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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Northeast > Massachusetts > Barnstable Town

Barnstable Town

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – August 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2023
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nursing Occupations in Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Areas - May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2020
Unemployment on Cape Cod And The Islands — July 2015 Unemployment News Release Sep 2015
Barnstable Town, MA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2023
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES FOR SELECTED STEM OCCUPATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS’ METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DIVISIONS – MAY 2015 Employment, Pay News Release Dec 2016
Occupational Employment and Wages in Barnstable Town — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2021
Barnstable Town, MA Economy at a Glance:
Barnstable Town, MA
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 118.7 119.3 121.8 130.9 134.3 (p)133.6

Employment(1)

 112.0 115.7 118.8 127.3 130.7 (p)130.1

Unemployment(1)

 6.8 3.6 3.1 3.6 3.6 (p)3.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.7 3.1 2.5 2.7 2.7 (p)2.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 98.8 102.8 107.4 117.2 120.2 (p)119.7

12-month % change

 4.7 3.1 3.1 3.7 1.8 (p)2.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.6 (p)8.5

12-month % change

 6.7 2.5 5.0 4.9 4.9 (p)4.9

Manufacturing(3)

 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4

12-month % change

 -3.1 -5.9 0.0 -2.9 -2.9 (p)-2.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 20.8 21.2 21.9 23.5 24.1 (p)23.5

12-month % change

 4.0 3.9 5.3 4.9 3.9 (p)2.2

Information(3)

 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

12-month % change

 0.0 -8.3 -8.3 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 (p)3.9

12-month % change

 5.7 5.6 2.7 -2.6 0.0 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 10.3 10.7 10.9 11.1 11.0 (p)10.9

12-month % change

 14.4 4.9 3.8 2.8 0.0 (p)0.9

Education and Health Services(3)

 17.6 17.6 17.6 17.4 17.4 (p)17.6

12-month % change

 1.1 0.0 -0.6 -2.2 -3.3 (p)-1.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 14.8 17.4 20.5 27.4 30.2 (p)30.8

12-month % change

 8.8 9.4 7.3 12.8 5.2 (p)9.2

Other Services(3)

 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.0 (p)5.0

12-month % change

 9.5 6.8 4.4 2.1 -2.0 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 14.8 14.9 15.1 15.9 15.4 (p)14.9

12-month % change

 -0.7 -0.7 -1.3 -1.2 0.7 (p)-1.3

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