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Labor Force and Unemployment Data

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Geographic Area: State

Area: Massachusetts

Time Frame: 2020

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
2020 January 5,741,315 3,815,555 3,707,253 108,302 2.8 66.5 3.5 63.3
  February 5,742,130 3,793,932 3,687,342 106,590 2.8 66.1 3.5 63.3
  March 5,743,473 3,767,296 3,663,226 104,070 2.8 65.6 4.4 62.6
  April 5,755,476 3,476,035 2,889,467 586,568 16.9 60.4 14.7 60.1
  May 5,745,766 3,726,748 3,149,808 576,940 15.5 64.9 13.2 60.8
  June 5,737,056 3,773,836 3,230,811 543,025 14.4 65.8 11.0 61.5
  July 5,728,842 3,785,367 3,305,506 479,861 12.7 66.1 10.2 61.5
  August 5,731,127 3,760,914 3,363,172 397,742 10.6 65.6 8.4 61.7
  September 5,733,442 3,787,541 3,410,540 377,001 10.0 66.1 7.9 61.4
  October 5,735,985 3,768,069 3,440,360 327,709 8.7 65.7 6.9 61.7
  November 5,737,860 3,765,586 3,458,710 306,876 8.1 65.6 6.7 61.5
  December 5,738,850 3,762,478 3,469,086 293,392 7.8 65.6 6.7 61.5
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.
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