Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH

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2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,732.0 2,752.1 2,772.3 2,794.9 (p)2,841.4  

Employment(1)

 2,635.7 2,659.5 2,690.2 2,709.2 (p)2,739.6  

Unemployment(1)

 96.4 92.6 82.1 85.7 (p)101.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.5 3.4 3.0 3.1 (p)3.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,708.0 2,719.1 2,763.9 2,787.5 2,824.4 (p)2,813.0

12-month % change

 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.9 (p)2.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 107.5 107.7 113.8 119.6 123.1 (p)125.6

12-month % change

 6.5 4.9 5.2 6.8 6.6 (p)6.4

Manufacturing(3)

 187.0 187.9 188.1 188.6 191.8 (p)192.7

12-month % change

 0.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.9 (p)2.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 413.9 414.6 419.7 423.9 431.3 (p)427.8

12-month % change

 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.2 0.6 (p)0.4

Information(3)

 79.7 79.7 79.1 79.5 80.5 (p)81.4

12-month % change

 0.6 0.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 (p)0.5

Financial Activities(3)

 182.2 181.3 182.8 183.5 185.8 (p)186.4

12-month % change

 -0.7 -1.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.9 (p)-0.7

Professional and Business Services(3)

 481.1 485.0 497.0 501.0 512.6 (p)516.1

12-month % change

 2.7 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.8 (p)4.8

Education and Health Services(3)

 587.7 588.8 592.8 589.2 582.9 (p)586.0

12-month % change

 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.5 (p)2.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 253.9 258.4 269.5 281.2 295.5 (p)298.5

12-month % change

 0.6 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.7 (p)3.9

Other Services(3)

 101.3 100.8 105.5 105.1 109.3 (p)108.7

12-month % change

 2.0 0.1 3.6 2.4 3.1 (p)1.7

Government(3)

 313.7 314.9 315.6 315.9 311.6 (p)289.8

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.7 (p)0.0

Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

CPI-U, All items(4)

   274.591   274.668   275.402

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     3.6   3.2   3.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

   273.619   273.591   274.186

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     3.7   3.4   3.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary

Data extracted on: August 17, 2018

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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