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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
763.9 | 762.4 | 760.4 | 757.8 | 757.7 | (p)759.3 | |
Employment(1) |
749.3 | 749.0 | 747.3 | 744.0 | 742.6 | (p)743.0 | |
Unemployment(1) |
14.6 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 15.1 | (p)16.3 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | (p)2.1 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
702.4 | 698.3 | 698.5 | 699.0 | 702.1 | (p)703.5 | |
12-month % change |
2.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | (p)1.9 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (p)1.0 | |
12-month % change |
-10.0 | -10.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
31.1 | 31.4 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.5 | (p)31.3 | |
12-month % change |
3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | (p)3.3 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
71.2 | 70.9 | 71.3 | 71.5 | 72.1 | (p)71.9 | |
12-month % change |
1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | (p)2.3 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
140.6 | 140.1 | 140.2 | 139.9 | 141.2 | (p)140.4 | |
12-month % change |
1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | (p)0.6 | |
Information(3) |
11.7 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.5 | (p)11.4 | |
12-month % change |
-2.5 | -1.7 | -3.4 | -2.5 | -3.4 | (p)-4.2 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
34.9 | 34.2 | 33.9 | 34.2 | 34.3 | (p)34.5 | |
12-month % change |
1.2 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -1.2 | -0.6 | (p)-0.3 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
103.4 | 102.6 | 102.6 | 102.4 | 103.5 | (p)104.0 | |
12-month % change |
8.5 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.5 | (p)6.1 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
125.9 | 124.7 | 125.7 | 126.4 | 125.5 | (p)126.7 | |
12-month % change |
3.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 | (p)2.6 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
71.5 | 70.4 | 69.4 | 69.0 | 70.1 | (p)70.6 | |
12-month % change |
1.4 | -0.4 | -2.4 | -3.2 | -1.5 | (p)-0.3 | |
Other Services(3) |
24.3 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 24.3 | (p)24.4 | |
12-month % change |
0.8 | 0.8 | -1.2 | -0.8 | -0.8 | (p)-1.2 | |
Government(3) |
86.9 | 87.1 | 87.6 | 87.3 | 87.1 | (p)87.3 | |
12-month % change |
1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | (p)1.6 | |
Footnotes |