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Gasoline prices averaged $4.229 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in April 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.6 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT, metropolitan area for the year ended March 2022.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Boston was up 1.9 percent over the two months, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Data Series | Back Data |
Nov 2021 |
Dec 2021 |
Jan 2022 |
Feb 2022 |
Mar 2022 |
Apr 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)754.6 | (r)754.9 | 755.5 | 756.7 | 758.6 | (p)760.0 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)731.9 | (r)732.3 | 733.4 | 736.2 | 740.0 | (p)742.5 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)22.8 | (r)22.5 | 22.2 | 20.5 | 18.6 | (p)17.5 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)3.0 | (r)3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | (p)2.3 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
671.8 | 672.4 | 671.6 | 676.7 | 680.0 | (p)686.6 | |
12-month % change |
3.5 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | (p)4.4 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (p)0.9 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | -10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
29.6 | 30.0 | 30.3 | 30.4 | 30.9 | (p)31.3 | |
12-month % change |
3.9 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 8.4 | (p)8.7 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
67.8 | 68.2 | 68.6 | 68.7 | 68.6 | (p)68.5 | |
12-month % change |
1.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | (p)1.5 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
139.7 | 139.7 | 139.2 | 140.7 | 141.1 | (p)140.8 | |
12-month % change |
2.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | (p)1.8 | |
Information(3) |
11.7 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.0 | (p)12.0 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.6 | (p)3.4 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
35.3 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 34.8 | (p)34.8 | |
12-month % change |
2.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | (p)0.6 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
91.3 | 92.1 | 93.5 | 93.2 | 93.7 | (p)93.9 | |
12-month % change |
10.1 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 9.5 | (p)8.7 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
121.0 | 121.2 | 119.7 | 121.9 | 121.0 | (p)121.6 | |
12-month % change |
3.1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | (p)2.5 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
66.3 | 66.8 | 64.1 | 65.7 | 68.5 | (p)73.3 | |
12-month % change |
6.1 | 13.8 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 10.3 | (p)16.7 | |
Other Services(3) |
23.6 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 24.2 | (p)24.3 | |
12-month % change |
1.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.2 | (p)5.2 | |
Government(3) |
84.5 | 83.7 | 85.4 | 84.4 | 84.2 | (p)85.2 | |
12-month % change |
0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | -0.6 | (p)0.4 | |
Footnotes |