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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > Massachusetts > New Bedford

New Bedford

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 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 Feb 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 — November 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2022
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
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nursing Occupations in Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Areas - May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2020
New Bedford, MA Economy at a Glance:
New Bedford, MA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 84.0 83.6 82.3 82.7 82.5 (p)82.4

Employment(1)

 79.9 79.3 78.5 79.1 78.8 (p)78.3

Unemployment(1)

 4.1 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.7 (p)4.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.9 5.1 4.5 4.3 4.5 (p)5.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 65.3 65.0 65.4 65.7 66.0 (p)65.7

12-month % change

 2.2 2.4 1.2 0.8 1.7 (p)1.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)2.9

12-month % change

 7.1 7.1 11.1 11.1 7.1 (p)7.4

Manufacturing(3)

 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.8 (p)6.8

12-month % change

 3.0 2.9 1.5 1.5 0.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 10.5 10.4 10.6 10.7 10.9 (p)11.2

12-month % change

 -5.4 -5.5 -6.2 -5.3 -4.4 (p)-2.6

Information(3)

 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)0.4

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.6

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.2 (p)6.1

12-month % change

 0.0 3.3 1.7 0.0 1.6 (p)3.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 16.4 16.4 16.3 16.4 16.5 (p)16.5

12-month % change

 1.9 2.5 1.2 0.0 1.2 (p)1.9

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 8.0 8.0 7.5 7.4 7.4 (p)7.2

12-month % change

 9.6 11.1 7.1 4.2 7.2 (p)4.3

Other Services(3)

 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 (p)2.4

12-month % change

 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 9.7 9.4 10.6 10.7 10.8 (p)10.6

12-month % change

 5.4 3.3 2.9 3.9 5.9 (p)3.9

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.
(p) Preliminary