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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Providence, RI-MA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Providence-Warwick — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nursing Occupations in Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Areas - May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2020

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Economy at a Glance:

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		712.5	715.0	712.7	709.6	705.9	(p)698.8
Employment(1)		689.3	686.6	688.8	686.0	681.8	(p)680.3
Unemployment(1)		23.2	28.4	24.0	23.5	24.1	(p)18.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.3	4.0	3.4	3.3	3.4	(p)2.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		598.9	600.3	601.3	601.8	603.7	(p)598.9
12-month % change		3.4	4.0	3.1	2.6	2.5	(p)1.9
Mining and Logging(3)		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(p)0.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		29.3	30.2	29.5	29.8	31.0	(p)30.4
12-month % change		8.9	11.9	9.7	10.0	14.8	(p)19.7
Manufacturing(3)		50.4	50.7	50.8	50.3	51.1	(p)50.9
12-month % change		2.2	1.6	2.2	0.6	2.2	(p)1.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		100.8	101.5	101.8	102.1	103.8	(p)105.0
12-month % change		1.1	1.9	1.7	1.1	0.0	(p)-0.9
Information(3)		6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7	(p)6.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	-2.9	0.0	(p)-2.9
Financial Activities(3)		37.9	38.0	37.8	38.3	38.2	(p)38.5
12-month % change		1.1	0.8	1.1	3.2	2.7	(p)3.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		77.7	78.0	79.2	80.2	78.8	(p)78.3
12-month % change		1.8	2.6	3.8	4.2	1.0	(p)2.8
Education and Health Services(3)		122.3	121.4	125.1	126.6	126.9	(p)124.8
12-month % change		3.7	3.4	3.8	3.5	3.8	(p)2.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		76.4	75.7	68.1	64.3	63.0	(p)61.1
12-month % change		12.9	12.0	4.0	0.0	0.8	(p)-2.1
Other Services(3)		27.0	26.9	25.6	26.4	26.4	(p)26.2
12-month % change		5.1	3.9	2.4	3.5	3.1	(p)1.9
Government(3)		70.2	71.0	76.5	77.0	77.6	(p)76.8
12-month % change		-1.3	2.3	1.9	2.0	2.5	(p)1.7
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. (p) Preliminary