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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 Apr 2018
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2018
New England Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2018
Average Energy Prices for the U.S., regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Apr 2018
Average Energy Prices In Boston-Brockton-Nashua – February 2018 Average energy prices News Release Mar 2018
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
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Newton — May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — March 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2018
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2018
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2018
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — December 2017 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton: 2015 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2017
Boston Area Employment — January 2018 Employment News Release Mar 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		 Oct
2017		 Nov
2017		 Dec
2017		 Jan
2018		 Feb
2018		 Mar
2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)2,686.4 (r)2,693.2 (r)2,687.0 2,699.6 (p)2,731.9  

Employment(1)

 (r)2,609.5 (r)2,617.8 (r)2,612.6 2,605.3 (p)2,635.4  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)76.9 (r)75.4 (r)74.4 94.3 (p)96.4  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)2.9 (r)2.8 (r)2.8 3.5 (p)3.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,767.5 2,770.4 2,767.7 2,696.1 2,708.0 (p)2,721.3

12-month % change

 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.0 (p)0.9

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 118.6 117.7 114.5 107.8 107.5 (p)108.4

12-month % change

 4.8 4.9 4.1 4.9 6.5 (p)5.6

Manufacturing(3)

 187.3 187.6 188.7 186.9 187.0 (p)187.9

12-month % change

 -0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 (p)1.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 427.2 431.7 436.7 420.8 413.9 (p)415.0

12-month % change

 0.9 0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.3 (p)-0.2

Information(3)

 79.3 79.7 79.0 79.2 79.7 (p)80.1

12-month % change

 0.3 0.8 -0.4 0.5 0.6 (p)1.0

Financial Activities(3)

 185.0 183.9 184.2 181.5 182.2 (p)181.3

12-month % change

 0.4 -0.2 -0.6 -0.9 -0.7 (p)-1.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 489.0 489.6 487.5 479.1 481.1 (p)485.8

12-month % change

 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.7 (p)3.2

Education and Health Services(3)

 586.0 589.9 589.0 574.1 587.7 (p)588.6

12-month % change

 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.3 (p)0.9

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 275.4 267.5 267.4 256.5 253.9 (p)258.6

12-month % change

 2.3 1.1 1.4 0.9 0.6 (p)0.3

Other Services(3)

 105.0 104.9 103.9 101.6 101.3 (p)100.7

12-month % change

 3.9 3.7 2.8 2.1 2.0 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 314.7 317.9 316.8 308.6 313.7 (p)314.9

12-month % change

 -0.9 -1.2 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9 (p)-0.6

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   269.149   272.229   274.591

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     2.9   2.8   3.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

   268.524   271.612   273.619

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

     3.0   3.0   3.7

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised