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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
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.
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.
Data Series | Back Data |
Dec 2021 |
Jan 2022 |
Feb 2022 |
Mar 2022 |
Apr 2022 |
May 2022 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)3,751.5 | 3,766.9 | 3,772.5 | 3,775.1 | 3,775.5 | (p)3,775.7 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)3,577.3 | 3,586.6 | 3,596.7 | 3,614.7 | 3,621.7 | (p)3,629.5 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)174.2 | 180.3 | 175.9 | 160.5 | 153.9 | (p)146.2 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | (p)3.9 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
3,598.4 | 3,607.8 | 3,630.1 | 3,651.6 | 3,660.4 | (p)3,665.9 | |
12-month % change |
5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 | (p)5.1 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (p)1.0 | |
12-month % change |
11.1 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
169.0 | 170.4 | 171.8 | 172.4 | 172.9 | (p)172.0 | |
12-month % change |
4.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | (p)5.6 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
235.2 | 235.0 | 236.9 | 238.0 | 241.0 | (p)241.1 | |
12-month % change |
2.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 | (p)4.2 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
560.4 | 560.7 | 566.3 | 569.4 | 571.0 | (p)570.2 | |
12-month % change |
2.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | (p)3.5 | |
Information(3) |
94.5 | 94.8 | 95.5 | 96.2 | 97.5 | (p)99.0 | |
12-month % change |
5.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | (p)7.0 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
217.7 | 217.6 | 217.4 | 217.3 | 216.4 | (p)216.8 | |
12-month % change |
-1.1 | -1.7 | -1.7 | -1.9 | -2.1 | (p)-1.9 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
620.1 | 624.9 | 625.9 | 633.3 | 633.5 | (p)631.7 | |
12-month % change |
5.1 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | (p)4.9 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
804.0 | 802.1 | 806.7 | 812.4 | 812.3 | (p)815.2 | |
12-month % change |
4.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | (p)3.6 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
328.5 | 333.1 | 338.0 | 342.3 | 347.1 | (p)351.9 | |
12-month % change |
28.3 | 29.6 | 27.0 | 25.6 | 24.1 | (p)23.3 | |
Other Services(3) |
127.8 | 128.0 | 129.2 | 127.8 | 127.3 | (p)126.3 | |
12-month % change |
8.8 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 6.3 | (p)5.0 | |
Government(3) |
440.2 | 440.2 | 441.3 | 441.5 | 440.4 | (p)440.7 | |
12-month % change |
3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 | (p)1.4 | |
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