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Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.5 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT, metropolitan area for the year ended December 2022.
Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area increased by 132,100 over the year in April.
Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.6 percent for the two months ending in November 2022.
Data Series | Back Data |
Apr 2024 |
May 2024 |
June 2024 |
July 2024 |
Aug 2024 |
Sept 2024 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
3,769.1 | 3,782.8 | 3,806.6 | 3,828.7 | 3,844.0 | (p)3,850.5 | |
Employment(1) |
3,659.9 | 3,667.5 | 3,683.7 | 3,695.8 | 3,701.0 | (p)3,703.7 | |
Unemployment(1) |
109.2 | 115.3 | 122.9 | 132.8 | 143.1 | (p)146.8 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | (p)3.8 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
(p)3,733.0 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)0.6 | ||||||
Mining and Logging(3) |
(p)1.0 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)0.0 | ||||||
Construction(3) |
(p)176.2 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)2.3 | ||||||
Manufacturing(3) |
(p)234.5 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)-1.5 | ||||||
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
(p)560.6 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)-0.4 | ||||||
Information(3) |
(p)92.5 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)-4.5 | ||||||
Financial Activities(3) |
(p)230.3 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)0.1 | ||||||
Professional & Business Services(3) |
(p)629.5 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)-0.9 | ||||||
Education & Health Services(3) |
(p)840.6 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)2.2 | ||||||
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
(p)364.8 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)1.9 | ||||||
Other Services(3) |
(p)140.2 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)2.4 | ||||||
Government(3) |
(p)462.8 | ||||||
12-month % change |
(p)1.1 | ||||||
Footnotes |