Economy at a Glance

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA
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2013

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 (6) 1,552.4 (6) 1,550.7 1,548.9 1,538.3 (P) 1,540.0

Employment (1)

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 (6) 1,472.3 (6) 1,466.6 1,456.2 1,454.9 (P) 1,458.3

Unemployment (1)

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 (6) 80.1 (6) 84.1 92.7 83.4 (P) 81.7

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 (6) 5.2 (6) 5.4 6.0 5.4 (P) 5.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 1,758.8 1,757.2 1,720.4 1,722.9 1,733.7 (P) 1,755.2

12-month % change
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 1.7 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.6 (P) 2.1

Mining and Logging (3)

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 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 (P) 0.3

12-month % change
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 -25.0 -25.0 -33.3 -33.3 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction (3)

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 55.8 54.5 50.8 49.8 50.9 (P) 55.6

12-month % change
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 8.8 8.3 9.5 9.9 9.9 (P) 13.5

Manufacturing (3)

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 91.6 91.9 91.0 90.0 90.6 (P) 90.3

12-month % change
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 0.4 0.7 -0.3 -1.1 -0.5 (P) -1.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 249.4 252.6 245.4 239.1 240.0 (P) 240.6

12-month % change
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 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.7 (P) 0.8

Information (3)

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 59.9 59.8 60.0 59.7 59.9 (P) 60.7

12-month % change
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 3.3 2.6 3.8 3.5 3.6 (P) 4.5

Financial Activities (3)

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 143.7 144.0 141.9 142.1 142.1 (P) 142.0

12-month % change
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 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 (P) 0.2

Professional and Business Services (3)

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 322.1 320.1 314.3 316.9 317.9 (P) 324.7

12-month % change
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 3.3 2.4 3.2 3.9 3.3 (P) 3.7

Education and Health Services (3)

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 400.4 400.4 391.8 400.7 403.3 (P) 405.3

12-month % change
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 1.5 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.9 (P) 2.9

Leisure and Hospitality (3)

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 163.7 162.0 156.6 154.4 157.8 (P) 165.3

12-month % change
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 0.7 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.6 (P) 1.0

Other Services (3)

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 69.6 68.4 67.7 67.5 68.0 (P) 68.7

12-month % change
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 3.4 1.9 2.9 2.1 1.2 (P) 1.5

Government (3)

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 202.3 203.2 200.7 202.5 202.9 (P) 201.7

12-month % change
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 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 (P) 0.3

Consumer Price Index: Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT

CPI-U, All items (4)

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 249.929 249.957 250.835

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change (4)

2.0 1.7 1.5

CPI-W, All items (5)

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 251.041 251.024 252.352

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change (5)

1.9 1.6 1.4

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.
(6) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: May 24, 2013

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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