Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Stands At 5%, Just Below National Average
BOSTON (CBS) -- Massachusetts' unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 5% in August, the state's Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. It was 4.9% in July.
The national unemployment rate is 5.2%. The Massachusetts labor force grew by nearly 8,000 from July.
Massachusetts hit a pandemic high of 17.7% unemployment in June of 2020. Since August 2020, it's estimated that the state has added 184,700 jobs.
More than 300,000 workers in Massachusetts lost pandemic assistance from the federal government in September as those enhanced benefits expired.
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