Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2012

2,442.4 2,447.1 2,466.2 2,484.4 2,499.2 2,522.5 2,500.2 2,494.7 2,514.3 2,540.1 2,539.3 2,539.9 2,499.2

2013

2,488.3 2,488.0 2,502.2 (P) 2,531.7                  

Mining & Logging

 

2012

0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

2013

0.4 0.4 0.4 (P) 0.5                  

Construction

 

2012

75.4 73.5 75.6 80.1 82.9 86.2 89.0 89.6 88.8 89.0 88.3 85.2 83.6

2013

79.4 77.0 79.1 (P) 86.3                  

Manufacturing

 

2012

192.1 191.8 192.1 192.3 193.1 195.6 195.0 194.8 193.7 195.1 193.8 193.8 193.6

2013

193.2 191.6 191.8 (P) 191.5                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2012

403.1 395.2 396.8 397.2 402.2 408.6 404.4 404.3 403.4 406.0 414.2 419.9 404.6

2013

407.5 397.4 398.6 (P) 399.8                  

Information

 

2012

74.3 74.2 74.4 74.6 74.9 76.4 77.5 76.7 74.7 75.5 76.3 76.0 75.5

2013

76.4 76.1 76.3 (P) 77.1                  

Financial Activities

 

2012

170.7 170.9 171.0 170.9 171.8 174.3 175.0 175.1 172.3 173.7 173.3 174.1 172.8

2013

171.7 171.7 171.1 (P) 171.1                  

Professional & Business Services

 

2012

403.4 403.0 407.8 415.1 416.6 423.7 424.6 424.6 421.8 427.2 425.7 424.0 418.1

2013

416.2 419.4 421.3 (P) 430.1                  

Educational & Health Services

 

2012

506.1 517.1 519.6 517.2 510.6 498.3 499.3 498.2 511.7 523.5 527.7 527.8 513.1

2013

518.6 528.0 531.2 (P) 533.1                  

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2012

219.8 219.2 223.6 232.8 241.2 251.4 251.3 252.0 244.3 241.5 230.4 228.8 236.4

2013

222.0 218.4 223.3 (P) 234.3                  

Other Services

 

2012

94.4 94.5 95.9 96.6 97.8 101.1 101.9 101.0 98.1 99.1 99.2 98.1 98.1

2013

97.2 97.3 97.6 (P) 98.2                  

Government

 

2012

302.7 307.3 308.9 307.1 307.6 306.4 281.7 277.9 305.0 309.0 309.9 311.7 302.9

2013

305.7 310.7 311.5 (P) 309.7                  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2012

(1) 2,539,366 (1) 2,539,790 (1) 2,541,409 (1) 2,532,771 (1) 2,538,551 (1) 2,572,495 (1) 2,565,799 (1) 2,558,262 (1) 2,540,269 (1) 2,561,742 (1) 2,558,637 (1) 2,557,848 (1) 2,550,578

2013

2,558,289 2,538,497 (P) 2,543,583                    

Employment

 

2012

(1) 2,370,814 (1) 2,376,636 (1) 2,387,654 (1) 2,389,060 (1) 2,390,566 (1) 2,408,817 (1) 2,400,141 (1) 2,401,306 (1) 2,385,733 (1) 2,412,771 (1) 2,415,637 (1) 2,407,312 (1) 2,395,537

2013

2,390,914 2,386,410 (P) 2,393,456                    

Unemployment

 

2012

(1) 168,552 (1) 163,154 (1) 153,755 (1) 143,711 (1) 147,985 (1) 163,678 (1) 165,658 (1) 156,956 (1) 154,536 (1) 148,971 (1) 143,000 (1) 150,536 (1) 155,041

2013

167,375 152,087 (P) 150,127                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2012

(1) 6.6 (1) 6.4 (1) 6.0 (1) 5.7 (1) 5.8 (1) 6.4 (1) 6.5 (1) 6.1 (1) 6.1 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.6 (1) 5.9 (1) 6.1

2013

6.5 6.0 (P) 5.9                    

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