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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > Massachusetts, New Hampshire > Boston

Boston

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Boston Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jun 2020
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
New England Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2020
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table May 2020
Average Energy Prices In Boston-Cambridge-Newton – December 2018 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Brockton-Nashua– 2012 Annual Average Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2013
Consumer Expenditures for the Boston Metropolitan Area: 2015-16 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2018
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2017 Pay News Release Oct 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2019
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — May 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Jun 2020
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2020
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — March 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton: 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2020
Boston Area Employment — October 2018 Employment News Release Nov 2018
Unemployment in the Boston Area by Division - April 2015 Unemployment News Release Jun 2015
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES FOR SELECTED STEM OCCUPATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS’ METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DIVISIONS – MAY 2015 Pay News Release Dec 2016

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Economy at a Glance:

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020		 Mar
2020		 Apr
2020		 May
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)2,835.3 2,834.9 2,834.9 2,798.3 2,516.0 (p)2,604.3

Employment(1)

 (2)2,775.4 2,750.6 2,752.8 2,723.9 2,126.2 (p)2,191.4

Unemployment(1)

 (2)59.9 84.3 82.1 74.4 389.8 (p)412.9

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)2.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 15.5 (p)15.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 2,827.0 2,768.8 2,781.8 2,758.3 2,319.7 (p)2,364.1

12-month % change

 0.4 0.8 0.7 -0.5 -17.2 (p)-16.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 120.3 114.7 113.6 114.0 78.3 (p)92.9

12-month % change

 0.9 0.4 0.4 -0.2 -34.8 (p)-24.7

Manufacturing(4)

 187.8 185.8 186.6 185.5 167.5 (p)172.4

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.8 -0.4 -1.2 -10.6 (p)-8.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 436.3 427.4 420.2 418.2 339.2 (p)343.9

12-month % change

 -0.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -19.1 (p)-18.8

Information(4)

 82.5 82.9 82.9 82.9 81.9 (p)80.2

12-month % change

 3.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 3.1 (p)-0.6

Financial Activities(4)

 186.6 186.7 186.9 187.2 184.1 (p)183.0

12-month % change

 0.7 1.3 1.2 1.5 -0.4 (p)-1.2

Professional and Business Services(4)

 518.0 506.8 509.2 509.5 477.6 (p)481.6

12-month % change

 0.9 1.4 1.1 1.1 -7.1 (p)-6.6

Education and Health Services(4)

 599.6 588.7 598.8 595.0 531.5 (p)533.4

12-month % change

 1.1 1.7 1.0 -0.2 -11.1 (p)-10.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 271.8 261.6 263.5 248.3 95.5 (p)113.9

12-month % change

 0.1 -0.9 0.8 -6.8 -65.2 (p)-60.1

Other Services(4)

 102.9 102.0 101.1 98.7 60.4 (p)65.4

12-month % change

 -0.3 0.5 -0.7 -4.0 -41.6 (p)-37.3

Government(4)

 321.2 312.2 319.0 319.0 303.7 (p)297.4

12-month % change

 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 -4.8 (p)-7.5

Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

CPI-U, All items(5)

   285.181   285.544   282.620

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     2.2   1.8   0.6

CPI-W, All items(6)

   284.382   284.368   280.697

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     2.3   1.8   0.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary