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Consumer Expenditures for the New York Metropolitan Area: 2016–17
Households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., metropolitan area spent an average of $67,782 per year in 2016–17.
Average Energy Prices In Boston-Cambridge-Newton – October 2018
Boston area households paid an average of $2.862 a gallon for gasoline in October 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today
Women’s Earnings in Connecticut — 2017
In 2017, Connecticut women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $938 or 85.1 percent of the $1,102 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts.
Connecticut Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
May 2018 |
June 2018 |
July 2018 |
Aug 2018 |
Sept 2018 |
Oct 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
1,898.5 | 1,896.5 | 1,898.5 | 1,899.2 | 1,903.5 | (p)1,909.3 |
Employment(1) |
|
1,813.6 | 1,812.6 | 1,815.8 | 1,818.4 | 1,823.4 | (p)1,829.3 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
84.9 | 83.9 | 82.8 | 80.9 | 80.0 | (p)80.0 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | (p)4.2 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
1,692.7 | 1,698.0 | 1,698.5 | 1,701.8 | 1,700.4 | (p)1,701.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | (p)1.3 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | (p)0.6 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 |
Construction(3) |
|
59.5 | 61.0 | 61.5 | 62.4 | 62.9 | (p)62.9 |
12-month % change |
|
1.9 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 7.7 | (p)6.6 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
163.1 | 163.7 | 163.6 | 164.0 | 164.4 | (p)164.7 |
12-month % change |
|
2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | (p)2.7 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
299.6 | 299.3 | 298.1 | 297.1 | 296.2 | (p)295.8 |
12-month % change |
|
0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -0.9 | (p)-0.5 |
Information(3) |
|
30.7 | 30.9 | 30.8 | 30.7 | 30.4 | (p)30.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-3.2 | -2.5 | -1.9 | -1.6 | -2.9 | (p)-1.9 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
127.5 | 127.4 | 127.1 | 127.7 | 128.8 | (p)129.7 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.3 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.1 | 0.9 | (p)1.6 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
221.2 | 222.7 | 222.3 | 222.8 | 222.3 | (p)223.0 |
12-month % change |
|
1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | (p)2.4 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
339.2 | 340.8 | 341.4 | 342.8 | 341.8 | (p)341.9 |
12-month % change |
|
1.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | (p)1.9 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
156.1 | 158.3 | 160.6 | 161.1 | 159.7 | (p)159.5 |
12-month % change |
|
0.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | (p)3.0 |
Other Services(3) |
|
65.6 | 65.3 | 65.0 | 65.5 | 65.8 | (p)65.5 |
12-month % change |
|
1.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | (p)1.9 |
Government(3) |
|
229.6 | 228.0 | 227.5 | 227.1 | 227.5 | (p)227.8 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.1 | -2.0 | -1.8 | -2.0 | -1.6 | (p)-1.5 |
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