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Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH

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Northeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2023
Northeast Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast	Consumer price indexes	Table	Sep 2023
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — April 2023	Average energy prices	News Release	May 2023
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Brockton-Nashua– 2012 Annual Average	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Apr 2013
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – August 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2023
Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area — 2020–21	Consumer spending	News Release	Dec 2022
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Mar 2021
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — July 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — June 2023	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Aug 2023
Boston Area Employment — July 2023	Employment	News Release	Aug 2023
Unemployment in the Boston Area by Division - April 2015	Unemployment	News Release	Jun 2015
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES FOR SELECTED STEM OCCUPATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS’ METROPOLITAN AREAS AND DIVISIONS – MAY 2015	Employment, Pay	News Release	Dec 2016

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH Economy at a Glance:

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		194.1	192.6	191.3	194.9	193.9	(p)194.3
Employment(1)		187.0	188.1	187.1	189.6	188.4	(p)188.6
Unemployment(1)		7.1	4.5	4.3	5.3	5.6	(p)5.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.7	2.3	2.2	2.7	2.9	(p)2.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		158.0	159.4	161.2	163.6	160.8	(p)160.8
12-month % change		1.2	2.0	2.3	2.7	1.4	(p)1.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		10.1	10.5	10.7	10.9	11.0	(p)11.1
12-month % change		7.4	4.0	3.9	3.8	4.8	(p)5.7
Manufacturing(3)		24.1	24.1	24.5	24.7	24.6	(p)24.4
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.6	-0.8	0.0	-2.0	(p)-2.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		24.9	24.8	25.0	25.2	24.8	(p)24.9
12-month % change		2.0	1.6	2.9	3.7	2.5	(p)3.3
Information(3)		3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	(p)3.0
12-month % change		-34.8	-11.8	-9.1	-8.8	-6.1	(p)-9.1
Financial Activities(3)		3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	(p)4.0
12-month % change		2.6	0.0	-2.5	-2.5	2.6	(p)2.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		25.7	26.3	26.7	26.9	26.2	(p)26.3
12-month % change		-0.4	0.4	1.5	0.7	-3.7	(p)-3.3
Education and Health Services(3)		24.6	24.7	24.8	25.0	25.2	(p)25.0
12-month % change		3.8	3.8	3.8	4.6	6.8	(p)5.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		13.1	13.4	13.7	14.4	14.4	(p)14.5
12-month % change		11.0	10.7	9.6	9.1	8.3	(p)9.0
Other Services(3)		4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.8	(p)4.8
12-month % change		0.0	2.2	0.0	-2.1	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		24.1	24.1	24.3	24.9	22.7	(p)22.8
12-month % change		1.7	3.0	2.5	4.2	0.0	(p)1.8
Consumer Price Index: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
CPI-U, All items(4)		324.859		324.927		324.746
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		4.7		3.6		2.8
CPI-W, All items(5)		324.631		325.337		326.501
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)		4.2		3.5		2.7
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