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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	Aug 2026
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Northeast Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast	Consumer price indexes	Table	Aug 2026
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — December 2024	Average energy prices	News Release	Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — July 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2026
Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area — 2023–24	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boston-Cambridge-Newton — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — July 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 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 — June 2026	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Aug 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	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	2,808.6	2,804.9	2,802.9	2,794.0	(p)2,825.6
Employment(1)	2,679.1	2,689.4	2,695.3	2,686.3	(p)2,715.2
Unemployment(1)	129.6	115.5	107.5	107.7	(p)110.4
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.6	4.1	3.8	3.9	(p)3.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	2,689.0	2,700.9	2,734.2	2,743.5	2,782.1	(p)2,771.5
12-month % change	-1.0	-0.9	-0.4	-0.5	0.5	(p)0.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	112.0	114.5	120.4	122.3	126.8	(p)127.3
12-month % change	-1.8	-0.4	1.5	0.7	3.2	(p)2.6
Manufacturing(3)	162.1	162.0	162.1	162.4	163.7	(p)163.8
12-month % change	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	(p)0.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	384.3	385.6	386.7	389.5	392.8	(p)387.6
12-month % change	-1.7	-1.6	-1.0	-0.7	-0.5	(p)-1.1
Information(3)	74.6	74.2	74.7	75.0	74.4	(p)73.7
12-month % change	-1.2	-1.7	-0.8	-0.1	-1.8	(p)-3.2
Financial Activities(3)	174.9	175.5	175.1	175.7	178.2	(p)177.5
12-month % change	-0.4	0.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	(p)-0.9
Professional and Business Services(3)	487.5	489.5	499.8	499.3	507.2	(p)509.7
12-month % change	-2.6	-1.7	-1.0	-1.1	-0.2	(p)-0.2
Education and Health Services(3)	625.1	627.0	629.2	616.8	618.7	(p)620.6
12-month % change	0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.3	1.0	(p)0.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	250.5	252.9	264.8	278.7	297.2	(p)304.8
12-month % change	-1.7	-2.4	-1.3	-1.5	2.3	(p)3.9
Other Services(3)	96.0	96.2	97.9	99.3	101.6	(p)103.8
12-month % change	0.3	-0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)	322.0	323.5	323.5	324.5	321.5	(p)302.7
12-month % change	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	(p)0.0
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