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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.
In August 2023, Rhode Island had 31,000 job openings, at a rate of 5.9 percent. The unemployed-per-job-opening ratio was 0.5.
Data Series | Back Data |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
July 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
Sept 2023 |
Oct 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
568.4 | 569.8 | 570.3 | 571.0 | 571.9 | (p)572.9 | |
Employment(1) |
551.6 | 553.0 | 554.5 | 555.8 | 557.1 | (p)557.2 | |
Unemployment(1) |
16.8 | 16.8 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 14.9 | (p)15.6 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | (p)2.7 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
494.5 | 495.3 | 493.5 | 494.2 | 495.7 | (p)495.0 | |
12-month % change |
-0.4 | -0.4 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -0.7 | (p)-0.5 | |
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) |
21.5 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 22.3 | (p)21.3 | |
12-month % change |
2.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 6.2 | (p)0.5 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
40.2 | 40.4 | 40.2 | 40.1 | 40.1 | (p)40.2 | |
12-month % change |
-0.2 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -1.2 | -1.5 | (p)0.0 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
76.2 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 75.2 | (p)75.0 | |
12-month % change |
-0.4 | -1.7 | -1.8 | -1.6 | -2.8 | (p)-3.4 | |
Information(4) |
5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | (p)5.6 | |
12-month % change |
-3.3 | -1.7 | 0.0 | -3.4 | -3.5 | (p)-5.1 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
35.4 | 35.1 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 35.2 | (p)35.2 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.3 | (p)-0.8 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
67.8 | 68.7 | 67.9 | 67.2 | 66.6 | (p)67.0 | |
12-month % change |
-4.0 | -2.7 | -4.0 | -4.8 | -5.0 | (p)-2.3 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
104.9 | 105.9 | 106.5 | 107.4 | 108.3 | (p)107.5 | |
12-month % change |
0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | (p)2.3 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
56.2 | 55.5 | 55.2 | 55.5 | 56.2 | (p)57.0 | |
12-month % change |
-1.7 | -3.1 | -3.8 | -3.6 | -2.4 | (p)0.2 | |
Other Services(3) |
21.4 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 21.4 | (p)21.1 | |
12-month % change |
-0.5 | -1.9 | -3.7 | -4.6 | -0.9 | (p)-4.5 | |
Government(3) |
64.9 | 65.3 | 64.3 | 64.8 | 64.7 | (p)64.9 | |
12-month % change |
2.9 | 3.2 | -0.6 | -1.2 | 1.3 | (p)1.1 | |
Footnotes |