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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Northeast > Massachusetts > Worcester, MA

Worcester, MA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Worcester Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2026
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2026
Northeast Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2026
Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — December 2024 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — December 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2026
Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — November 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area — September 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Dec 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Worcester — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2021
Worcester, MA Economy at a Glance:
Worcester, MA
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 477.6 477.9 467.6 (2)- (p)472.8  

Employment(1)

 453.7 454.2 446.0 (2)- (p)450.0  

Unemployment(1)

 24.0 23.7 21.6 (2)- (p)22.8  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 5.0 5.0 4.6 (2)- (p)4.8  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 363.6 362.2 358.6 363.3 363.4 (p)364.6

12-month % change

 0.6 0.5 -0.1 0.3 0.0 (p)0.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 18.3 18.1 18.2 18.0 17.9 (p)17.2

12-month % change

 1.1 0.6 2.8 1.1 1.1 (p)0.6

Manufacturing(4)

 35.0 35.1 34.6 34.7 34.8 (p)35.0

12-month % change

 -1.1 -0.6 -0.9 -1.1 -0.3 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 60.3 60.4 59.7 60.3 60.9 (p)61.5

12-month % change

 -0.2 0.5 -1.5 -1.6 -1.9 (p)-2.1

Information(4)

 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 (p)2.9

12-month % change

 -3.2 -3.2 -3.3 0.0 -3.3 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 15.7 15.6 15.4 15.5 15.5 (p)15.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.6 (p)-0.6

Professional and Business Services(4)

 39.9 40.0 39.5 40.5 40.3 (p)40.3

12-month % change

 -1.5 -0.2 0.5 1.3 1.0 (p)2.5

Education and Health Services(4)

 90.2 89.5 89.4 90.2 90.9 (p)91.1

12-month % change

 4.3 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.9 (p)3.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 32.7 32.3 29.9 29.9 28.6 (p)29.4

12-month % change

 2.2 1.9 -2.3 -2.0 -3.7 (p)-2.0

Other Services(4)

 11.6 11.6 10.8 11.0 11.0 (p)11.0

12-month % change

 -2.5 -2.5 0.0 -0.9 0.9 (p)0.9

Government(4)

 56.9 56.6 58.2 60.2 60.6 (p)60.7

12-month % change

 -1.9 -2.1 -2.3 0.2 -1.0 (p)0.5

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.
(p) Preliminary