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

  

2007

 2,435.2 2,436.4 2,446.3 2,474.8 2,493.4 2,510.2 2,482.3 2,475.7 2,494.2 2,504.7 2,514.3 2,517.4 2,482.1

2008

 2,455.9 2,460.1 2,471.0 2,497.7 2,513.5 2,529.2 2,499.6 (P) 2,491.5          

Natural Resources & Mining

  

2007

 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0

2008

 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 (P) 1.2          

Construction

  

2007

 92.4 88.9 90.5 95.5 100.7 104.2 105.6 105.7 104.5 102.9 101.8 99.0 99.3

2008

 90.8 87.5 89.2 94.8 98.8 102.2 103.3 (P) 103.5          

Manufacturing

  

2007

 222.5 222.2 222.1 221.4 222.2 224.0 222.3 222.7 221.6 221.1 220.9 221.1 222.0

2008

 220.0 219.9 219.9 219.9 219.7 221.1 219.9 (P) 220.1          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 419.3 411.1 411.9 412.4 417.6 423.2 417.7 417.0 417.1 419.4 427.3 434.7 419.1

2008

 417.9 410.8 411.6 412.7 416.7 421.9 417.3 (P) 416.6          

Information

  

2007

 73.6 73.8 74.0 74.1 74.4 75.2 75.3 75.2 74.6 75.2 75.4 75.8 74.7

2008

 74.8 74.8 75.1 75.0 74.8 75.3 75.2 (P) 74.8          

Financial Activities

  

2007

 188.5 188.5 188.5 188.6 189.1 191.3 191.6 191.5 188.6 188.7 188.7 189.7 189.4

2008

 187.9 187.5 187.5 187.5 187.6 189.9 190.2 (P) 190.0          

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 393.5 395.3 397.6 406.8 409.5 415.0 414.6 416.3 411.8 413.3 414.0 412.4 408.3

2008

 401.6 403.3 405.6 413.6 417.4 422.9 422.5 (P) 424.5          

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 455.5 463.8 464.9 470.8 464.5 453.7 455.1 452.9 463.5 472.1 475.0 474.8 463.9

2008

 466.6 476.0 477.7 482.0 475.5 465.1 466.0 (P) 463.2          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 202.3 201.5 204.2 211.3 219.2 229.6 229.3 230.1 222.7 219.1 216.3 215.2 216.7

2008

 206.2 205.1 208.0 215.2 223.5 234.2 233.7 (P) 233.9          

Other Services

  

2007

 86.2 86.6 87.3 87.6 88.8 90.6 91.1 90.8 88.3 88.1 87.8 87.9 88.4

2008

 86.3 86.8 87.2 87.3 88.4 90.0 90.4 (P) 90.3          

Government

  

2007

 300.5 303.9 304.4 305.3 306.3 302.3 278.6 272.4 300.4 303.7 306.0 305.8 299.1

2008

 302.8 307.4 308.2 308.6 309.9 305.4 279.9 (P) 273.4          

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

  

2007

 (1) 2,483,911 (1) 2,474,206 (1) 2,476,498 (1) 2,465,192 (1) 2,469,464 (1) 2,507,653 (1) 2,507,755 (1) 2,492,340 (1) 2,469,548 (1) 2,473,887 (1) 2,494,413 (1) 2,483,538 (1) 2,483,200

2008

 2,491,543 2,476,981 2,483,976 2,472,278 2,467,962 2,522,078 (P) 2,530,826            

Employment

  

2007

 (1) 2,363,700 (1) 2,360,517 (1) 2,370,785 (1) 2,368,877 (1) 2,368,080 (1) 2,397,343 (1) 2,398,933 (1) 2,394,284 (1) 2,368,115 (1) 2,384,433 (1) 2,405,616 (1) 2,392,194 (1) 2,381,073

2008

 2,377,624 2,367,852 2,377,583 2,383,368 2,359,627 2,395,569 (P) 2,409,349            

Unemployment

  

2007

 (1) 120,211 (1) 113,689 (1) 105,713 (1) 96,315 (1) 101,384 (1) 110,310 (1) 108,822 (1) 98,056 (1) 101,433 (1) 89,454 (1) 88,797 (1) 91,344 (1) 102,127

2008

 113,919 109,129 106,393 88,910 108,335 126,509 (P) 121,477            

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 (1) 4.8 (1) 4.6 (1) 4.3 (1) 3.9 (1) 4.1 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.3 (1) 3.9 (1) 4.1 (1) 3.6 (1) 3.6 (1) 3.7 (1) 4.1

2008

 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.6 4.4 5.0 (P) 4.8            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(P) Preliminary