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Boston, MA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Boston Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2026
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2026
Northeast Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — August 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — July 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — June 2026 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Newton — May 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2026
Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
Boston, MA Economy at a Glance:
Boston, MA
Data Series Back
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,169.1 1,169.4 1,165.6 1,178.8 1,184.6 (p)1,177.5

Employment(1)

 1,119.2 1,123.3 1,118.8 1,130.4 1,130.4 (p)1,127.1

Unemployment(1)

 49.8 46.2 46.7 48.4 54.2 (p)50.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.6 (p)4.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,257.7 1,274.4 1,279.6 1,293.9 1,294.1 (p)1,278.2

12-month % change

 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 0.4 0.2 (p)-0.1

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 47.9 49.9 50.7 52.2 52.4 (p)52.1

12-month % change

 -3.2 -1.4 -1.2 0.4 -0.2 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

 36.5 36.5 36.9 37.2 37.4 (p)37.5

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.8 0.0 0.8 1.6 (p)2.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 170.1 170.7 172.1 173.6 171.6 (p)170.1

12-month % change

 -0.8 -0.5 0.1 0.4 -0.2 (p)-0.6

Information(3)

 33.2 33.7 33.9 33.5 33.2 (p)33.2

12-month % change

 1.5 3.4 3.7 1.5 -0.6 (p)-1.2

Financial Activities(3)

 122.0 121.7 122.2 124.1 123.6 (p)123.1

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.9 (p)-0.9

Professional and Business Services(3)

 205.4 210.2 209.1 213.0 213.4 (p)209.4

12-month % change

 -2.5 -1.2 -2.0 -0.5 -1.3 (p)-2.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 315.7 316.2 311.0 307.9 311.8 (p)306.9

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 (p)-0.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 127.1 134.2 141.0 149.9 153.0 (p)151.4

12-month % change

 -3.8 -2.3 -1.7 3.0 3.9 (p)3.6

Other Services(3)

 44.5 45.2 45.8 46.8 48.6 (p)47.7

12-month % change

 -2.2 -1.5 -1.5 -2.1 -0.4 (p)-0.6

Government(3)

 155.3 156.1 156.9 155.7 149.1 (p)146.8

12-month % change

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 (p)0.8

Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

CPI-U, All items(4)

 350.705   359.056   359.707  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   2.0   3.2   3.7  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 350.666   359.048   358.558  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   1.5   3.3   3.4  

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary