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Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH

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New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2020
New England Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2020
Average Energy Prices In Boston-Cambridge-Newton – December 2018	Average energy prices	News Release	Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Brockton-Nashua– 2012 Annual Average	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Apr 2013
Consumer Expenditures for the Boston Metropolitan Area: 2015-16	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2018
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2017	Pay	News Release	Oct 2018
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — May 2020	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jun 2020
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — March 2020	Benefits, Pay	News Release	May 2020
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

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH Economy at a Glance:

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)198.2	198.2	198.3	195.7	175.5	(p)181.8
Employment(1)		(2)193.6	191.7	192.0	190.1	147.9	(p)152.8
Unemployment(1)		(2)4.6	6.4	6.3	5.6	27.6	(p)29.0
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)2.3	3.2	3.2	2.9	15.8	(p)15.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		160.6	157.3	158.2	157.1	131.2	(p)135.1
12-month % change		-0.7	-0.9	-0.6	-1.4	-18.7	(p)-17.3
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		9.8	9.3	9.2	9.3	7.2	(p)8.9
12-month % change		3.2	3.3	3.4	2.2	-25.8	(p)-11.9
Manufacturing(4)		23.5	23.6	23.5	23.5	21.7	(p)22.0
12-month % change		0.0	0.9	0.0	0.4	-7.7	(p)-6.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		25.7	25.6	25.0	24.6	21.3	(p)21.7
12-month % change		0.8	2.4	1.2	0.8	-14.1	(p)-12.5
Information(4)		5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	(p)5.6
12-month % change		-5.0	-3.4	-3.4	-1.7	-1.8	(p)-6.7
Financial Activities(4)		4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	(p)4.2
12-month % change		4.9	7.5	7.5	7.5	2.4	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		24.6	23.3	23.8	23.5	22.3	(p)23.2
12-month % change		-2.8	-6.4	-5.2	-6.4	-13.6	(p)-10.4
Education and Health Services(4)		25.3	25.2	25.3	25.2	20.5	(p)20.6
12-month % change		0.0	0.8	2.0	0.0	-18.0	(p)-17.9
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		13.2	12.9	13.1	12.7	4.4	(p)5.4
12-month % change		-5.0	-6.5	-5.1	-8.0	-68.3	(p)-62.0
Other Services(4)		4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	2.9	(p)3.2
12-month % change		-4.1	-2.1	-2.1	-4.2	-40.8	(p)-34.7
Government(4)		23.8	22.7	23.7	23.7	21.1	(p)20.3
12-month % change		0.0	-1.3	-0.4	-0.4	-11.7	(p)-17.1
Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
CPI-U, All items(5)			285.181		285.544		282.620
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)			2.2		1.8		0.6
CPI-W, All items(6)			284.382		284.368		280.697
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)			2.3		1.8		0.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary