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Economy at a Glance
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Northeast Region

Northeast Region - Monthly Data
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Data
Jan
2025
Feb
2025
Mar
2025
Apr
2025
May
2025
June
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

29,611.7 29,617.2 29,626.7 29,659.7 29,661.8 29,650.4

Employment(1)

28,394.6 28,398.5 28,399.2 28,419.2 28,418.0 28,409.6

Unemployment(1)

1,217.0 1,218.7 1,227.5 1,240.6 1,243.8 1,240.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2

Consumer Price Index

CPI-U, All items(3)

329.989 332.009 332.049 333.065 333.531 335.078

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change

  3.7 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.0

CPI-W, All items(4)

327.580 329.432 329.918 330.673 330.844 332.556

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change

  3.7 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 3.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) All Urban Consumers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.

Northeast Region - Quarterly Data
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Data
1st Qtr
2024
2nd Qtr
2024
3rd Qtr
2024
4th Qtr
2024
1st Qtr
2025

Employment Cost Index, Private Industry

Total Compensation(1)

165.0 166.4 167.4 168.4 170.5

Compensation, 12-month % change

3.8 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.3

Wages & Salaries(1)

166.1 167.6 168.8 170.0 172.0

Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change

3.9 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.6

Footnotes
(1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: July 23, 2025

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

Compensation & Working Conditions