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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.
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.
Gasoline prices averaged $3.728 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in October 2022, up 40.4 cents compared to October 2021.
Data Series | Back Data |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
July 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
768.0 | 765.8 | 763.9 | 762.4 | 760.4 | (p)757.9 | |
Employment(1) |
749.2 | 749.5 | 749.3 | 749.0 | 747.3 | (p)744.1 | |
Unemployment(1) |
18.8 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 13.1 | (p)13.8 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | (p)1.8 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
700.7 | 699.3 | 702.4 | 698.3 | 698.5 | (p)699.0 | |
12-month % change |
2.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | (p)1.4 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | (p)1.0 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | -10.0 | -10.0 | 11.1 | (p)11.1 | |
Construction(3) |
30.9 | 30.7 | 31.1 | 31.4 | 31.3 | (p)31.4 | |
12-month % change |
3.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | (p)4.3 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
71.6 | 71.3 | 71.2 | 70.9 | 71.3 | (p)71.7 | |
12-month % change |
2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | (p)1.8 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
139.9 | 139.4 | 140.6 | 140.1 | 140.2 | (p)139.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | (p)0.5 | |
Information(3) |
11.6 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.4 | (p)11.6 | |
12-month % change |
-3.3 | -1.7 | -2.5 | -1.7 | -3.4 | (p)-2.5 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
34.2 | 34.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.9 | (p)34.1 | |
12-month % change |
-0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | -0.6 | -1.7 | (p)-1.4 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
102.0 | 103.2 | 103.4 | 102.6 | 102.6 | (p)102.6 | |
12-month % change |
7.7 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 6.3 | (p)5.8 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
124.7 | 124.2 | 125.9 | 124.7 | 125.7 | (p)125.8 | |
12-month % change |
2.5 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 | (p)2.2 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
73.7 | 72.2 | 71.5 | 70.4 | 69.4 | (p)68.9 | |
12-month % change |
4.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | -0.4 | -2.4 | (p)-3.4 | |
Other Services(3) |
24.8 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 24.1 | (p)24.3 | |
12-month % change |
3.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | -1.2 | (p)-0.8 | |
Government(3) |
86.3 | 86.7 | 86.9 | 87.1 | 87.6 | (p)87.8 | |
12-month % change |
-0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | (p)1.6 | |
Footnotes |