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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.
Employment rose 2.8 percent in Rhode Island’s largest county, Providence, from June 2021 to June 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) |
566.2 | 566.7 | 568.4 | 569.8 | 570.3 | (p)571.0 | |
Employment(1) |
548.8 | 549.7 | 551.6 | 553.0 | 554.5 | (p)555.7 | |
Unemployment(1) |
17.4 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 15.8 | (p)15.2 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | (p)2.7 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
499.4 | 495.5 | 494.5 | 495.3 | 493.5 | (p)493.4 | |
12-month % change |
1.3 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -1.1 | (p)-1.4 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | (p)0.2 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
23.4 | 22.5 | 21.5 | 21.8 | 21.9 | (p)21.6 | |
12-month % change |
11.4 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | (p)2.9 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
39.9 | 39.7 | 40.2 | 40.4 | 40.2 | (p)40.1 | |
12-month % change |
-0.3 | -1.5 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.7 | (p)-1.2 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
76.7 | 76.2 | 76.2 | 75.7 | 75.7 | (p)75.9 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | -1.3 | -0.4 | -1.7 | -1.8 | (p)-1.6 | |
Information(4) |
5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | (p)5.6 | |
12-month % change |
5.5 | 3.5 | -3.3 | -1.7 | 0.0 | (p)-3.4 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
35.3 | 35.2 | 35.4 | 35.1 | 35.2 | (p)35.2 | |
12-month % change |
2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
69.6 | 68.1 | 67.8 | 68.7 | 67.9 | (p)67.2 | |
12-month % change |
0.3 | -3.4 | -4.0 | -2.7 | -4.0 | (p)-4.8 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
104.1 | 104.2 | 104.9 | 105.9 | 106.5 | (p)107.5 | |
12-month % change |
-0.2 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | (p)2.4 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
57.7 | 57.1 | 56.2 | 55.5 | 55.2 | (p)55.3 | |
12-month % change |
1.1 | -0.5 | -1.7 | -3.1 | -3.8 | (p)-4.0 | |
Other Services(3) |
21.7 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 20.7 | (p)20.5 | |
12-month % change |
2.4 | 1.4 | -0.5 | -1.9 | -3.7 | (p)-5.1 | |
Government(3) |
65.0 | 64.7 | 64.9 | 65.3 | 64.3 | (p)64.3 | |
12-month % change |
3.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | -0.6 | (p)-2.0 | |
Footnotes |