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Barnstable Town, MA

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — July 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2025
Barnstable Town Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Barnstable Town — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Apr 2025

Barnstable Town, MA Economy at a Glance:

Barnstable Town, MA

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		115.9	118.0	120.9	127.9	(p)131.7
Employment(1)		107.7	111.1	114.3	122.2	(p)126.3
Unemployment(1)		8.3	6.9	6.6	5.7	(p)5.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		7.1	5.8	5.4	4.5	(p)4.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		91.5	95.5	99.5	107.3	110.7	(p)109.1
12-month % change		5.3	5.4	2.5	0.3	-1.2	(p)-1.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		6.7	6.8	7.0	7.1	7.1	(p)7.1
12-month % change		-5.6	-6.8	-6.7	-5.3	-2.7	(p)-2.7
Manufacturing(3)		2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	(p)2.3
12-month % change		4.8	0.0	0.0	-4.2	-8.0	(p)-8.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		18.5	18.7	18.9	19.9	20.0	(p)19.9
12-month % change		5.1	3.9	0.0	-3.9	-5.7	(p)-5.7
Information(3)		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
12-month % change		0.0	-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	(p)-9.1
Financial Activities(3)		3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	(p)3.6
12-month % change		6.1	6.1	2.9	0.0	-2.6	(p)-5.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		9.7	10.4	10.5	10.7	10.7	(p)10.7
12-month % change		7.8	7.2	4.0	2.9	0.9	(p)1.9
Education and Health Services(3)		16.3	16.5	16.6	16.6	16.8	(p)16.7
12-month % change		1.9	1.9	1.8	0.6	1.2	(p)1.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		15.6	18.2	21.3	27.0	29.9	(p)28.9
12-month % change		21.9	25.5	14.5	7.6	2.7	(p)1.4
Other Services(3)		3.6	3.7	3.7	3.9	4.0	(p)4.0
12-month % change		9.1	5.7	0.0	-4.9	-4.8	(p)-2.4
Government(3)		14.4	14.5	14.8	15.2	15.2	(p)14.9
12-month % change		-2.0	-2.0	-3.3	-2.6	-3.2	(p)-4.5
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