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Worcester

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Worcester Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jan 2022
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2022
New England Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jan 2022
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 in the Boston Metropolitan Area – 2019-20	Consumer spending	News Release	Nov 2021
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2019	Pay	News Release	Mar 2021
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE-NEWTON– NOVEMBER 2021	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Dec 2021
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 — September 2021	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Nov 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nursing Occupations in Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Areas - May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Worcester — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2021
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES FOR SELECTED STEM OCCUPATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS’ METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DIVISIONS – MAY 2015	Pay	News Release	Dec 2016

Worcester, MA-CT Economy at a Glance:

Worcester, MA-CT
Data Series	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021	Nov 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	350.3	353.1	353.9	349.0	352.0	(p)355.4
Employment(1)	330.4	332.0	333.9	330.2	333.5	(p)338.2
Unemployment(1)	19.9	21.1	20.1	18.8	18.5	(p)17.2
Unemployment Rate(2)	5.7	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.2	(p)4.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	273.5	274.2	274.7	273.9	278.6	(p)279.0
12-month % change	7.0	6.4	5.0	3.4	5.0	(p)4.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	11.9	12.4	12.5	12.0	12.4	(p)12.5
12-month % change	9.2	12.7	10.6	7.1	21.6	(p)14.7
Manufacturing(3)	26.0	26.4	26.4	26.3	26.4	(p)26.5
12-month % change	0.0	1.9	1.1	1.9	1.9	(p)1.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	53.3	52.4	52.3	52.2	53.4	(p)54.0
12-month % change	10.4	8.0	6.5	6.3	6.6	(p)2.5
Information(3)	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	(p)2.9
12-month % change	-3.4	3.6	7.4	7.4	7.4	(p)3.6
Financial Activities(3)	13.6	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.4	(p)13.4
12-month % change	-2.2	-1.4	-1.4	-0.7	-5.0	(p)-4.3
Professional and Business Services(3)	27.9	28.3	28.4	28.3	29.2	(p)29.2
12-month % change	3.0	4.0	2.9	2.5	6.6	(p)6.2
Education and Health Services(3)	65.6	65.3	64.7	65.9	67.1	(p)67.2
12-month % change	5.3	3.0	0.6	1.5	2.4	(p)2.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	22.4	23.7	24.4	22.4	23.0	(p)22.2
12-month % change	36.6	27.4	25.1	12.6	16.2	(p)16.8
Other Services(3)	9.0	9.1	9.2	8.6	8.7	(p)8.7
12-month % change	15.4	5.8	5.7	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
Government(3)	41.0	39.9	40.1	41.6	42.1	(p)42.4
12-month % change	2.2	6.1	5.0	0.7	2.7	(p)2.7
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