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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Providence 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
Occupational Employment and Wages in Providence-Warwick — May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2019

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Economy at a Glance:

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		715.0	712.7	709.6	705.9	(p)698.8	(p)701.5
Employment(1)		686.6	688.8	686.0	681.8	(p)680.3	(p)674.2
Unemployment(1)		28.4	24.0	23.5	24.1	(p)18.5	(p)27.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.0	3.4	3.3	3.4	(p)2.7	(p)3.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		600.3	601.3	601.8	603.7	(p)598.9
12-month % change		4.0	3.1	2.6	2.5	(p)1.9
Mining and Logging(3)		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(p)0.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		30.2	29.5	29.8	31.0	(p)30.4
12-month % change		11.9	9.7	10.0	14.8	(p)19.7
Manufacturing(3)		50.7	50.8	50.3	51.1	(p)50.9
12-month % change		1.6	2.2	0.6	2.2	(p)1.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		101.5	101.8	102.1	103.8	(p)105.0
12-month % change		1.9	1.7	1.1	0.0	(p)-0.9
Information(3)		6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7	(p)6.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-2.9	0.0	(p)-2.9
Financial Activities(3)		38.0	37.8	38.3	38.2	(p)38.5
12-month % change		0.8	1.1	3.2	2.7	(p)3.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		78.0	79.2	80.2	78.8	(p)78.3
12-month % change		2.6	3.8	4.2	1.0	(p)2.8
Education and Health Services(3)		121.4	125.1	126.6	126.9	(p)124.8
12-month % change		3.4	3.8	3.5	3.8	(p)2.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		75.7	68.1	64.3	63.0	(p)61.1
12-month % change		12.0	4.0	0.0	0.8	(p)-2.1
Other Services(3)		26.9	25.6	26.4	26.4	(p)26.2
12-month % change		3.9	2.4	3.5	3.1	(p)1.9
Government(3)		71.0	76.5	77.0	77.6	(p)76.8
12-month % change		2.3	1.9	2.0	2.5	(p)1.7
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. (p) Preliminary