New England Information Office

Providence

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Providence Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	May 2021
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Providence-Warwick — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2020
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	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	Dec 2020	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Mar 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)667.4	(2)674.4	(2)671.5	674.0	670.5	(p)673.3
Employment(1)		(2)622.4	(2)622.8	(2)619.5	617.2	617.4	(p)624.6
Unemployment(1)		(2)45.0	(2)51.6	(2)52.0	56.8	53.1	(p)48.7
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)6.7	(2)7.7	(2)7.7	8.4	7.9	(p)7.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		558.6	559.1	550.0	538.8	543.8	(p)549.1
12-month % change		-7.9	-8.2	-9.4	-8.7	-8.4	(p)-6.9
Mining and Logging(4)		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(4)		25.8	25.5	25.0	23.6	23.0	(p)23.8
12-month % change		-2.6	-3.0	-1.2	0.4	-0.9	(p)1.3
Manufacturing(4)		48.0	47.9	48.3	47.9	48.5	(p)48.9
12-month % change		-5.1	-5.7	-4.9	-4.8	-3.8	(p)-2.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		96.4	99.2	100.9	97.8	97.4	(p)97.2
12-month % change		-5.2	-4.9	-4.6	-3.8	-2.6	(p)-2.3
Information(4)		6.3	6.2	5.9	5.9	5.9	(p)5.8
12-month % change		-8.7	-11.4	-14.5	-14.5	-14.5	(p)-14.7
Financial Activities(4)		36.9	36.4	36.4	36.3	36.4	(p)36.7
12-month % change		-3.4	-4.7	-4.7	-4.5	-4.7	(p)-3.2
Professional and Business Services(4)		73.7	73.9	72.1	68.1	68.4	(p)68.6
12-month % change		-2.6	-3.1	-3.7	-6.6	-6.3	(p)-5.8
Education and Health Services(4)		119.8	120.2	118.2	117.0	120.4	(p)121.6
12-month % change		-8.8	-8.9	-10.1	-8.4	-8.4	(p)-7.5
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		54.7	52.5	47.4	46.3	47.3	(p)49.5
12-month % change		-23.0	-24.0	-31.1	-28.3	-28.7	(p)-22.0
Other Services(4)		23.1	23.0	22.5	23.0	23.2	(p)23.6
12-month % change		-15.4	-15.8	-18.2	-14.8	-14.1	(p)-11.6
Government(4)		73.7	74.1	73.1	72.7	73.1	(p)73.2
12-month % change		-4.7	-4.3	-5.4	-6.0	-5.4	(p)-5.3
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary