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Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentAverage energy pricesConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPay
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
New England Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England	Consumer price indexes	Table	Mar 2023
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — October 2022	Average energy prices	News Release	Nov 2022
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Brockton-Nashua– 2012 Annual Average	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Apr 2013
Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area — 2020–21	Consumer spending	News Release	Dec 2022
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2019	Pay	News Release	Mar 2021
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — January 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Feb 2023
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — December 2022	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Feb 2023
Unemployment in the Boston Area by Division - April 2015	Unemployment	News Release	Jun 2015
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES FOR SELECTED STEM OCCUPATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS’ METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DIVISIONS – MAY 2015	Pay	News Release	Dec 2016

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH Economy at a Glance:

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		98.5	99.5	99.2	(p)99.6	(p)100.4
Employment(1)		94.1	95.3	95.0	(p)95.1	(p)95.3
Unemployment(1)		4.4	4.2	4.2	(p)4.5	(p)5.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.4	4.2	4.2	(p)4.5	(p)5.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		82.3	83.3	83.1	83.4	82.7	(p)82.2
12-month % change		1.7	2.0	2.1	2.3	4.0	(p)2.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	(p)4.0
12-month % change		0.0	-2.3	0.0	0.0	2.5	(p)2.6
Manufacturing(3)		8.8	8.8	8.8	8.6	8.6	(p)8.6
12-month % change		2.3	0.0	-1.1	-3.4	-1.1	(p)-2.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		15.3	15.7	15.8	15.9	15.7	(p)15.6
12-month % change		2.7	2.6	1.9	1.3	3.3	(p)3.3
Information(3)		0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	(p)0.9
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.5	(p)12.5
Financial Activities(3)		2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	(p)2.3
12-month % change		0.0	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	(p)-4.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		10.3	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.1	(p)10.1
12-month % change		5.1	3.0	2.0	3.0	6.3	(p)5.2
Education and Health Services(3)		20.5	20.7	21.0	21.7	21.6	(p)21.4
12-month % change		-1.4	1.5	2.9	5.9	7.5	(p)4.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.8	7.8	7.3	7.3	7.2	(p)7.2
12-month % change		4.0	2.6	2.8	4.3	4.3	(p)1.4
Other Services(3)		2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	(p)2.9
12-month % change		7.4	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	(p)3.6
Government(3)		9.1	9.4	9.4	9.2	9.2	(p)9.2
12-month % change		1.1	4.4	4.4	1.1	1.1	(p)1.1
Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
CPI-U, All items(3)		318.800		320.702		324.270
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(3)		8.1		7.0		6.4
CPI-W, All items(4)		319.032		321.041		324.042
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(4)		8.5		7.0		6.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not 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. (p) Preliminary