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Economy at a Glance
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Northeast Region

Northeast Region - Monthly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023		 Mar
2023		 Apr
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)28,855.6 (r)28,861.4 28,901.0 28,951.8 28,986.1 29,025.5

Employment(1)

 (r)27,727.3 (r)27,745.2 27,774.7 27,817.0 27,871.9 27,939.3

Unemployment(1)

 (r)1,128.2 (r)1,116.1 1,126.3 1,134.8 1,114.2 1,086.2

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.7

Consumer Price Index

CPI-U, All items(3)

 308.394 308.150 310.323 311.986 311.243 311.848

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

   6.4 6.1 6.0 5.9 4.3 3.8

CPI-W, All items(4)

 306.017 305.734 307.769 309.272 308.212 309.017

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

   6.4 6.0 5.9 5.7 3.8 3.5

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.
(r) Revised
Northeast Region - Quarterly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 1st Qtr
2022		 2nd Qtr
2022		 3rd Qtr
2022		 4th Qtr
2022		 1st Qtr
2023

Employment Cost Index, Private Industry

Total Compensation(1)

 152.2 153.9 155.5 157.0 159.0

Compensation, 12-month % change

 4.2 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.5

Wages & Salaries(1)

 153.1 154.7 156.4 158.1 159.8

Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change

 4.4 5.1 4.6 4.9 4.4

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

Data extracted on: June 07, 2023

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:

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