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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Northeast > Table

Northeast - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the United States, Northeast, and Puerto Rico, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 167,897 168,429 168,549 168,699 802 0.5

Northeast

 29,143.5 29,322.4 29,313.2 29,289.6 146.1 0.5

New England

 8,031.3 8,159.2 8,171.1 8,178.5 147.3 1.8

Connecticut

 1,898.6 1,907.8 1,902.5 (p)1,900.5 (p)1.9 (p)0.1

Maine

 691.2 700.3 702.0 (p)704.4 (p)13.2 (p)1.9

Massachusetts

 3,752.8 3,828.7 3,844.0 (p)3,850.5 (p)97.7 (p)2.6

New Hampshire

 761.1 770.0 770.8 (p)772.0 (p)10.9 (p)1.4

Rhode Island

 575.1 592.1 591.8 (p)591.3 (p)16.2 (p)2.8

Vermont

 352.5 357.9 358.0 (p)358.0 (p)5.5 (p)1.6

Middle Atlantic

 21,112.2 21,163.2 21,142.0 21,111.1 -1.1 0.0

New Jersey

 4,833.8 4,840.1 4,849.8 (p)4,846.7 (p)12.8 (p)0.3

New York

 9,749.9 9,720.8 9,712.5 (p)9,709.1 (p)-40.8 (p)-0.4

Pennsylvania

 6,528.4 6,602.5 6,580.4 (p)6,555.8 (p)27.4 (p)0.4

Puerto Rico

 1,209.1 1,201.8 1,201.9 1,203.9 -5.3 -0.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployed in the United States, Northeast, and Puerto Rico, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 6,347 7,163 7,115 6,834 487 7.7

Northeast

 1,149.4 1,145.5 1,165.0 1,162.0 12.5 1.1

New England

 268.6 278.0 285.4 284.7 16.2 6.0

Connecticut

 76.1 69.3 65.5 (p)61.4 (p)-14.7 (p)-19.3

Maine

 22.3 19.5 19.7 (p)20.1 (p)-2.3 (p)-10.1

Massachusetts

 124.9 132.8 143.1 (p)146.8 (p)21.9 (p)17.6

New Hampshire

 19.0 19.6 20.1 (p)19.4 (p)0.4 (p)2.4

Rhode Island

 18.2 26.8 27.3 (p)27.2 (p)9.0 (p)49.4

Vermont

 7.7 7.5 7.7 (p)7.9 (p)0.2 (p)2.4

Middle Atlantic

 880.9 867.6 879.6 877.2 -3.6 -0.4

New Jersey

 229.9 226.0 231.4 (p)229.1 (p)-0.8 (p)-0.4

New York

 432.9 417.9 425.8 (p)426.7 (p)-6.2 (p)-1.4

Pennsylvania

 217.3 224.0 223.0 (p)221.8 (p)4.5 (p)2.1

Puerto Rico

 68.5 69.4 68.0 66.6 -1.9 -2.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the United States, Northeast, and Puerto Rico, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area
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United States

 3.8 4.3 4.2 4.1 0.3

Northeast

 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 0.1

New England

 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 0.2

Connecticut

 4.0 3.6 3.4 (p)3.2 (p)-0.8

Maine

 3.2 2.8 2.8 (p)2.8 (p)-0.4

Massachusetts

 3.3 3.5 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.5

New Hampshire

 2.5 2.5 2.6 (p)2.5 (p)0.0

Rhode Island

 3.2 4.5 4.6 (p)4.6 (p)1.4

Vermont

 2.2 2.1 2.2 (p)2.2 (p)0.0

Middle Atlantic

 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2 0.0

New Jersey

 4.8 4.7 4.8 (p)4.7 (p)-0.1

New York

 4.4 4.3 4.4 (p)4.4 (p)0.0

Pennsylvania

 3.3 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)0.1

Puerto Rico

 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.5 -0.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates by selected Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the Northeast and Puerto Rico, not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Connecticut

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk

 4.0 3.6 (p)3.6    

Danbury

 3.3 3.0 (p)3.0    

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford

 3.5 3.5 (p)3.5    

New Haven

 3.5 3.3 (p)3.3    

Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI

 3.4 3.4 (p)3.3    

Waterbury

 4.6 4.4 (p)4.3    

Maine

Bangor

 2.7 2.7 (p)2.6    

Lewiston-Auburn

 2.9 2.8 (p)2.7    

Portland-South Portland, ME

 2.4 2.3 (p)2.2    

Massachusetts

Barnstable Town

 3.1 4.2 (p)4.1    

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH

 3.0 4.3 (p)4.3    

Boston-Cambridge-Newton(1)

 2.9 4.2 (p)4.2    

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton(1)

 3.7 5.2 (p)5.2    

Framingham(1)

 2.7 4.1 (p)4.1    

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(1)

 2.8 3.9 (p)3.9    

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH(1)

 4.0 5.7 (p)5.8    

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH(1)

 3.2 4.8 (p)4.8    

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA(1)

 3.3 4.8 (p)4.8    

Nashua NH-MA(1)

 2.5 3.3 (p)3.2    

Peabody-Salem-Beverly(1)

 2.9 4.3 (p)4.3    

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton(1)

 3.3 5.0 (p)4.9    

Leominster-Gardner, MA

 3.4 5.3 (p)5.2    

New Bedford

 4.2 5.6 (p)5.6    

Pittsfield

 3.1 4.3 (p)4.2    

Springfield MA-CT

 3.5 5.0 (p)5.0    

Worcester MA-CT

 3.2 4.5 (p)4.5    

New Hampshire

Manchester

 2.3 2.9 (p)3.0    

Portsmouth NH-ME

 2.1 2.4 (p)2.5    

Dover-Durham, NH-ME

 2.4 2.9 (p)2.9    

New York

Albany-Schenectady-Troy

 3.3 3.8 (p)3.7    

Binghamton

 3.6 4.4 (p)4.3    

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls

 3.8 4.5 (p)4.4    

Elmira

 3.9 4.4 (p)4.4    

Glens Falls

 3.2 3.6 (p)3.5    

Ithaca

 3.2 3.9 (p)3.9    

Kingston

 3.5 4.1 (p)3.9    

New York-Newark-Jersey City

 4.5 5.3 (p)5.3    

Dutchess County-Putnam County(1)

 3.4 3.9 (p)3.8    

Nassau County-Suffolk County(1)

 3.3 3.8 (p)3.8    

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(1)

 4.7 5.6 (p)5.6    

New York City

 5.1 6.1 6.1 (p)5.3 (p)0.2

Rochester

 3.6 4.1 (p)4.0    

Syracuse

 3.6 4.1 (p)4.0    

Utica-Rome

 3.6 4.2 (p)4.1    

Watertown-Fort Drum

 3.8 4.5 (p)4.3    

Rhode Island

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

 2.8 5.2 (p)5.3    

Vermont

Burlington-South Burlington

 1.7 1.9 (p)2.1    

Puerto Rico

Aguadilla-Isabela

 7.1 8.1 (p)7.5    

Arecibo

 6.2 6.3 (p)5.9    

Guayama

 8.0 8.8 (p)9.5    

Mayaguez

 6.0 7.6 (p)7.0    

Ponce

 8.1 8.3 (p)8.3    

San German

 7.1 8.2 (p)8.2    

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas

 4.8 5.0 (p)4.6    

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in selected Northeast states, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 156,667 158,692 (p)158,851 (p)159,105 (p)2,438 (p)1.6

Connecticut

 1,698.5 1,712.8 1,710.6 (p)1,710.3 (p)11.8 (p)0.7

Maine

 651.3 656.2 656.6 (p)656.9 (p)5.6 (p)0.9

Massachusetts

 3,709.6 3,748.4 3,746.3 (p)3,743.7 (p)34.1 (p)0.9

New Hampshire

 700.4 708.0 712.0 (p)714.1 (p)13.7 (p)2.0

New York

 9,749.6 9,885.6 9,883.3 (p)9,885.3 (p)135.7 (p)1.4

Rhode Island

 506.4 508.5 509.6 (p)512.9 (p)6.5 (p)1.3

Vermont

 310.1 316.0 315.7 (p)315.8 (p)5.7 (p)1.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.