Employment Snapshot - Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH January-2022

Weller Emmons

VP of Analytics and Finance at Mployer Advisor. He is passionate about leveraging data to provide industry leading insights for Mployer Advisor’s clients. Prior to joining Mployer Advisor, Emmons served as a healthcare provider strategy consultant for Knowledge Capital Group and as an internal strategy consultant at HCA Healthcare. Emmons earned his MBA and BE in Biomedical Engineering, both from Vanderbilt University.

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Overall unemployment rate moved up to 4.4% with the biggest shift in Transportation & Utilities, which lost 12,200 roles, based on the most recently available information published in March 2022.

Total employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH market rose by 9,634 jobs in January and the unemployment rate increased compared to the prior month by 130 bps to 4.4%. The national unemployment rate increased by 74 bps over the same time to 4.4%.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH unemployment rate is 3 bps below the national rate which is a positive sign.
Unemployment in the market is 240 bps below the unemployment rate in the market last year at this time, which is a positive.
Average wages (per hour) grew in January versus prior month by 5.8% and are up compared to last year at this time in the market.

Month over Month Unemployment Change

Year over Year Unemployment Change

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Unemployment January 2022

For key employment segments of the market, total jobs declined by -1.9%. Key sectors include:

Education & Healthcare: 583,500; -9,400
Business Services: 522,000; -6,400
Transportation & Utilities: 402,900; -12,200
Government: 301,400; -6,700
Restaurants & Hotels: 220,800; -8,800
Manufacturing: 181,400; -100
Financial Services: 179,000; -1,000
Construction, Mining: 120,100; -6,000
Other Jobs: 93,200; -1,200
IT & Development: 82,500; -600

Employment Change by Key Sector

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Unemployment by Industry January 2022

Data is based on the most recent 12 months available, through January 2022 (Data published March 2022 and reports created on March 18, 2022). Source: Government data agency and locally acquired statistics.

Note: All reported data is not seasonally adjusted.

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