Massachusetts

Data Series	Back Data	Nov  2007	Dec  2007	Jan  2008	Feb  2008	Mar  2008	Apr  2008
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force (1)		3,403.6 (5)	3,402.8 (5)	3,422.2	3,408.9	3,410.8	3,404.3 (P)
Employment (1)		3,256.9 (5)	3,256.7 (5)	3,266.9	3,257.3	3,261.0	3,263.4 (P)
Unemployment (1)		146.7 (5)	146.1 (5)	155.4	151.6	149.8	140.9 (P)
Unemployment Rate (2)		4.3 (5)	4.3 (5)	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.1 (P)
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm (3)		3,285.9	3,288.0	3,289.0	3,289.7	3,293.0	3,290.6 (P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm		0.8	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7 (P)
Natural Resources and Mining (Not Seasonally Adjusted) (4)		1.6	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5 (P)
12-month % change -- NR & Mining		-15.8	-5.9	7.1	7.7	0.0	0.0 (P)
Construction (3)		137.4	137.1	136.2	134.8	135.1	134.2 (P)
12-month % change -- Construction		-0.8	-1.3	-2.5	-2.3	-1.7	-0.7 (P)
Manufacturing (3)		293.7	293.6	292.4	292.7	292.8	292.6 (P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing		-1.4	-1.5	-1.9	-1.7	-1.4	-1.1 (P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)		570.7	571.4	570.4	568.6	568.9	567.2 (P)
12-month % change -- TTU		-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3 (P)
Information (3)		89.7	90.0	89.6	89.7	89.9	90.2 (P)
12-month % change -- Information		2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.4	1.8 (P)
Financial Activities (3)		224.5	224.5	224.0	224.3	224.1	224.4 (P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities		-0.3	-0.4	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.5 (P)
Professional & Business Services (3)		483.7	484.2	484.2	487.3	488.6	488.0 (P)
12-month % change -- PBS		1.8	1.8	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.5 (P)
Education & Health Services (3)		627.1	628.1	633.0	633.0	632.4	635.6 (P)
12-month % change -- EHS		2.7	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3 (P)
Leisure & Hospitality (3)		302.2	303.0	303.7	304.0	305.1	301.7 (P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality		0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.9 (P)
Other Services (3)		119.0	119.0	118.3	118.7	118.7	118.9 (P)
12-month % change -- Other Services		0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5 (P)
Government (3)		436.3	435.5	435.7	435.2	436.0	436.3 (P)
12-month % change -- Government		1.3	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0 (P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries		18	22	11	9	5
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries		9	0	-5	2	1
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries		100.0	0.0	-31.3	28.6	25.0
Initial claimants, all industries		1,495	2,131	791	698	433
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries		830	-125	-444	256	165
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries		124.8	-5.5	-36.0	57.9	61.6

Massachusetts includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

• Barnstable Town, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
• Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH (Metropolitan NECTA)
• Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA (NECTA Division)
• Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA (NECTA Division)
• Framingham, MA (NECTA Division)
• Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH (NECTA Division)
• Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH (NECTA Division)
• Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
• Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH (NECTA Division)
• Nashua, NH-MA (NECTA Division)
• New Bedford, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
• Peabody, MA (NECTA Division)
• Pittsfield, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
• Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
• Springfield, MA-CT (Metropolitan NECTA)
• Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA (NECTA Division)
• Worcester, MA-CT (Metropolitan NECTA)

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

• Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the CES survey (State and Area)
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics
• Create Customized Maps -- Unemployment Rates
• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
• Mass Layoff Statistics
• Occupational Employment Statistics
• Geographic Profile

• Consumer Price Index
• Consumer Expenditure Survey

• National Compensation Survey
• Employment Cost Index
• Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities