6 -9.5 -9.3 -9.1 (p)-9.1

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 (p)0.8

12-month % change

 -20.0 -20.0 -20.0 -20.0 -18.2 (p)-20.0

Construction(3)

 142.0 141.9 144.1 145.5 148.0 (p)150.6

12-month % change

 -12.3 -12.7 -11.7 -10.1 -8.6 (p)-7.0

Manufacturing(3)

 230.5 230.8 232.9 234.9 235.2 (p)236.0

12-month % change

 -5.4 -5.3 -4.3 -3.6 -3.6 (p)-2.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 506.0 518.3 526.0 534.8 543.1 (p)549.2

12-month % change

 -12.6 -10.5 -9.1 -7.6 -6.0 (p)-5.3

Information(3)

 89.9 90.0 90.5 90.2 90.7 (p)89.9

12-month % change

 -4.8 -4.5 -2.7 -3.2 -3.6 (p)-4.6

Financial Activities(3)

 218.7 218.9 221.3 223.2 223.3 (p)223.6

12-month % change

 -2.8 -2.6 -1.4 -0.2 -0.8 (p)-0.3

Professional & Business Services(3)

 566.6 571.7 575.9 579.7 584.0 (p)592.4

12-month % change

 -6.0 -5.3 -4.7 -3.9 -3.4 (p)-1.6

Education & Health Services(3)

 735.0 749.3 756.9 752.8 753.8 (p)751.0

12-month % change

 -9.4 -7.8 -6.9 -7.6 -7.8 (p)-8.1

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 218.2 231.7 245.6 245.3 243.2 (p)234.0

12-month % change

 -42.3 -38.6 -34.9 -34.9 -35.8 (p)-38.4

Other Services(3)

 103.6 105.2 111.8 112.7 112.6 (p)112.5

12-month % change

 -25.7 -24.4 -19.3 -18.7 -18.6 (p)-18.7

Government(3)

 431.3 446.5 435.7 431.1 428.8 (p)423.0

12-month % change

 -6.1 -2.7 -4.6 -5.7 -6.3 (p)-7.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Boston Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Springfield, MA, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2019
Worcester Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2019
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2021
New England - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Jun 2021
New England Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2021
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
Business Employment Dynamics in New England Employment Table Feb 2013
Business Employment Dynamics in New England Employment Table Nov 2014
Occupational injuries and illnesses in New England Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2013
Occupational injuries and illnesses in New England (PDF) Workplace injuries and illnesses Table Mar 2018
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
2014 Data on Employment Status by State and Demographic Group Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2015
Union Membership of wage and salary workers in New England Employment Table Mar 2012
Union Membership of wage and salary workers in New England (PDF) Employment Table Mar 2012
New England and State Multiple Jobholders: 1997-2010 Employment Table Oct 2011
New England and State Multiple Jobholders: 1997-2010 (PDF) Employment Table Oct 2011
County Employment and Wages in Massachusetts – First Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2019
New England and State Unemployment - 2016 Unemployment News Release Apr 2017
New England and State Unemployment — September 2017 Unemployment News Release Nov 2017
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
Union Membership in Massachusetts and Connecticut — 2018 Employment News Release Mar 2019
Occupational injuries and illnesses in Massachusetts Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2013
Occupational injuries and illnesses in Massachusetts (PDF) Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2015
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) 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) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Minimum Wage Workers in Massachusetts – 2012 Employment, Pay Table Apr 2013
Occupational Employment and Wages for Police and Firefighters in Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Areas – May 2013 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2014
Unemployment on Cape Cod And The Islands — July 2015 Unemployment News Release Sep 2015
Fatal Work Injuries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton: 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release May 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in New England - 2014 Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2015
Boston Area Employment — October 2018 Employment News Release Nov 2018
Unemployment in the Boston Area by Division - April 2015 Unemployment News Release Jun 2015
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Massachusetts - 2014 Unemployment News Release Jun 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Springfield — May 2018 Pay News Release Sep 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Worcester — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2019
Barnstable Town Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2019
STEM OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN NEW ENGLAND-MAY 2014 Pay News Release Feb 2016
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES FOR SELECTED STEM OCCUPATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS’ METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DIVISIONS – MAY 2015 Pay News Release Dec 2016