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Gasoline prices averaged $3.792 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in October 2023, little different from October 2022, when they were $3.728.
Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were unchanged in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT, metropolitan area for the year ended September 2023.
Data Series | Back Data |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
July 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
Sept 2023 |
Oct 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
3,728.3 | 3,720.9 | 3,715.3 | 3,717.4 | 3,716.0 | (p)3,721.6 | |
Employment(1) |
3,622.8 | 3,624.9 | 3,623.4 | 3,619.2 | 3,619.4 | (p)3,618.9 | |
Unemployment(1) |
105.6 | 96.0 | 91.9 | 98.3 | 96.5 | (p)102.7 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | (p)2.8 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
3,767.3 | 3,768.7 | 3,773.3 | 3,786.1 | 3,783.5 | (p)3,782.7 | |
12-month % change |
2.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | (p)2.1 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | (p)1.0 | |
12-month % change |
10.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 22.2 | (p)11.1 | |
Construction(3) |
177.0 | 176.3 | 176.7 | 177.7 | 179.0 | (p)180.1 | |
12-month % change |
4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | (p)5.6 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
239.4 | 238.7 | 237.8 | 237.1 | 236.0 | (p)236.1 | |
12-month % change |
0.4 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -1.3 | (p)-0.4 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
572.3 | 573.1 | 575.1 | 574.7 | 575.8 | (p)576.4 | |
12-month % change |
1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | (p)1.6 | |
Information(3) |
97.5 | 97.8 | 96.9 | 96.5 | 96.7 | (p)96.5 | |
12-month % change |
0.8 | 0.1 | -0.5 | -1.3 | -2.2 | (p)-2.2 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
231.4 | 232.7 | 232.7 | 233.9 | 233.2 | (p)233.5 | |
12-month % change |
2.5 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 | (p)0.8 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
654.6 | 655.4 | 655.9 | 655.1 | 658.1 | (p)654.3 | |
12-month % change |
3.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | (p)1.8 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
836.6 | 835.7 | 835.2 | 839.5 | 842.7 | (p)846.4 | |
12-month % change |
4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | (p)4.0 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
358.6 | 358.7 | 358.9 | 360.6 | 360.9 | (p)359.7 | |
12-month % change |
3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | (p)2.7 | |
Other Services(3) |
138.1 | 137.5 | 138.0 | 140.3 | 139.4 | (p)140.5 | |
12-month % change |
3.7 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | (p)3.3 | |
Government(3) |
460.7 | 461.8 | 465.1 | 469.7 | 460.6 | (p)458.2 | |
12-month % change |
2.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | (p)0.4 | |
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