Labor Force and Unemployment Data
Selection Criteria
Geographic Area: State
Area: Massachusetts
Time Frame: 2021
Seasonally Adjusted Data
Results
Year | Month | Working Age Population | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Massachusetts Unemployment Rate | Massachusetts Laborforce Rate | National Unemployment Rate | National Laborforce Participation Rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | January | 5,726,251 | 3,728,507 | 3,470,808 | 257,699 | 6.9 | 65.1 | 6.4 | 61.3 |
February | 5,726,085 | 3,722,952 | 3,479,420 | 243,532 | 6.5 | 65.0 | 6.2 | 61.4 | |
March | 5,727,472 | 3,723,096 | 3,491,467 | 231,629 | 6.2 | 65.0 | 6.1 | 61.5 | |
April | 5,729,695 | 3,732,410 | 3,505,506 | 226,904 | 6.1 | 65.1 | 6.1 | 61.6 | |
May | 5,731,959 | 3,731,791 | 3,518,927 | 212,864 | 5.7 | 65.1 | 5.8 | 61.5 | |
June | 5,734,413 | 3,741,081 | 3,529,682 | 211,399 | 5.7 | 65.2 | 5.9 | 61.7 | |
July | 5,737,253 | 3,737,030 | 3,538,385 | 198,645 | 5.3 | 65.1 | 5.4 | 61.8 | |
August | 5,738,320 | 3,735,590 | 3,546,575 | 189,015 | 5.1 | 65.1 | 5.1 | 61.8 | |
September | 5,738,562 | 3,731,417 | 3,555,301 | 176,116 | 4.7 | 65.0 | 4.7 | 61.7 | |
October | 5,738,573 | 3,733,510 | 3,566,205 | 167,305 | 4.5 | 65.1 | 4.5 | 61.8 | |
November | 5,738,357 | 3,733,409 | 3,578,464 | 154,945 | 4.2 | 65.1 | 4.1 | 61.9 | |
December | 5,738,127 | 3,735,998 | 3,590,449 | 145,549 | 3.9 | 65.1 | 3.9 | 62.0 |
The labor force estimates for towns with 2010 Census population of less than 1,000 were produced using the BLS methodology, but are not official BLS estimates.