Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Data Series |
Back Data |
Mar 2012 |
Apr 2012 |
May 2012 |
June 2012 |
July 2012 |
Aug 2012 |
Labor Force Data |
|
Civilian Labor Force |
|
3,453.4 |
3,455.0 |
3,458.3 |
3,461.1 |
3,451.0 |
3,448.4 |
Employment |
|
3,227.4 |
3,238.9 |
3,249.3 |
3,254.3 |
3,240.3 |
3,229.6 |
Unemployment |
|
225.9 |
216.1 |
209.0 |
206.8 |
210.8 |
218.8 |
Unemployment Rate |
|
6.5 |
6.3 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment |
|
Total Nonfarm |
|
3,240.4 |
3,242.1 |
3,247.1 |
3,247.7 |
3,248.0 |
3,243.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
Mining and Logging |
|
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 |
0.0 |
-9.1 |
0.0 |
-9.1 |
0.0 |
Construction |
|
107.4 |
106.0 |
104.3 |
102.4 |
103.4 |
102.0 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.8 |
-2.7 |
-4.3 |
-6.4 |
-3.5 |
-4.9 |
Manufacturing |
|
255.6 |
254.5 |
254.9 |
256.1 |
256.8 |
256.8 |
12-month % change |
|
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
558.6 |
558.9 |
560.9 |
561.9 |
562.8 |
561.4 |
12-month % change |
|
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
Information |
|
83.1 |
83.8 |
84.6 |
86.0 |
87.5 |
87.1 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.4 |
-0.2 |
0.7 |
2.1 |
4.5 |
11.8 |
Financial Activities |
|
203.5 |
203.9 |
203.6 |
205.6 |
203.6 |
203.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.4 |
-1.3 |
-1.2 |
-0.1 |
-1.0 |
-0.7 |
Professional & Business Services |
|
488.1 |
492.3 |
497.9 |
499.7 |
499.7 |
497.8 |
12-month % change |
|
3.8 |
4.1 |
5.4 |
5.9 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
Education & Health Services |
|
673.1 |
673.5 |
674.1 |
672.9 |
673.6 |
671.0 |
12-month % change |
|
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
316.1 |
315.7 |
312.3 |
308.6 |
307.3 |
306.5 |
12-month % change |
|
1.3 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
-0.9 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Other Services |
|
122.4 |
121.9 |
122.2 |
122.5 |
121.4 |
121.3 |
12-month % change |
|
2.2 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
-0.6 |
-1.8 |
Government |
|
431.4 |
430.5 |
431.3 |
430.9 |
430.9 |
434.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.0 |
-0.8 |
-0.9 |
-0.9 |
-0.8 |
-0.2 |
Mass layoffs |
|
Layoff events, all industries |
|
11 |
17 |
9 |
19 |
13 |
10 |
Initial claimants, all industries |
|
1,073 |
3,291 |
1,142 |
1,850 |
1,026 |
896 |
Data extracted on:
September 27, 2012
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.
Massachusetts includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:
- Barnstable Town, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
- Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH (Metropolitan NECTA)
- Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA (NECTA Division)
- Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA (NECTA Division)
- Framingham, MA (NECTA Division)
- Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH (NECTA Division)
- Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH (NECTA Division)
- Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
- Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH (NECTA Division)
- Nashua, NH-MA (NECTA Division)
- New Bedford, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
- Peabody, MA (NECTA Division)
- Pittsfield, MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
- Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA (Metropolitan NECTA)
- Springfield, MA-CT (Metropolitan NECTA)
- Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA (NECTA Division)
- Worcester, MA-CT (Metropolitan NECTA)
Geographically based survey data available from BLS:
Employment & Unemployment
Prices & Living Conditions
Compensation & Working Conditions
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