Table Data - Employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (MSA)
| Title | Employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | LAUMT251446000000005 |
| Source | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Release | Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Not Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Units | Persons |
| Date Range | 1990-01-01 to 2026-08-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-09-30 1:59 PM CDT |
| Notes | The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delineates metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data. The boundaries of statistical areas are periodically revised and are subject to change. For additional information, see here (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html) |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1990-01-01 | 2149454 |
| 1990-02-01 | 2144457 |
| 1990-03-01 | 2157519 |
| 1990-04-01 | 2154194 |
| 1990-05-01 | 2166293 |
| 1990-06-01 | 2193409 |
| 1990-07-01 | 2187434 |
| 1990-08-01 | 2179388 |
| 1990-09-01 | 2125431 |
| 1990-10-01 | 2128863 |
| 1990-11-01 | 2116312 |
| 1990-12-01 | 2107626 |
| 1991-01-01 | 2055904 |
| 1991-02-01 | 2044147 |
| 1991-03-01 | 2050057 |
| 1991-04-01 | 2059446 |
| 1991-05-01 | 2044676 |
| 1991-06-01 | 2080061 |
| 1991-07-01 | 2083254 |
| 1991-08-01 | 2071855 |
| 1991-09-01 | 2041556 |
| 1991-10-01 | 2062904 |
| 1991-11-01 | 2066468 |
| 1991-12-01 | 2060631 |
| 1992-01-01 | 2038710 |
| 1992-02-01 | 2036152 |
| 1992-03-01 | 2041847 |
| 1992-04-01 | 2044557 |
| 1992-05-01 | 2049507 |
| 1992-06-01 | 2075327 |
| 1992-07-01 | 2088385 |
| 1992-08-01 | 2080703 |
| 1992-09-01 | 2030522 |
| 1992-10-01 | 2051204 |
| 1992-11-01 | 2064212 |
| 1992-12-01 | 2067141 |
| 1993-01-01 | 2044370 |
| 1993-02-01 | 2047081 |
| 1993-03-01 | 2060073 |
| 1993-04-01 | 2067451 |
| 1993-05-01 | 2082513 |
| 1993-06-01 | 2118314 |
| 1993-07-01 | 2127285 |
| 1993-08-01 | 2128827 |
| 1993-09-01 | 2077470 |
| 1993-10-01 | 2102558 |
| 1993-11-01 | 2112995 |
| 1993-12-01 | 2114682 |
| 1994-01-01 | 2083034 |
| 1994-02-01 | 2088402 |
| 1994-03-01 | 2095457 |
| 1994-04-01 | 2098654 |
| 1994-05-01 | 2111004 |
| 1994-06-01 | 2134124 |
| 1994-07-01 | 2147390 |
| 1994-08-01 | 2149620 |
| 1994-09-01 | 2112596 |
| 1994-10-01 | 2137064 |
| 1994-11-01 | 2153848 |
| 1994-12-01 | 2157524 |
| 1995-01-01 | 2134099 |
| 1995-02-01 | 2139006 |
| 1995-03-01 | 2146302 |
| 1995-04-01 | 2143710 |
| 1995-05-01 | 2133391 |
| 1995-06-01 | 2160370 |
| 1995-07-01 | 2177949 |
| 1995-08-01 | 2173173 |
| 1995-09-01 | 2132995 |
| 1995-10-01 | 2168021 |
| 1995-11-01 | 2179478 |
| 1995-12-01 | 2175327 |
| 1996-01-01 | 2139875 |
| 1996-02-01 | 2154910 |
| 1996-03-01 | 2168358 |
| 1996-04-01 | 2175243 |
| 1996-05-01 | 2183474 |
| 1996-06-01 | 2214975 |
| 1996-07-01 | 2228311 |
| 1996-08-01 | 2233597 |
| 1996-09-01 | 2198925 |
| 1996-10-01 | 2225859 |
| 1996-11-01 | 2242053 |
| 1996-12-01 | 2242448 |
| 1997-01-01 | 2222109 |
| 1997-02-01 | 2228801 |
| 1997-03-01 | 2249339 |
| 1997-04-01 | 2255357 |
| 1997-05-01 | 2258103 |
| 1997-06-01 | 2285526 |
| 1997-07-01 | 2296832 |
| 1997-08-01 | 2288674 |
| 1997-09-01 | 2245721 |
| 1997-10-01 | 2271543 |
| 1997-11-01 | 2285637 |
| 1997-12-01 | 2284634 |
| 1998-01-01 | 2259537 |
| 1998-02-01 | 2264870 |
| 1998-03-01 | 2274434 |
| 1998-04-01 | 2277656 |
| 1998-05-01 | 2277970 |
| 1998-06-01 | 2306358 |
| 1998-07-01 | 2322721 |
| 1998-08-01 | 2328966 |
| 1998-09-01 | 2289469 |
| 1998-10-01 | 2314308 |
| 1998-11-01 | 2336963 |
| 1998-12-01 | 2340250 |
| 1999-01-01 | 2318603 |
| 1999-02-01 | 2319092 |
| 1999-03-01 | 2326476 |
| 1999-04-01 | 2324599 |
| 1999-05-01 | 2324593 |
| 1999-06-01 | 2351108 |
| 1999-07-01 | 2351688 |
| 1999-08-01 | 2347716 |
| 1999-09-01 | 2305285 |
| 1999-10-01 | 2326231 |
| 1999-11-01 | 2340833 |
| 1999-12-01 | 2346666 |
| 2000-01-01 | 2280551 |
| 2000-02-01 | 2281599 |
| 2000-03-01 | 2285341 |
| 2000-04-01 | 2295860 |
| 2000-05-01 | 2274322 |
| 2000-06-01 | 2308148 |
| 2000-07-01 | 2302642 |
| 2000-08-01 | 2304623 |
| 2000-09-01 | 2268736 |
| 2000-10-01 | 2297660 |
| 2000-11-01 | 2313100 |
| 2000-12-01 | 2326943 |
| 2001-01-01 | 2307543 |
| 2001-02-01 | 2312833 |
| 2001-03-01 | 2314399 |
| 2001-04-01 | 2304167 |
| 2001-05-01 | 2291702 |
| 2001-06-01 | 2319373 |
| 2001-07-01 | 2319839 |
| 2001-08-01 | 2308567 |
| 2001-09-01 | 2276160 |
| 2001-10-01 | 2285874 |
| 2001-11-01 | 2287884 |
| 2001-12-01 | 2291384 |
| 2002-01-01 | 2262501 |
| 2002-02-01 | 2279936 |
| 2002-03-01 | 2284487 |
| 2002-04-01 | 2283308 |
| 2002-05-01 | 2287619 |
| 2002-06-01 | 2304168 |
| 2002-07-01 | 2301941 |
| 2002-08-01 | 2301291 |
| 2002-09-01 | 2274667 |
| 2002-10-01 | 2287196 |
| 2002-11-01 | 2285716 |
| 2002-12-01 | 2278335 |
| 2003-01-01 | 2254763 |
| 2003-02-01 | 2246064 |
| 2003-03-01 | 2244740 |
| 2003-04-01 | 2251413 |
| 2003-05-01 | 2238847 |
| 2003-06-01 | 2263381 |
| 2003-07-01 | 2261830 |
| 2003-08-01 | 2259749 |
| 2003-09-01 | 2229122 |
| 2003-10-01 | 2253829 |
| 2003-11-01 | 2269588 |
| 2003-12-01 | 2262126 |
| 2004-01-01 | 2245520 |
| 2004-02-01 | 2244391 |
| 2004-03-01 | 2247694 |
| 2004-04-01 | 2248658 |
| 2004-05-01 | 2238323 |
| 2004-06-01 | 2268852 |
| 2004-07-01 | 2278644 |
| 2004-08-01 | 2272020 |
| 2004-09-01 | 2228569 |
| 2004-10-01 | 2249493 |
| 2004-11-01 | 2258522 |
| 2004-12-01 | 2253338 |
| 2005-01-01 | 2224996 |
| 2005-02-01 | 2225551 |
| 2005-03-01 | 2232342 |
| 2005-04-01 | 2243450 |
| 2005-05-01 | 2240591 |
| 2005-06-01 | 2268824 |
| 2005-07-01 | 2281232 |
| 2005-08-01 | 2284793 |
| 2005-09-01 | 2237288 |
| 2005-10-01 | 2261009 |
| 2005-11-01 | 2268708 |
| 2005-12-01 | 2265290 |
| 2006-01-01 | 2242182 |
| 2006-02-01 | 2241897 |
| 2006-03-01 | 2253258 |
| 2006-04-01 | 2247709 |
| 2006-05-01 | 2251187 |
| 2006-06-01 | 2295173 |
| 2006-07-01 | 2302163 |
| 2006-08-01 | 2301656 |
| 2006-09-01 | 2264207 |
| 2006-10-01 | 2293825 |
| 2006-11-01 | 2304979 |
| 2006-12-01 | 2303571 |
| 2007-01-01 | 2279868 |
| 2007-02-01 | 2275649 |
| 2007-03-01 | 2291350 |
| 2007-04-01 | 2286476 |
| 2007-05-01 | 2287245 |
| 2007-06-01 | 2326988 |
| 2007-07-01 | 2330338 |
| 2007-08-01 | 2320318 |
| 2007-09-01 | 2288748 |
| 2007-10-01 | 2310601 |
| 2007-11-01 | 2328689 |
| 2007-12-01 | 2313695 |
| 2008-01-01 | 2298884 |
| 2008-02-01 | 2291783 |
| 2008-03-01 | 2305509 |
| 2008-04-01 | 2311640 |
| 2008-05-01 | 2295679 |
| 2008-06-01 | 2335349 |
| 2008-07-01 | 2344481 |
| 2008-08-01 | 2337720 |
| 2008-09-01 | 2297376 |
| 2008-10-01 | 2319985 |
| 2008-11-01 | 2319212 |
| 2008-12-01 | 2297905 |
| 2009-01-01 | 2257843 |
| 2009-02-01 | 2245605 |
| 2009-03-01 | 2248551 |
| 2009-04-01 | 2256219 |
| 2009-05-01 | 2237782 |
| 2009-06-01 | 2264187 |
| 2009-07-01 | 2270554 |
| 2009-08-01 | 2261998 |
| 2009-09-01 | 2217013 |
| 2009-10-01 | 2238558 |
| 2009-11-01 | 2255786 |
| 2009-12-01 | 2233152 |
| 2010-01-01 | 2242507 |
| 2010-02-01 | 2248477 |
| 2010-03-01 | 2266859 |
| 2010-04-01 | 2276577 |
| 2010-05-01 | 2272341 |
| 2010-06-01 | 2301102 |
| 2010-07-01 | 2307444 |
| 2010-08-01 | 2312350 |
| 2010-09-01 | 2279400 |
| 2010-10-01 | 2300742 |
| 2010-11-01 | 2307340 |
| 2010-12-01 | 2307826 |
| 2011-01-01 | 2286248 |
| 2011-02-01 | 2288092 |
| 2011-03-01 | 2305661 |
| 2011-04-01 | 2316136 |
| 2011-05-01 | 2304817 |
| 2011-06-01 | 2325659 |
| 2011-07-01 | 2333587 |
| 2011-08-01 | 2349438 |
| 2011-09-01 | 2319536 |
| 2011-10-01 | 2341084 |
| 2011-11-01 | 2353147 |
| 2011-12-01 | 2349856 |
| 2012-01-01 | 2324770 |
| 2012-02-01 | 2330806 |
| 2012-03-01 | 2345571 |
| 2012-04-01 | 2348181 |
| 2012-05-01 | 2349487 |
| 2012-06-01 | 2380856 |
| 2012-07-01 | 2373242 |
| 2012-08-01 | 2374541 |
| 2012-09-01 | 2353073 |
| 2012-10-01 | 2377711 |
| 2012-11-01 | 2378362 |
| 2012-12-01 | 2369487 |
| 2013-01-01 | 2345998 |
| 2013-02-01 | 2348533 |
| 2013-03-01 | 2358190 |
| 2013-04-01 | 2370526 |
| 2013-05-01 | 2368954 |
| 2013-06-01 | 2394305 |
| 2013-07-01 | 2400608 |
| 2013-08-01 | 2399322 |
| 2013-09-01 | 2367772 |
| 2013-10-01 | 2371954 |
| 2013-11-01 | 2395311 |
| 2013-12-01 | 2390745 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2380881 |
| 2014-02-01 | 2393432 |
| 2014-03-01 | 2412937 |
| 2014-04-01 | 2418140 |
| 2014-05-01 | 2422162 |
| 2014-06-01 | 2460064 |
| 2014-07-01 | 2466677 |
| 2014-08-01 | 2456405 |
| 2014-09-01 | 2437428 |
| 2014-10-01 | 2479664 |
| 2014-11-01 | 2493065 |
| 2014-12-01 | 2485237 |
| 2015-01-01 | 2463058 |
| 2015-02-01 | 2468680 |
| 2015-03-01 | 2478514 |
| 2015-04-01 | 2488591 |
| 2015-05-01 | 2487449 |
| 2015-06-01 | 2513818 |
| 2015-07-01 | 2509697 |
| 2015-08-01 | 2505256 |
| 2015-09-01 | 2458347 |
| 2015-10-01 | 2491948 |
| 2015-11-01 | 2502530 |
| 2015-12-01 | 2500907 |
| 2016-01-01 | 2497944 |
| 2016-02-01 | 2511639 |
| 2016-03-01 | 2527847 |
| 2016-04-01 | 2536204 |
| 2016-05-01 | 2524778 |
| 2016-06-01 | 2555604 |
| 2016-07-01 | 2574764 |
| 2016-08-01 | 2571044 |
| 2016-09-01 | 2540572 |
| 2016-10-01 | 2559067 |
| 2016-11-01 | 2573755 |
| 2016-12-01 | 2571143 |
| 2017-01-01 | 2564434 |
| 2017-02-01 | 2570813 |
| 2017-03-01 | 2594176 |
| 2017-04-01 | 2596409 |
| 2017-05-01 | 2583460 |
| 2017-06-01 | 2615067 |
| 2017-07-01 | 2621727 |
| 2017-08-01 | 2614408 |
| 2017-09-01 | 2594354 |
| 2017-10-01 | 2605753 |
| 2017-11-01 | 2624026 |
| 2017-12-01 | 2624188 |
| 2018-01-01 | 2621093 |
| 2018-02-01 | 2642457 |
| 2018-03-01 | 2660188 |
| 2018-04-01 | 2670250 |
| 2018-05-01 | 2673756 |
| 2018-06-01 | 2701227 |
| 2018-07-01 | 2708169 |
| 2018-08-01 | 2689010 |
| 2018-09-01 | 2671085 |
| 2018-10-01 | 2696338 |
| 2018-11-01 | 2707650 |
| 2018-12-01 | 2704831 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2694705 |
| 2019-02-01 | 2699656 |
| 2019-03-01 | 2705186 |
| 2019-04-01 | 2707061 |
| 2019-05-01 | 2700334 |
| 2019-06-01 | 2733692 |
| 2019-07-01 | 2732929 |
| 2019-08-01 | 2731541 |
| 2019-09-01 | 2697714 |
| 2019-10-01 | 2722964 |
| 2019-11-01 | 2729762 |
| 2019-12-01 | 2723024 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2703071 |
| 2020-02-01 | 2703920 |
| 2020-03-01 | 2658426 |
| 2020-04-01 | 2129385 |
| 2020-05-01 | 2260700 |
| 2020-06-01 | 2373732 |
| 2020-07-01 | 2421920 |
| 2020-08-01 | 2484158 |
| 2020-09-01 | 2471352 |
| 2020-10-01 | 2524294 |
| 2020-11-01 | 2530334 |
| 2020-12-01 | 2527429 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2521279 |
| 2021-02-01 | 2528836 |
| 2021-03-01 | 2545554 |
| 2021-04-01 | 2556063 |
| 2021-05-01 | 2558232 |
| 2021-06-01 | 2582377 |
| 2021-07-01 | 2599958 |
| 2021-08-01 | 2605764 |
| 2021-09-01 | 2578237 |
| 2021-10-01 | 2609460 |
| 2021-11-01 | 2639183 |
| 2021-12-01 | 2633808 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2626667 |
| 2022-02-01 | 2639857 |
| 2022-03-01 | 2656211 |
| 2022-04-01 | 2640742 |
| 2022-05-01 | 2640395 |
| 2022-06-01 | 2665559 |
| 2022-07-01 | 2670146 |
| 2022-08-01 | 2669670 |
| 2022-09-01 | 2639232 |
| 2022-10-01 | 2658567 |
| 2022-11-01 | 2656430 |
| 2022-12-01 | 2659508 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2660964 |
| 2023-02-01 | 2664431 |
| 2023-03-01 | 2674408 |
| 2023-04-01 | 2677858 |
| 2023-05-01 | 2664204 |
| 2023-06-01 | 2693970 |
| 2023-07-01 | 2703495 |
| 2023-08-01 | 2706592 |
| 2023-09-01 | 2686140 |
| 2023-10-01 | 2703772 |
| 2023-11-01 | 2727729 |
| 2023-12-01 | 2711612 |
| 2024-01-01 | 2713713 |
| 2024-02-01 | 2714544 |
| 2024-03-01 | 2742369 |
| 2024-04-01 | 2739662 |
| 2024-05-01 | 2726552 |
| 2024-06-01 | 2762406 |
| 2024-07-01 | 2759018 |
| 2024-08-01 | 2751683 |
| 2024-09-01 | 2732828 |
| 2024-10-01 | 2747290 |
| 2024-11-01 | 2751924 |
| 2024-12-01 | 2755367 |
| 2025-01-01 | 2752327 |
| 2025-02-01 | 2740413 |
| 2025-03-01 | 2750390 |
| 2025-04-01 | 2758979 |
| 2025-05-01 | 2734478 |
| 2025-06-01 | 2755194 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2754958 |
| 2025-08-01 | 2749292 |
| 2025-09-01 | 2720519 |
| 2025-10-01 | . |
| 2025-11-01 | 2715743 |
| 2025-12-01 | 2707722 |
| 2026-01-01 | 2687128 |
| 2026-02-01 | 2679058 |
| 2026-03-01 | 2689446 |
| 2026-04-01 | 2695342 |
| 2026-05-01 | 2686303 |
| 2026-06-01 | 2717230 |
| 2026-07-01 | 2712222 |
| 2026-08-01 | 2708316 |