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News Releases:
May
16
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — April 2023

Gasoline prices averaged $3.529 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in April 2023, down 70 cents compared to April 2022.

May
10
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – April 2023

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.

May
04
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — March 2023

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.

New Hampshire Economy at a Glance:
New Hampshire
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023		 Mar
2023		 Apr
2023

Labor Force Data

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

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

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
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
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Minimum Wage Workers in New Hampshire-2013 Employment, Unemployment News Release Jun 2014
Fatal Work Injuries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton: 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in New England - 2014 Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2015
Unemployment in the Boston Area by Division - April 2015 Unemployment News Release Jun 2015
STEM OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN NEW ENGLAND-MAY 2014 Pay News Release Feb 2016
Occupational Employment and Wages in Manchester — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
Union Members in New Hampshire — 2022 Employment News Release Feb 2023