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

 

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 (P) 2,413.1                    

Mining & Logging

 

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 (P) 0.6                    

Construction

 

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 (P) 77.3                    

Manufacturing

 

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 (P) 208.6                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

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 (P) 396.9                    

Information

 

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 (P) 72.8                    

Financial Activities

 

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 (P) 175.9                    

Professional & Business Services

 

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 (P) 387.0                    

Educational & Health Services

 

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 (P) 490.9                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

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 (P) 205.1                    

Other Services

 

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 (P) 86.2                    

Government

 

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 (P) 311.8                    

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

 

2008

(1) 2,495,489 (1) 2,481,617 (1) 2,487,148 (1) 2,482,794 (1) 2,488,684 (1) 2,529,625 (1) 2,526,977 (1) 2,521,689 (1) 2,487,182 (1) 2,498,803 (1) 2,502,771 (1) 2,492,453 (1) 2,499,603

2009

2,492,674 2,485,641 (P) 2,485,554                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 2,382,507 (1) 2,374,531 (1) 2,379,755 (1) 2,387,426 (1) 2,377,756 (1) 2,405,553 (1) 2,401,427 (1) 2,396,619 (1) 2,357,373 (1) 2,373,777 (1) 2,369,690 (1) 2,347,767 (1) 2,379,515

2009

2,313,140 2,300,757 (P) 2,301,867                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 112,982 (1) 107,086 (1) 107,393 (1) 95,368 (1) 110,928 (1) 124,072 (1) 125,550 (1) 125,070 (1) 129,809 (1) 125,026 (1) 133,081 (1) 144,686 (1) 120,088

2009

179,534 184,884 (P) 183,687                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 4.5 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.3 (1) 3.8 (1) 4.5 (1) 4.9 (1) 5.0 (1) 5.0 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.0 (1) 5.3 (1) 5.8 (1) 4.8

2009

7.2 7.4 (P) 7.4                    

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