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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 |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(p)770.3 | 769.9 | (p)767.9 | ||||
Employment(1) |
(p)748.5 | 749.3 | (p)749.1 | ||||
Unemployment(1) |
(p)21.9 | 20.6 | (p)18.8 | ||||
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(p)2.8 | 2.7 | (p)2.4 | ||||
Total Nonfarm(3) |
694.0 | 700.9 | 699.2 | 700.7 | 699.3 | (p)701.5 | |
12-month % change |
3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | (p)2.6 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | (p)0.9 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)-10.0 | |
Construction(3) |
30.0 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 30.9 | 30.7 | (p)31.0 | |
12-month % change |
1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | (p)3.3 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
71.6 | 71.4 | 71.7 | 71.6 | 71.3 | (p)71.3 | |
12-month % change |
3.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | (p)1.3 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
139.1 | 139.8 | 140.1 | 139.9 | 139.4 | (p)140.4 | |
12-month % change |
1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | (p)1.2 | |
Information(3) |
11.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.7 | (p)11.7 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -3.3 | -1.7 | (p)-2.5 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
33.9 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 34.2 | 34.6 | (p)34.9 | |
12-month % change |
-1.7 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -0.6 | 0.3 | (p)1.2 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
99.9 | 100.5 | 100.5 | 102.0 | 103.2 | (p)103.5 | |
12-month % change |
8.5 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | (p)8.6 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
124.3 | 126.8 | 125.0 | 124.7 | 124.2 | (p)125.4 | |
12-month % change |
4.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | (p)3.3 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
71.7 | 72.8 | 73.3 | 73.7 | 72.2 | (p)71.4 | |
12-month % change |
5.1 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2.0 | (p)1.3 | |
Other Services(3) |
24.5 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 24.4 | (p)24.2 | |
12-month % change |
3.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.2 | (p)0.4 | |
Government(3) |
86.2 | 88.1 | 86.5 | 86.3 | 86.7 | (p)86.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.1 | 2.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.6 | (p)0.9 | |
Footnotes |