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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Providence 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
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — December 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Providence-Warwick — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Economy at a Glance:

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Data Series	Back Data	June 2025	July 2025	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		908.0	911.9	910.4	909.8	(2)-	(p)903.8
Employment(1)		865.9	866.9	866.8	873.0	(2)-	(p)862.5
Unemployment(1)		42.1	44.9	43.7	36.8	(2)-	(p)41.3
Unemployment Rate(3)		4.6	4.9	4.8	4.0	(2)-	(p)4.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		749.9	746.4	744.2	746.5	743.0	(p)742.7
12-month % change		-0.8	0.0	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	(p)-0.3
Mining and Logging(4)		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(p)0.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(4)		34.9	35.7	36.3	35.2	34.6	(p)34.7
12-month % change		-3.1	-2.2	-0.5	-2.8	-3.4	(p)-0.3
Manufacturing(4)		63.7	63.6	63.8	63.4	63.6	(p)63.2
12-month % change		0.0	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.8	(p)1.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		132.9	131.8	131.4	131.1	131.1	(p)132.6
12-month % change		-0.3	0.5	0.2	-0.9	-1.4	(p)-1.3
Information(4)		7.3	7.5	7.7	7.3	7.6	(p)7.4
12-month % change		-6.4	0.0	1.3	-2.7	1.3	(p)-3.9
Financial Activities(4)		40.3	39.9	39.8	39.6	39.7	(p)39.8
12-month % change		-2.4	-3.2	-3.4	-3.2	-2.7	(p)-2.2
Professional and Business Services(4)		93.1	92.4	91.9	92.8	91.6	(p)91.2
12-month % change		1.7	0.5	0.1	2.1	-0.7	(p)-1.0
Education and Health Services(4)		158.7	159.2	157.4	162.4	164.2	(p)164.9
12-month % change		-0.1	2.2	0.7	1.8	2.8	(p)2.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		91.6	92.4	91.5	86.1	82.2	(p)79.5
12-month % change		-1.5	-0.4	-0.3	-1.8	-1.9	(p)-1.6
Other Services(4)		33.2	33.3	32.9	31.4	31.7	(p)31.8
12-month % change		2.5	1.8	0.3	1.3	1.0	(p)2.3
Government(4)		94.0	90.4	91.3	97.0	96.5	(p)97.4
12-month % change		-3.9	-3.4	-3.1	-2.6	-2.6	(p)-1.8
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