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Economic Summaries:
Economic Summaries are specialized products that combine data graphically from subjects such as unemployment, inflation, and wages into a single document for selected metropolitan areas. To view a specific area in this region, use the dropdown list below or click here.
Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $41.59 per hour in the South to $54.61 in the Northeast in March 2026.
Employment rose in 3 of the 6 largest planning regions—a county-level equivalent—in Connecticut from December 2024 to December 2025.
Employment in Maine’s York County decreased 0.5 percent from December 2024 to December 2025; employment in Cumberland County rose 0.4 percent over the year.
Employment declined in 7 of the 9 largest counties in Massachusetts from December 2024 to December 2025.
Employment declined in the three largest counties in New Hampshire—Merrimack, Hillsborough, and Rockingham—from December 2024 to December 2025.