The Massachusetts unemployment rate inched upwards in November, but remained under 3 percent for the seventh straight month.

State officials reported Friday that the state jobless rate rose to 2.9 percent from a revised October rate of 2.8 percent. The national jobless rate in November was 3.7 percent.

Labor officials also cited Bureau of Labor Statistics data pointing to a gain of 3,200 jobs in Massachusetts last month, following a revised loss of 500 jobs in October.

Since employment levels bottomed out in April 2020, Massachusetts has gained 724,600 jobs, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said, with 66,100 jobs added over the year ending in November 2023.

Mass. Unemployment Remains Under 3 Percent

by State House News Service time to read: <1 min
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