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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > New Hampshire, Maine > Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 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 Mar 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 — January 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Feb 2023
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
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — December 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2023
Portsmouth, NH-ME Economy at a Glance:
Portsmouth, NH-ME
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 76.6 76.5 76.2 (p)77.4 (p)77.9  

Employment(1)

 74.9 74.6 74.4 (p)75.6 (p)75.8  

Unemployment(1)

 1.7 1.9 1.9 (p)1.8 (p)2.1  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.2 2.5 2.5 (p)2.4 (p)2.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 94.9 94.5 94.2 95.1 93.1 (p)93.7

12-month % change

 2.2 2.6 2.8 4.2 4.1 (p)4.1

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 6.9 10.3 3.3 6.9 7.1 (p)3.4

Manufacturing(3)

 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.8 (p)9.8

12-month % change

 3.2 2.1 4.3 3.2 4.3 (p)3.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 16.3 16.3 16.5 16.8 16.6 (p)16.5

12-month % change

 1.2 2.5 1.9 1.2 3.8 (p)4.4

Information(3)

 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)1.8

12-month % change

 -5.3 -5.3 -5.3 -5.3 -5.3 (p)-5.3

Financial Activities(3)

 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 (p)5.4

12-month % change

 1.9 1.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 (p)3.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 14.6 14.6 14.9 15.5 15.0 (p)15.3

12-month % change

 2.8 2.1 3.5 9.9 8.7 (p)9.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 13.7 13.9 14.0 14.0 13.9 (p)14.0

12-month % change

 3.0 2.2 2.9 2.9 2.2 (p)2.9

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 12.6 11.9 11.0 10.8 9.9 (p)10.0

12-month % change

 5.0 7.2 7.8 9.1 5.3 (p)5.3

Other Services(3)

 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9

12-month % change

 3.6 7.4 3.6 7.4 11.5 (p)7.4

Government(3)

 14.9 14.9 14.9 15.0 14.8 (p)15.0

12-month % change

 -1.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.7 0.7 (p)0.7

Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

CPI-U, All items(4)

 318.800   320.702   324.270  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   8.1   7.0   6.4  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 319.032   321.041   324.042  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   8.5   7.0   6.4  

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary