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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 May 2019
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2019
New England Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2019
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table May 2019
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-Newton — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2018
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — May 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Jun 2019
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2019
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2019
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2019
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — March 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2019
Fatal Work Injuries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton: 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release May 2018
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
2018		 Jan
2019		 Feb
2019		 Mar
2019		 Apr
2019		 May
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)2,821.5 2,837.5 2,835.6 2,839.9 (p)2,825.2  

Employment(1)

 (r)2,754.6 2,747.3 2,756.6 2,761.8 (p)2,758.6  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)66.9 90.1 79.0 78.1 (p)66.6  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)2.4 3.2 2.8 2.8 (p)2.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,786.1 2,726.8 2,736.1 2,747.9 (p)2,783.2  

12-month % change

 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 (p)0.7  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 115.4 110.4 109.6 111.8 (p)118.0  

12-month % change

 1.4 2.6 1.8 2.4 (p)2.7  

Manufacturing(3)

 189.4 188.6 187.1 186.9 (p)186.6  

12-month % change

 0.5 0.6 0.2 -0.2 (p)-0.4  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 435.9 424.9 418.6 419.2 (p)419.1  

12-month % change

 -1.1 -0.5 -0.3 0.2 (p)-0.2  

Information(3)

 81.7 81.2 81.7 81.6 (p)81.9  

12-month % change

 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.6 (p)2.4  

Financial Activities(3)

 183.2 181.3 181.5 182.2 (p)183.2  

12-month % change

 -1.1 -0.9 -1.0 -0.5 (p)-0.4  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 502.2 491.3 492.4 494.7 (p)507.4  

12-month % change

 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.3 (p)2.2  

Education and Health Services(3)

 590.0 580.0 590.5 593.2 (p)595.0  

12-month % change

 0.7 1.9 1.2 1.3 (p)1.1  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 263.6 254.2 253.1 256.0 (p)267.4  

12-month % change

 -2.7 -2.6 -3.6 -3.9 (p)-2.1  

Other Services(3)

 103.3 102.1 102.3 102.7 (p)104.4  

12-month % change

 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 (p)0.7  

Government(3)

 321.4 312.8 319.3 319.6 (p)320.2  

12-month % change

 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.2 (p)1.2  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   278.976   280.393   280.937

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

     2.5   2.1   2.3

CPI-W, All items(5)

   277.969   279.451   279.579

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

     2.3   2.1   2.2

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