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Gasoline prices averaged $3.529 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in April 2023, down 70 cents compared to April 2022.
Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased by 0.2 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.9 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT, metropolitan area for the year ended March 2023.
Data Series | Back Data |
Nov 2022 |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)769.2 | (r)769.2 | 770.4 | 769.9 | 768.0 | (p)765.8 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)746.9 | (r)747.2 | 748.6 | 749.3 | 749.2 | (p)749.6 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)22.2 | (r)22.0 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 18.8 | (p)16.2 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)2.9 | (r)2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | (p)2.1 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
693.9 | 694.0 | 700.9 | 699.2 | 700.7 | (p)699.9 | |
12-month % change |
3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | (p)2.1 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (p)0.9 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
30.3 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 30.9 | (p)30.7 | |
12-month % change |
2.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | (p)2.3 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
71.2 | 71.6 | 71.4 | 71.7 | 71.6 | (p)71.5 | |
12-month % change |
3.2 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | (p)1.6 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
139.3 | 139.1 | 139.8 | 140.1 | 139.9 | (p)139.1 | |
12-month % change |
1.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | (p)0.0 | |
Information(3) |
11.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.6 | (p)11.7 | |
12-month % change |
-0.8 | 0.0 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -3.3 | (p)-1.7 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
34.4 | 33.9 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 34.2 | (p)34.5 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | -1.7 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -0.6 | (p)0.0 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
99.0 | 99.9 | 100.5 | 100.5 | 102.0 | (p)103.3 | |
12-month % change |
8.1 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | (p)8.4 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
124.2 | 124.3 | 126.8 | 125.0 | 124.7 | (p)124.4 | |
12-month % change |
2.9 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 | (p)1.9 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
71.8 | 71.7 | 72.8 | 73.3 | 73.7 | (p)72.6 | |
12-month % change |
5.3 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | (p)2.5 | |
Other Services(3) |
24.7 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 24.8 | (p)24.5 | |
12-month % change |
4.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 | (p)1.7 | |
Government(3) |
86.2 | 86.2 | 88.1 | 86.5 | 86.3 | (p)86.7 | |
12-month % change |
0.5 | 0.1 | 2.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | (p)0.6 | |
Footnotes |