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

  

2011

 2,397.7 2,404.6 2,416.6 2,449.7 2,456.3 2,463.1 2,447.5 2,434.7 2,447.5 2,467.8 2,469.2 2,464.3 2,443.3

2012

 2,417.4 2,418.4 2,435.0 2,470.4 2,495.8 2,518.6 2,496.9 (P) 2,486.8          

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5

2012

 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 (P) 0.6          

Construction

  

2011

 71.7 69.9 71.3 77.5 80.6 83.5 84.7 85.2 82.5 82.6 81.7 78.8 79.2

2012

 72.5 70.7 72.7 78.4 83.3 86.1 88.9 (P) 89.2          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 193.5 193.0 193.4 194.4 194.4 195.9 196.1 196.7 196.2 196.8 196.8 197.6 195.4

2012

 196.2 195.6 196.6 196.7 197.8 200.7 200.6 (P) 200.8          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 399.8 394.2 394.5 398.6 400.8 404.9 403.2 405.8 401.9 407.3 412.5 418.7 403.5

2012

 407.0 398.3 400.5 401.5 406.1 412.1 408.2 (P) 406.3          

Information

  

2011

 71.5 71.6 71.8 71.8 72.1 72.8 73.9 68.5 73.6 73.0 73.1 72.9 72.2

2012

 71.7 72.3 72.5 73.6 74.3 76.1 76.8 (P) 76.5          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 171.9 171.6 171.6 172.1 172.4 173.8 174.6 174.0 172.3 171.7 170.4 171.1 172.3

2012

 168.8 168.0 168.6 170.2 170.7 175.1 175.1 (P) 175.1          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 391.3 391.1 391.4 401.8 401.3 405.2 405.1 406.2 404.3 406.6 405.9 401.9 401.0

2012

 393.7 395.3 400.0 410.2 419.3 428.1 426.2 (P) 428.8          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 494.7 505.4 508.5 507.4 500.9 487.3 489.1 484.0 492.1 504.0 507.0 505.4 498.8

2012

 500.7 507.9 510.1 512.1 509.4 497.0 499.1 (P) 494.0          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 210.6 208.8 213.4 224.7 231.3 238.6 241.0 241.3 227.8 224.5 219.2 215.0 224.7

2012

 209.9 211.3 213.8 226.7 233.9 243.0 246.2 (P) 245.1          

Other Services

  

2011

 89.9 90.4 91.8 93.0 93.6 95.9 98.4 97.9 95.7 96.0 96.5 95.1 94.5

2012

 94.6 94.5 95.1 95.8 96.0 98.7 98.8 (P) 98.5          

Government

  

2011

 302.4 308.2 308.5 307.9 308.3 304.6 280.8 274.5 300.5 304.7 305.5 307.3 301.1

2012

 301.9 304.1 304.6 304.7 304.4 301.1 276.4 (P) 271.9          

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

  

2011

 (1) 2,521,805 (1) 2,513,938 (1) 2,520,403 (1) 2,515,341 (1) 2,513,482 (1) 2,543,413 (1) 2,536,803 (1) 2,536,435 (1) 2,513,540 (1) 2,522,845 (1) 2,528,178 (1) 2,522,911 (1) 2,524,091

2012

 2,523,870 2,521,060 2,515,872 2,516,563 2,523,444 2,567,563 (P) 2,547,400            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 2,331,538 (1) 2,333,852 (1) 2,349,264 (1) 2,354,572 (1) 2,350,629 (1) 2,364,452 (1) 2,360,577 (1) 2,369,416 (1) 2,345,751 (1) 2,367,623 (1) 2,381,127 (1) 2,374,949 (1) 2,356,979

2012

 2,353,267 2,354,844 2,373,642 2,383,530 2,390,550 2,419,028 (P) 2,392,846            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 190,267 (1) 180,086 (1) 171,139 (1) 160,769 (1) 162,853 (1) 178,961 (1) 176,226 (1) 167,019 (1) 167,789 (1) 155,222 (1) 147,051 (1) 147,962 (1) 167,112

2012

 170,603 166,216 142,230 133,033 132,894 148,535 (P) 154,554            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 7.5 (1) 7.2 (1) 6.8 (1) 6.4 (1) 6.5 (1) 7.0 (1) 6.9 (1) 6.6 (1) 6.7 (1) 6.2 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.9 (1) 6.6

2012

 6.8 6.6 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.8 (P) 6.1            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(P) Preliminary