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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 |
Sept 2024 |
Oct 2024 |
Nov 2024 |
Dec 2024 |
Jan 2025 |
Feb 2025 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)591.3 | (r)591.4 | (r)591.4 | (r)591.4 | 591.1 | (p)590.6 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)564.7 | (r)564.6 | (r)564.6 | (r)564.7 | 564.0 | (p)562.6 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)26.6 | (r)26.8 | (r)26.8 | (r)26.8 | 27.1 | (p)28.0 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)4.5 | (r)4.5 | (r)4.5 | (r)4.5 | 4.6 | (p)4.7 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
512.0 | 513.9 | 514.4 | 514.5 | (p)515.1 | ||
12-month % change |
0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | (p)1.5 | ||
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | (p)0.1 | ||
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | ||
Construction(3) |
22.6 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.6 | (p)22.3 | ||
12-month % change |
4.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | (p)2.8 | ||
Manufacturing(3) |
39.7 | 39.7 | 39.7 | 40.0 | (p)40.0 | ||
12-month % change |
-1.5 | -1.0 | -1.2 | -0.5 | (p)-0.2 | ||
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
77.6 | 78.2 | 78.4 | 79.0 | (p)79.7 | ||
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.2 | (p)3.5 | ||
Information(3) |
5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | (p)5.6 | ||
12-month % change |
-1.8 | -1.8 | -1.8 | -3.5 | (p)-1.8 | ||
Financial Activities(3) |
35.1 | 34.8 | 35.1 | 35.1 | (p)35.0 | ||
12-month % change |
-0.8 | -1.1 | 0.0 | -0.8 | (p)-0.6 | ||
Professional & Business Services(3) |
69.7 | 69.6 | 70.1 | 69.4 | (p)68.9 | ||
12-month % change |
0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | (p)-0.4 | ||
Education & Health Services(3) |
112.7 | 112.6 | 113.2 | 112.6 | (p)113.6 | ||
12-month % change |
1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | (p)1.3 | ||
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
60.1 | 61.2 | 60.9 | 61.4 | (p)61.3 | ||
12-month % change |
0.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | (p)2.2 | ||
Other Services(3) |
22.3 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 22.2 | (p)22.0 | ||
12-month % change |
0.9 | 0.9 | -0.4 | -0.4 | (p)-1.3 | ||
Government(3) |
66.4 | 66.7 | 66.5 | 66.5 | (p)66.6 | ||
12-month % change |
2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | (p)3.6 | ||
Footnotes |