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News Releases:
Nov
14
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – October 2023

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.

Nov
02
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2023

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.

Oct
23
Rhode Island Job Openings and Labor Turnover — August 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.

Rhode Island Economy at a Glance:
Rhode Island
Data Series Back
Data		 May
2023		 June
2023		 July
2023		 Aug
2023		 Sept
2023		 Oct
2023

Labor Force Data

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

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

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
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Providence, RI-MA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2023
Norwich, CT-RI, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2023
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2023
Northeast - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Dec 2023
Northeast Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2023
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – October 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2023
County Employment and Wages in Rhode Island — Second Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jan 2023
New England and State Unemployment - 2016 Unemployment News Release Apr 2017
New England and State Unemployment — September 2017 Unemployment News Release Nov 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages in Providence-Warwick — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2022
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2023
STEM OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN NEW ENGLAND-MAY 2014 Pay News Release Feb 2016
Occupational Employment and Wages in Norwich-New London-Westerly — May 2022 N/A News Release Jul 2023
Union Members in Rhode Island — 2022 Employment News Release Feb 2023
Rhode Island Job Openings and Labor Turnover — August 2023 Employment News Release Oct 2023