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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
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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 |
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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 |
2,491.8 |
2,513.5 |
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Natural Resources & Mining |
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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 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
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Construction |
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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 |
103.4 |
101.4 |
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Manufacturing |
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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 |
220.1 |
219.1 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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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 |
416.8 |
416.3 |
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Information |
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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 |
74.8 |
74.3 |
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Financial Activities |
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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 |
190.0 |
186.7 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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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 |
424.6 |
421.8 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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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 |
463.2 |
475.6 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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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 |
233.9 |
226.5 |
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Other Services |
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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 |
90.2 |
87.6 |
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Government |
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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 |
273.6 |
303.1 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (not seasonally adjusted data)
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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 |
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2007 |
2,483,911 |
2,474,206 |
2,476,498 |
2,465,192 |
2,469,464 |
2,507,653 |
2,507,755 |
2,492,340 |
2,469,548 |
2,473,887 |
2,494,413 |
2,483,538 |
2,483,200 |
2008 |
2,491,543 |
2,476,981 |
2,483,976 |
2,472,278 |
2,467,962 |
2,522,078 |
2,529,851 |
2,520,610 |
2,483,684 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
2,363,700 |
2,360,517 |
2,370,785 |
2,368,877 |
2,368,080 |
2,397,343 |
2,398,933 |
2,394,284 |
2,368,115 |
2,384,433 |
2,405,616 |
2,392,194 |
2,381,073 |
2008 |
2,377,624 |
2,367,852 |
2,377,583 |
2,383,368 |
2,359,627 |
2,395,569 |
2,409,009 |
2,401,035 |
2,360,062 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
120,211 |
113,689 |
105,713 |
96,315 |
101,384 |
110,310 |
108,822 |
98,056 |
101,433 |
89,454 |
88,797 |
91,344 |
102,127 |
2008 |
113,919 |
109,129 |
106,393 |
88,910 |
108,335 |
126,509 |
120,842 |
119,575 |
123,622 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
2008 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
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