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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > New Hampshire

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News Releases:
Feb
02
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — December 2022

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.5 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT, metropolitan area for the year ended December 2022.

Dec
13
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — November 2022

Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.6 percent for the two months ending in November 2022.

Nov
22
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — October 2022

Gasoline prices averaged $3.728 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in October 2022, up 40.4 cents compared to October 2021.

New Hampshire Economy at a Glance:
New Hampshire
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2022		 Aug
2022		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 766.7 769.2 770.8 771.9 772.2 (p)773.7

Employment(1)

 751.7 753.6 754.2 753.6 752.5 (p)753.0

Unemployment(1)

 15.0 15.5 16.6 18.3 19.7 (p)20.7

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 (p)2.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 681.9 680.3 685.8 685.3 689.7 (p)689.3

12-month % change

 1.9 1.5 2.7 2.3 2.7 (p)2.5

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 (p)0.9

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -10.0 11.1 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 31.2 31.4 31.3 31.2 31.4 (p)30.7

12-month % change

 7.2 7.2 6.5 8.0 6.1 (p)2.3

Manufacturing(3)

 69.6 69.1 68.9 68.7 69.5 (p)69.9

12-month % change

 2.7 1.8 1.5 0.7 2.5 (p)2.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 138.9 138.7 139.7 140.0 139.9 (p)139.1

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.3 0.9 0.6 0.1 (p)-0.4

Information(3)

 11.7 11.9 11.8 11.7 11.7 (p)11.5

12-month % change

 0.0 1.7 0.9 -0.8 0.0 (p)-0.9

Financial Activities(3)

 34.8 34.6 34.3 34.3 34.4 (p)34.0

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.9 -1.2 -2.0 -2.5 (p)-2.9

Professional & Business Services(3)

 94.8 95.0 96.3 96.6 97.7 (p)99.0

12-month % change

 7.5 8.2 9.7 6.7 7.0 (p)7.5

Education & Health Services(3)

 121.0 121.1 121.7 121.6 122.4 (p)122.3

12-month % change

 -0.2 -0.4 0.9 1.0 1.2 (p)0.9

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 68.9 69.2 70.8 70.5 71.6 (p)72.0

12-month % change

 4.6 3.0 5.5 5.2 8.0 (p)7.8

Other Services(3)

 24.2 24.4 25.0 25.2 25.2 (p)25.2

12-month % change

 3.0 3.0 6.4 8.2 6.8 (p)8.6

Government(3)

 85.9 84.0 85.1 84.5 84.9 (p)84.7

12-month % change

 -0.9 -2.7 -0.6 -0.5 0.5 (p)1.2

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
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 Economic Summary Feb 2023
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 Economic Summary Feb 2023
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Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — October 2022 Average energy prices News Release Nov 2022
Business Employment Dynamics in New England Employment Table Feb 2013
Business Employment Dynamics in New England (PDF) Employment Table Nov 2014
Occupational injuries and illnesses in New England Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2013
Occupational injuries and illnesses in New England (PDF) (PDF) Workplace injuries and illnesses Table Mar 2018
County Employment and Wages in New Hampshire — Second Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Dec 2021
2014 Data on Employment Status by State and Demographic Group (PDF) Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2015
Union Membership of wage and salary workers in New England Employment Table Mar 2012
Union Membership of wage and salary workers in New England (PDF) (PDF) Employment Table Mar 2012
New England and State Multiple Jobholders: 1997-2010 Employment Table Oct 2011
New England and State Multiple Jobholders: 1997-2010 (PDF) (PDF) Employment Table Oct 2011
New England and State Unemployment - 2016 Unemployment News Release Apr 2017
New England and State Unemployment — September 2017 Unemployment News Release Nov 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2022
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
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Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2022
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — December 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2023
Minimum Wage Workers in New Hampshire-2013 Employment, Unemployment News Release Jun 2014
Fatal Work Injuries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton: 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in New England - 2014 Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2015
Unemployment in the Boston Area by Division - April 2015 Unemployment News Release Jun 2015
STEM OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN NEW ENGLAND-MAY 2014 Pay News Release Feb 2016
Occupational Employment and Wages in Manchester — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021