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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 |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(p)566.3 | 566.2 | (p)566.1 | ||||
Employment(1) |
(p)548.7 | 548.8 | (p)548.8 | ||||
Unemployment(1) |
(p)17.5 | 17.4 | (p)17.3 | ||||
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(p)3.1 | 3.1 | (p)3.1 | ||||
Total Nonfarm(3) |
497.4 | 499.1 | 501.3 | 499.4 | 495.5 | (p)494.3 | |
12-month % change |
1.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.3 | -0.2 | (p)-0.4 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | (p)0.2 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
22.4 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 22.5 | (p)21.4 | |
12-month % change |
8.2 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 7.1 | (p)2.4 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
40.5 | 40.4 | 40.1 | 39.9 | 39.7 | (p)40.2 | |
12-month % change |
1.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -1.5 | (p)-0.2 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
77.4 | 78.0 | 78.3 | 76.7 | 76.2 | (p)76.6 | |
12-month % change |
1.7 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | -1.3 | (p)0.1 | |
Information(4) |
5.9 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | (p)5.7 | |
12-month % change |
5.4 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | (p)-5.0 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
35.6 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 35.3 | 35.2 | (p)35.4 | |
12-month % change |
4.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
68.5 | 68.7 | 69.2 | 69.6 | 68.1 | (p)67.3 | |
12-month % change |
-1.4 | -0.9 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -3.4 | (p)-4.7 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
104.5 | 104.8 | 104.8 | 104.1 | 104.2 | (p)104.6 | |
12-month % change |
1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | -0.2 | -0.3 | (p)-0.1 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
56.7 | 57.5 | 57.8 | 57.7 | 57.1 | (p)56.5 | |
12-month % change |
1.3 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.1 | -0.5 | (p)-1.2 | |
Other Services(3) |
22.0 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 21.7 | (p)21.6 | |
12-month % change |
4.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | (p)0.5 | |
Government(3) |
63.7 | 63.2 | 64.0 | 65.0 | 64.7 | (p)64.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | (p)2.7 | |
Footnotes |