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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

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	Apr 2026
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2026
Northeast Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast	Consumer price indexes	Table	May 2026
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — December 2024	Average energy prices	News Release	Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — March 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Apr 2026
Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area — 2023–24	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua — May 2022	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2023
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — March 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Apr 2026
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2022
Consumer Price Index Northeast (1982-84 = 100)	Consumer price indexes	Table	May 2022
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — March 2026	Benefits, Pay	News Release	May 2026
Boston Area Employment — June 2025	Employment	News Release	Jul 2025

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Economy at a Glance:

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Data Series	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	(2)-	2,851.7	(p)2,833.0	2,821.5	(p)2,808.6
Employment(1)	(2)-	2,725.5	(p)2,710.3	2,687.1	(p)2,679.0
Unemployment(1)	(2)-	126.2	(p)122.8	134.4	(p)129.6
Unemployment Rate(3)	(2)-	4.4	(p)4.3	4.8	(p)4.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)	2,748.4	2,745.2	2,737.8	2,684.5	2,689.0	(p)2,700.5
12-month % change	-1.0	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-1.0	(p)-0.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)	121.1	121.0	118.3	113.2	112.0	(p)114.5
12-month % change	-3.8	-3.0	-3.3	-1.9	-1.8	(p)-0.4
Manufacturing(4)	161.4	161.9	162.7	162.5	162.1	(p)161.9
12-month % change	-1.4	-1.0	-0.7	0.4	0.4	(p)0.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)	392.2	397.3	402.5	390.1	384.3	(p)386.1
12-month % change	-1.4	-1.9	-1.7	-2.2	-1.7	(p)-1.5
Information(4)	74.9	74.1	74.2	74.6	74.6	(p)74.2
12-month % change	-2.1	-3.8	-2.6	-1.5	-1.2	(p)-1.7
Financial Activities(4)	176.3	177.0	176.7	174.9	174.9	(p)174.8
12-month % change	-0.7	-0.2	-0.5	-0.4	-0.4	(p)-0.4
Professional and Business Services(4)	504.2	501.9	498.4	486.6	487.5	(p)488.7
12-month % change	-1.9	-2.0	-2.0	-2.4	-2.6	(p)-1.9
Education and Health Services(4)	626.6	627.8	622.9	616.8	625.1	(p)627.7
12-month % change	0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.2	(p)0.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)	274.3	263.7	263.0	253.4	250.5	(p)252.8
12-month % change	-1.1	-2.1	-2.2	-1.2	-1.7	(p)-2.5
Other Services(4)	96.6	96.7	97.1	96.5	96.0	(p)96.2
12-month % change	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	0.3	(p)-0.3
Government(4)	320.8	323.8	322.0	315.9	322.0	(p)323.6
12-month % change	-0.7	-0.9	-0.8	-0.9	-0.6	(p)-0.6
Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
CPI-U, All items(5)		347.892		348.343		350.705
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)		2.8		1.4		2.0
CPI-W, All items(6)		347.474		348.618		350.666
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		2.3		1.2		1.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary