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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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2008 |
2,463.8 |
2,467.0 |
2,476.0 |
2,499.6 |
2,513.1 |
2,524.1 |
2,495.4 |
2,486.4 |
2,502.2 |
2,511.6 |
2,504.4 |
2,479.8 |
2,493.6 |
2009 |
2,412.9 |
2,409.5 |
2,413.1 |
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Mining & Logging |
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2008 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
2009 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
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Construction |
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2008 |
90.8 |
88.7 |
90.5 |
95.3 |
98.9 |
101.0 |
102.6 |
102.2 |
100.2 |
98.4 |
94.2 |
88.3 |
95.9 |
2009 |
79.6 |
76.8 |
77.3 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
218.2 |
217.5 |
217.2 |
216.6 |
216.8 |
218.3 |
216.3 |
216.6 |
215.0 |
214.1 |
213.1 |
212.3 |
216.0 |
2009 |
210.5 |
208.7 |
208.6 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
421.1 |
411.6 |
412.0 |
413.2 |
416.7 |
421.2 |
416.3 |
416.0 |
414.3 |
416.4 |
420.1 |
420.4 |
416.6 |
2009 |
406.4 |
397.6 |
396.9 |
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Information |
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2008 |
74.8 |
75.2 |
75.4 |
75.1 |
75.1 |
76.1 |
76.5 |
76.7 |
75.9 |
75.1 |
75.1 |
74.5 |
75.5 |
2009 |
73.7 |
73.1 |
72.8 |
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Financial Activities |
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2008 |
186.0 |
185.6 |
185.8 |
185.6 |
185.9 |
187.6 |
188.5 |
188.2 |
185.3 |
182.3 |
179.4 |
178.5 |
184.9 |
2009 |
176.5 |
175.8 |
175.9 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
408.1 |
408.9 |
409.8 |
416.0 |
418.1 |
422.3 |
420.3 |
419.1 |
415.6 |
418.4 |
414.7 |
405.7 |
414.8 |
2009 |
391.0 |
387.8 |
387.0 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
466.4 |
476.5 |
478.9 |
481.3 |
474.9 |
464.8 |
466.6 |
464.9 |
475.0 |
485.2 |
486.6 |
487.2 |
475.7 |
2009 |
477.2 |
488.2 |
490.9 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
206.1 |
206.4 |
209.0 |
217.2 |
226.2 |
233.5 |
232.5 |
233.3 |
225.1 |
221.4 |
217.9 |
210.9 |
220.0 |
2009 |
202.2 |
203.2 |
205.1 |
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Other Services |
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2008 |
87.9 |
88.0 |
88.5 |
89.0 |
89.7 |
91.2 |
92.4 |
92.2 |
89.5 |
88.6 |
89.2 |
88.8 |
89.6 |
2009 |
86.9 |
86.0 |
86.2 |
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Government |
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2008 |
303.7 |
307.9 |
308.2 |
309.5 |
309.9 |
307.2 |
282.5 |
276.4 |
305.5 |
310.9 |
313.3 |
312.5 |
304.0 |
2009 |
308.3 |
311.7 |
311.8 |
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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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2008 |
2,495,489 |
2,481,617 |
2,487,148 |
2,482,794 |
2,488,684 |
2,529,625 |
2,526,977 |
2,521,689 |
2,487,182 |
2,498,803 |
2,502,771 |
2,492,453 |
2,499,603 |
2009 |
2,492,674 |
2,485,641 |
2,485,554 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
2,382,507 |
2,374,531 |
2,379,755 |
2,387,426 |
2,377,756 |
2,405,553 |
2,401,427 |
2,396,619 |
2,357,373 |
2,373,777 |
2,369,690 |
2,347,767 |
2,379,515 |
2009 |
2,313,140 |
2,300,757 |
2,301,867 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
112,982 |
107,086 |
107,393 |
95,368 |
110,928 |
124,072 |
125,550 |
125,070 |
129,809 |
125,026 |
133,081 |
144,686 |
120,088 |
2009 |
179,534 |
184,884 |
183,687 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
4.8 |
2009 |
7.2 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
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