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25-1185-BOS
Thursday, July 31, 2025

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Boston Area Employment — June 2025

Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, metropolitan area stood at 2,794,300 in June 2025 compared to 2,796,500 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the employment change over the year was not statistically significant. Nationally, employment rose 1.1 percent over the year. (See chart 1. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, is made up of three metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. The Boston, MA, division and the Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA, division had the largest shares of the metropolitan area’s total nonfarm employment (46 percent each). Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH, accounted for the remaining 8 percent of jobs in the metropolitan area.

Industry employment

The education and health services industry supersector accounted for 22 percent of total nonfarm employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. An additional 19 percent of local jobs were in professional and business services. In the Boston, MA, division, 24 percent of total nonfarm employment was in the education and health services supersector, and 16 percent was in professional and business services. The professional and business services supersector had 22 percent of the Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA, division’s total nonfarm employment, and education and health services accounted for 21 percent.

Little employment change occurred over the year among the private industry supersectors in the metropolitan area or any of its divisions. (See chart 2.) Nationally, education and health services employment grew 3.3 percent over the year, while professional and business services employment declined 0.1 percent.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in June 2025. Five of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+110,100), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (+53,600), Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+46,500), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+43,600), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (+42,600). (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, each had a 1.5-percent rate of job gain, followed by New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+1.1 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+1.0 percent), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (+0.9 percent).

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for July 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

2025 Preliminary Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data to be Released on September 9, 2025

Each year, Current Employment Statistics (CES) estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). These counts are derived from state unemployment insurance (UI) tax records that nearly all employers are required to file. As part of the benchmark process for benchmark year 2025, census-derived employment counts replace CES payroll employment estimates for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and about 430 metropolitan areas and divisions for the period from April 2024 to September 2025.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release first-quarter 2025 data from the QCEW on September 9, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). At the same time, BLS will publish preliminary benchmark revisions for March 2025 for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and selected metropolitan areas at the total nonfarm level. The final benchmark revisions for all state and metropolitan area series will be issued with the publication of the January 2026 State Employment and Unemployment news release in March 2026.


Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary. See the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Technical Note for more information on definitions and methodology.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Documentation on the reliability of state and area estimates is available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineations issued on July 21, 2023. The 12 metropolitan areas discussed in this release are the metropolitan areas with the largest population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts, and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

  • The Boston, MA Metropolitan Division includes Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts.
  • The Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA Metropolitan Division includes Essex and Middlesex Counties in Massachusetts.
  • The Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH Metropolitan Division includes Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

Additional information

State and area employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, the Boston metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
AreaJune
2024
April
2025
May
2025
June
2025(p)
June 2024 to
June 2025(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

2,796.52,753.32,769.42,794.3-2.2-0.1

Mining, logging, and construction

127.1119.1123.4125.5-1.6-1.3

Manufacturing

166.0162.5163.3163.8-2.2-1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

394.7387.8390.2395.00.30.1

Information

78.076.076.877.4-0.6-0.8

Financial activities

180.3179.5180.0182.52.21.2

Professional and business services

528.3519.0515.9522.3-6.0-1.1

Education and health services

608.0624.8616.8612.74.70.8

Leisure and hospitality

292.8262.1278.2291.7-1.1-0.4

Other services

101.196.397.399.6-1.5-1.5

Government

320.2326.2327.5323.83.61.1

Boston, MA Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,293.61,274.11,281.61,291.8-1.8-0.1

Mining, logging, and construction

54.450.953.454.2-0.2-0.4

Manufacturing

37.136.036.336.5-0.6-1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

172.2169.9171.0173.61.40.8

Information

34.333.233.433.2-1.1-3.2

Financial activities

124.3123.7123.7125.91.61.3

Professional and business services

215.1208.4208.3210.0-5.1-2.4

Education and health services

309.0316.2310.4306.7-2.3-0.7

Leisure and hospitality

146.6133.0141.3148.11.51.0

Other services

47.845.645.946.8-1.0-2.1

Government

152.8157.2157.9156.84.02.6

Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,291.51,271.71,277.71,291.50.00.0

Mining, logging, and construction

62.257.759.560.4-1.8-2.9

Manufacturing

107.4105.6106.1106.3-1.1-1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

174.9171.2172.5174.4-0.5-0.3

Information

41.340.541.141.90.61.5

Financial activities

46.746.647.147.30.61.3

Professional and business services

285.6283.1280.0284.2-1.4-0.5

Education and health services

267.0276.0273.4273.16.12.3

Leisure and hospitality

117.8104.9110.8116.3-1.5-1.3

Other services

46.343.844.445.6-0.7-1.5

Government

142.3142.3142.8142.0-0.3-0.2

Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

211.4207.5210.1211.0-0.4-0.2

Mining, logging, and construction

10.510.510.510.90.43.8

Manufacturing

21.520.920.921.0-0.5-2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

47.646.746.747.0-0.6-1.3

Information

2.42.32.32.3-0.1-4.2

Financial activities

9.39.29.29.30.00.0

Professional and business services

27.627.527.628.10.51.8

Education and health services

32.032.633.032.90.92.8

Leisure and hospitality

28.424.226.127.3-1.1-3.9

Other services

7.06.97.07.20.22.9

Government

25.126.726.825.0-0.1-0.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
AreaJun
2024
Apr
2025
May
2025
Jun
2025(p)
Jun 2024 to
Jun 2025(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

158,722159,227159,958160,4751,7531.1

Mining and logging

627622623624-3-0.5

Construction

8,3788,2148,3528,4921141.4

Manufacturing

12,90812,71712,73812,816-92-0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,91428,84828,94929,0791650.6

Information

2,9672,9202,9342,961-6-0.2

Financial activities

9,2009,1909,2249,290901.0

Professional and business services

22,74122,57522,63322,715-26-0.1

Education and health services

26,26527,33327,28927,1318663.3

Leisure and hospitality

17,48816,85917,30717,7322441.4

Other services

6,0496,0216,0636,107581.0

Government

23,18523,92823,84623,5283431.5

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

3,115.23,109.13,117.03,136.221.00.7

Mining and logging

2.12.12.12.10.00.0

Construction

152.3146.3146.3148.5-3.8-2.5

Manufacturing

181.6180.1181.1180.8-0.8-0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

661.9650.1649.5652.3-9.6-1.5

Information

104.5102.7106.1106.01.51.4

Financial activities

209.5208.9208.8210.30.80.4

Professional and business services

572.0569.5568.2574.42.40.4

Education and health services

440.0459.5461.7463.523.55.3

Leisure and hospitality

326.0313.9318.7326.40.40.1

Other services

111.2109.8109.0110.6-0.6-0.5

Government

354.1366.2365.5361.37.22.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Total nonfarm

2,796.52,753.32,769.42,794.3-2.2-0.1

Mining, logging, and construction

127.1119.1123.4125.5-1.6-1.3

Manufacturing

166.0162.5163.3163.8-2.2-1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

394.7387.8390.2395.00.30.1

Information

78.076.076.877.4-0.6-0.8

Financial activities

180.3179.5180.0182.52.21.2

Professional and business services

528.3519.0515.9522.3-6.0-1.1

Education and health services

608.0624.8616.8612.74.70.8

Leisure and hospitality

292.8262.1278.2291.7-1.1-0.4

Other services

101.196.397.399.6-1.5-1.5

Government

320.2326.2327.5323.83.61.1

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Total nonfarm

4,773.54,706.34,754.24,804.130.60.6

Mining and logging

1.71.71.71.70.00.0

Construction

187.6176.0183.3191.94.32.3

Manufacturing

410.8404.8401.9406.3-4.5-1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

946.1933.8936.3941.8-4.3-0.5

Information

75.875.676.176.50.70.9

Financial activities

316.0313.3314.8319.23.21.0

Professional and business services

823.0795.4806.6817.6-5.4-0.7

Education and health services

767.6786.8787.4784.016.42.1

Leisure and hospitality

493.3467.9484.3499.76.41.3

Other services

197.2194.1195.7197.50.30.2

Government

554.4556.9566.1567.913.52.4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,258.94,294.64,312.84,302.543.61.0

Mining, logging, and construction

256.7258.3261.7263.46.72.6

Manufacturing

313.4308.1309.3311.0-2.4-0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

887.0889.9893.4892.85.80.7

Information

89.089.087.988.9-0.1-0.1

Financial activities

380.5383.3385.0384.84.31.1

Professional and business services

770.7771.2768.8760.5-10.2-1.3

Education and health services

506.2520.1522.1526.720.54.0

Leisure and hospitality

438.0437.4443.3445.57.51.7

Other services

143.6140.3142.5143.1-0.5-0.3

Government

473.8497.0498.8485.812.02.5

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Total nonfarm

3,448.43,467.73,477.23,479.531.10.9

Mining and logging

78.081.181.381.23.24.1

Construction

233.1232.6233.3236.02.91.2

Manufacturing

240.6239.5239.0241.50.90.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

693.3699.4702.2701.98.61.2

Information

30.429.329.429.4-1.0-3.3

Financial activities

180.9181.0181.6182.61.70.9

Professional and business services

567.4560.8560.7557.1-10.3-1.8

Education and health services

457.8469.0469.5470.512.72.8

Leisure and hospitality

373.8367.9373.9378.14.31.2

Other services

134.1135.3137.4137.13.02.2

Government

459.0471.8468.9464.15.11.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,248.66,287.86,306.56,302.253.60.9

Mining and logging

2.02.12.12.10.15.0

Construction

257.3247.7247.7252.3-5.0-1.9

Manufacturing

468.2450.0450.2450.6-17.6-3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,058.21,057.71,060.21,060.52.30.2

Information

206.6209.4210.1210.33.71.8

Financial activities

311.0303.5303.7304.0-7.0-2.3

Professional and business services

959.7960.8961.2953.9-5.8-0.6

Education and health services

1,226.81,303.71,303.31,294.267.45.5

Leisure and hospitality

775.9764.4774.9782.46.50.8

Other services

214.0212.8214.8215.01.00.5

Government

768.9775.7778.3776.98.01.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,922.03,000.33,005.42,964.642.61.5

Mining and logging

0.90.90.90.90.00.0

Construction

158.3160.6161.4161.83.52.2

Manufacturing

101.6102.4102.7102.81.21.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

651.4664.9663.9661.710.31.6

Information

54.453.853.954.2-0.2-0.4

Financial activities

220.2220.0221.6220.90.70.3

Professional and business services

516.8521.9523.7523.46.61.3

Education and health services

456.5475.9476.0469.913.42.9

Leisure and hospitality

345.3356.9357.0347.21.90.6

Other services

117.8119.4120.3119.92.11.8

Government

298.8323.6324.0301.93.11.0

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Total nonfarm

10,052.310,009.510,079.410,162.4110.11.1

Mining, logging, and construction

396.4376.5380.1383.8-12.6-3.2

Manufacturing

334.1330.3330.7333.8-0.3-0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,609.01,578.31,587.31,594.9-14.1-0.9

Information

312.9309.8311.1314.81.90.6

Financial activities

830.6814.5815.7832.82.20.3

Professional and business services

1,644.71,611.41,619.41,640.5-4.2-0.3

Education and health services

2,249.32,382.42,391.42,368.0118.75.3

Leisure and hospitality

967.1884.8928.4972.25.10.5

Other services

405.5402.0403.3405.50.00.0

Government

1,302.71,319.51,312.01,316.113.41.0

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Total nonfarm

3,117.53,138.33,153.93,164.046.51.5

Mining, logging, and construction

126.9120.9123.1124.3-2.6-2.0

Manufacturing

180.2177.8178.2179.9-0.3-0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

543.4540.4544.0546.43.00.6

Information

52.351.051.852.2-0.1-0.2

Financial activities

228.6224.2224.8227.1-1.5-0.7

Professional and business services

499.2501.5504.7506.27.01.4

Education and health services

720.4763.4756.6751.631.24.3

Leisure and hospitality

294.9274.5287.1297.02.10.7

Other services

127.2129.5130.7130.53.32.6

Government

344.4355.1352.9348.84.41.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,409.52,476.72,461.32,418.28.70.4

Mining and logging

3.73.93.93.90.25.4

Construction

181.9181.6179.5179.7-2.2-1.2

Manufacturing

150.8147.2146.8147.9-2.9-1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

468.5468.3465.1466.3-2.2-0.5

Information

41.139.439.038.5-2.6-6.3

Financial activities

209.4210.0210.1209.2-0.2-0.1

Professional and business services

383.1388.6386.5378.3-4.8-1.3

Education and health services

400.1424.7423.2415.815.73.9

Leisure and hospitality

261.4269.3269.1264.12.71.0

Other services

78.480.479.879.51.11.4

Government

231.1263.3258.3235.03.91.7

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Total nonfarm

2,448.42,422.82,429.72,433.6-14.8-0.6

Mining and logging

0.40.40.40.40.00.0

Construction

121.0115.6116.5119.7-1.3-1.1

Manufacturing

140.4132.8132.7131.0-9.4-6.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

340.8341.3342.5341.70.90.3

Information

136.5131.5131.1131.3-5.2-3.8

Financial activities

132.1127.9128.2128.5-3.6-2.7

Professional and business services

491.2483.7482.1482.6-8.6-1.8

Education and health services

411.8428.3427.2426.514.73.6

Leisure and hospitality

256.1243.5247.4250.1-6.0-2.3

Other services

88.087.088.589.01.01.1

Government

330.1330.8333.1332.82.70.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Total nonfarm

3,408.03,396.53,408.23,418.010.00.3

Mining, logging, and construction

166.8174.7177.0179.712.97.7

Manufacturing

57.157.057.057.10.00.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

401.7397.3399.1399.7-2.0-0.5

Information

81.380.681.581.80.50.6

Financial activities

154.7154.3154.3155.40.70.5

Professional and business services

815.1801.4803.9807.5-7.6-0.9

Education and health services

475.7494.3492.9489.313.62.9

Leisure and hospitality

342.5323.6332.1342.50.00.0

Other services

186.1185.8187.0189.43.31.8

Government

727.0727.5723.4715.6-11.4-1.6

Footnotes
(1) U.S. data are preliminary for two months after they are first published.
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025