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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	2,442.4	2,447.1	2,466.2	2,484.4	2,499.2	2,522.5	2,500.2	2,494.7	2,514.3	2,540.1	2,539.3	2,539.9	2,499.2
2013	2,488.3	2,488.0	2,502.2	(P) 2,531.7
Mining & Logging
2012	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
2013	0.4	0.4	0.4	(P) 0.5
Construction
2012	75.4	73.5	75.6	80.1	82.9	86.2	89.0	89.6	88.8	89.0	88.3	85.2	83.6
2013	79.4	77.0	79.1	(P) 86.3
Manufacturing
2012	192.1	191.8	192.1	192.3	193.1	195.6	195.0	194.8	193.7	195.1	193.8	193.8	193.6
2013	193.2	191.6	191.8	(P) 191.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	403.1	395.2	396.8	397.2	402.2	408.6	404.4	404.3	403.4	406.0	414.2	419.9	404.6
2013	407.5	397.4	398.6	(P) 399.8
Information
2012	74.3	74.2	74.4	74.6	74.9	76.4	77.5	76.7	74.7	75.5	76.3	76.0	75.5
2013	76.4	76.1	76.3	(P) 77.1
Financial Activities
2012	170.7	170.9	171.0	170.9	171.8	174.3	175.0	175.1	172.3	173.7	173.3	174.1	172.8
2013	171.7	171.7	171.1	(P) 171.1
Professional & Business Services
2012	403.4	403.0	407.8	415.1	416.6	423.7	424.6	424.6	421.8	427.2	425.7	424.0	418.1
2013	416.2	419.4	421.3	(P) 430.1
Educational & Health Services
2012	506.1	517.1	519.6	517.2	510.6	498.3	499.3	498.2	511.7	523.5	527.7	527.8	513.1
2013	518.6	528.0	531.2	(P) 533.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	219.8	219.2	223.6	232.8	241.2	251.4	251.3	252.0	244.3	241.5	230.4	228.8	236.4
2013	222.0	218.4	223.3	(P) 234.3
Other Services
2012	94.4	94.5	95.9	96.6	97.8	101.1	101.9	101.0	98.1	99.1	99.2	98.1	98.1
2013	97.2	97.3	97.6	(P) 98.2
Government
2012	302.7	307.3	308.9	307.1	307.6	306.4	281.7	277.9	305.0	309.0	309.9	311.7	302.9
2013	305.7	310.7	311.5	(P) 309.7
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
2012	(1) 2,539,366	(1) 2,539,790	(1) 2,541,409	(1) 2,532,771	(1) 2,538,551	(1) 2,572,495	(1) 2,565,799	(1) 2,558,262	(1) 2,540,269	(1) 2,561,742	(1) 2,558,637	(1) 2,557,848	(1) 2,550,578
2013	2,558,289	2,538,497	(P) 2,543,583
Employment
2012	(1) 2,370,814	(1) 2,376,636	(1) 2,387,654	(1) 2,389,060	(1) 2,390,566	(1) 2,408,817	(1) 2,400,141	(1) 2,401,306	(1) 2,385,733	(1) 2,412,771	(1) 2,415,637	(1) 2,407,312	(1) 2,395,537
2013	2,390,914	2,386,410	(P) 2,393,456
Unemployment
2012	(1) 168,552	(1) 163,154	(1) 153,755	(1) 143,711	(1) 147,985	(1) 163,678	(1) 165,658	(1) 156,956	(1) 154,536	(1) 148,971	(1) 143,000	(1) 150,536	(1) 155,041
2013	167,375	152,087	(P) 150,127
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 6.6	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.0	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.8	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.5	(1) 6.1	(1) 6.1	(1) 5.8	(1) 5.6	(1) 5.9	(1) 6.1
2013	6.5	6.0	(P) 5.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary

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