An official website of the United States government
Gasoline prices averaged $3.613 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in April 2024, up 8.4 cents compared to April 2023.
Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were up 0.4 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.2 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024.
Data Series | Back Data |
Nov 2023 |
Dec 2023 |
Jan 2024 |
Feb 2024 |
Mar 2024 |
Apr 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)762.1 | (r)762.0 | 763.1 | 763.6 | 765.4 | (p)767.5 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)742.0 | (r)742.1 | 743.4 | 743.7 | 745.5 | (p)747.5 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)20.0 | (r)19.9 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 19.9 | (p)20.0 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)2.6 | (r)2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | (p)2.6 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
702.0 | 704.7 | 704.2 | 705.8 | 706.3 | (p)705.3 | |
12-month % change |
1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | (p)1.2 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | (p)0.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 12.5 | -11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
31.3 | 31.5 | 31.7 | 31.6 | 31.8 | (p)32.1 | |
12-month % change |
2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | (p)2.2 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
70.6 | 70.9 | 70.6 | 70.3 | 70.1 | (p)70.2 | |
12-month % change |
-0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.7 | (p)-0.8 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
139.3 | 139.6 | 138.9 | 139.6 | 139.8 | (p)140.3 | |
12-month % change |
-0.3 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.5 | (p)0.2 | |
Information(3) |
11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.4 | (p)11.2 | |
12-month % change |
-4.1 | -4.1 | -4.9 | -3.3 | -5.8 | (p)-7.4 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
34.5 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 34.1 | 34.3 | (p)34.2 | |
12-month % change |
0.9 | 0.0 | -1.2 | -1.2 | -0.3 | (p)-0.9 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
99.0 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 98.6 | 98.4 | (p)98.3 | |
12-month % change |
1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | (p)0.0 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
129.5 | 130.3 | 130.5 | 131.2 | 132.1 | (p)132.4 | |
12-month % change |
5.0 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | (p)6.0 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
74.2 | 75.1 | 74.4 | 74.4 | 74.1 | (p)73.1 | |
12-month % change |
2.3 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | (p)0.3 | |
Other Services(3) |
24.3 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 24.8 | (p)24.2 | |
12-month % change |
-0.8 | -0.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | (p)-2.0 | |
Government(3) |
86.8 | 87.4 | 88.1 | 88.3 | 88.6 | (p)88.5 | |
12-month % change |
1.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | (p)2.7 | |
Footnotes |