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Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Providence, RI-MA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2024
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Providence-Warwick — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nursing Occupations in Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Areas - May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2020
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Economy at a Glance:
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2023
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

704.4 705.6 704.6 709.4 (p)705.6 (p)718.7

Employment(1)

682.1 688.4 684.5 686.9 (p)681.1 (p)685.8

Unemployment(1)

22.4 17.1 20.1 22.5 (p)24.5 (p)32.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

3.2 2.4 2.8 3.2 (p)3.5 (p)4.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

600.3 606.3 604.9 605.3 604.5 (p)589.4

12-month % change

0.6 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.8 (p)1.1

Mining and Logging(3)

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 (p)0.2

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

28.6 28.5 27.7 27.9 26.7 (p)26.0

12-month % change

2.9 3.3 0.0 0.0 -1.5 (p)2.4

Manufacturing(3)

50.8 50.5 50.9 50.8 51.1 (p)50.8

12-month % change

-1.2 -1.0 -0.6 -0.6 -0.4 (p)-0.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

101.3 102.4 102.7 104.8 105.6 (p)102.0

12-month % change

0.5 0.8 0.1 0.4 -0.2 (p)-0.7

Information(3)

6.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.9 (p)6.8

12-month % change

0.0 1.5 -1.4 1.4 0.0 (p)-1.4

Financial Activities(3)

37.4 37.5 37.6 37.5 37.4 (p)36.8

12-month % change

-1.3 -0.5 -0.8 -1.1 -0.5 (p)-1.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

77.6 77.1 78.0 77.8 77.8 (p)75.4

12-month % change

-1.5 -0.6 -0.3 0.4 2.4 (p)2.6

Education and Health Services(3)

124.3 128.4 128.6 129.7 130.2 (p)127.9

12-month % change

2.1 2.6 1.2 1.6 2.4 (p)3.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

74.6 72.2 69.0 65.8 64.8 (p)62.1

12-month % change

1.8 3.1 1.3 -1.8 -0.6 (p)0.2

Other Services(3)

27.5 26.2 26.1 26.2 26.0 (p)25.6

12-month % change

1.5 1.9 1.2 1.9 0.4 (p)0.8

Government(3)

71.1 76.4 77.2 77.6 77.8 (p)75.8

12-month % change

0.7 0.9 1.7 0.8 1.3 (p)1.1

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