Total Nonfarm Employment
(Seasonally Adjusted)
| Area |
December 2011 |
November 2011 |
December 2010 |
Month change |
Year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts - Statewide | 3,234,500 | 3,240,700 | 3,193,800 | -6,200 | 40,700 |
Metropolitan Areas
| Barnstable Barnstable MA Metropolitan NECTA | 99,200 | 98,700 | 96,200 | 500 | 3,000 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA | 2,473,600 | 2,477,100 | 2,436,300 | -3,500 | 37,300 |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 48,400 | 48,200 | 48,200 | 200 | 200 |
| New Bedford, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 65,000 | 65,100 | 64,900 | -100 | 100 |
| Pittsfield, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 37,000 | 37,100 | 35,800 | -100 | 1,200 |
| Springfield, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA | 286,400 | 289,300 | 284,800 | -2,900 | 1,600 |
| Worcester, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA | 247,400 | 248,000 | 239,700 | -600 | 7,700 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 1,709,000 | 1,709,700 | 1,676,900 | -700 | 32,100 |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 89,200 | 90,300 | 87,600 | -1,100 | 1,600 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 157,000 | 157,000 | 152,400 | 0 | 4,600 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 78,000 | 78,400 | 76,700 | -400 | 1,300 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 117,600 | 117,500 | 115,000 | 100 | 2,600 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 99,200 | 98,100 | 115,000 | 0 | 1,100 |
(Unadjusted)
|
Area |
December 2011 |
November 2011 |
December 2010 |
Month change |
Year change |
| Massachusetts - Statewide | 3,253,300 | 3,271,300 | 3,212,800 | -18,000 | 40,500 |
Massachusetts Metropolitan Areas
| Barnstable MA Metropolitan NECTA | 96,000 | 96,000 | 93,100 | 0 | 2,900 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA | 2,495,900 | 2,503,400 | 2,458,000 | -7,500 | 37,900 |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 49,000 | 48,900 | 48,800 | 100 | 200 |
| New Bedford, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 65,900 | 66,100 | 65,800 | -200 | 100 |
| Pittsfield, MA Metropolitan NECTA | 36,600 | 36,900 | 35,500 | -300 | 1,100 |
| Springfield, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA | 290,000 | 292,600 | 288,400 | -2,600 | 1,600 |
| Worcester, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA | 250,500 | 250,200 | 242,700 | 300 | 7,800 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 1,722,700 | 1,727,100 | 1,690,600 | -4,400 | 32,100 |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 90,100 | 91,200 | 88,500 | -1,100 | 1,600 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 158,400 | 158,600 | 153,800 | -200 | 4,600 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 78,600 | 78,900 | 77,300 | -300 | 1,300 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 118,400 | 118,300 | 115,800 | 100 | 2,600 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 100,400 | 100,300 | 99,300 | 100 | 1,100 |