Massachusetts’ total unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.4 percent as the state lost 1,400 jobs in April, according to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
The national unemployment rate is currently 7.5 percent.
According to the report, in the first four months of 2013, Massachusetts added 12,900 jobs. Over the year, Massachusetts added 46,200 jobs, 43,600 of which were in the private sector.
Over the year, the unemployment rate was down 0.2 of a percentage point from the April 2012 rate of 6.6 percent. Revised numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate Massachusetts lost 3,800 jobs in March rather than 5,500 jobs as reported last month.





