The latest batch of employment data estimated that Massachusetts had about 181,000 unemployed workers in January, a month when the statewide count of jobs stood 131,000 below where it was before COVID-19 hit.
The Massachusetts unemployment rate that soared during the coronavirus pandemic fell to 16.1 percent in July, yet remains the highest in the nation.
Massachusetts lost 6,200 jobs in September and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, according to new data.
The Massachusetts unemployment rate held at 3.5 percent in June and public officials also reported Friday that the state’s labor force participation rate is at its highest level in 10 years.
Seventy-five people died on the job in the Boston area in 2016 – the most in any single year since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began releasing that information in 2000.
The state’s total unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent in September, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced this week.
Confidence among Massachusetts employers slipped for the second straight month in August and has been flat since April, according to a business group whose president says employers feel “under siege” from government mandates and pending policy proposals.
The state’s total unemployment rate increased to 3.9 percent in April from the March rate of 3.6 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday.
As the construction industry continues to experience a tremendous rebound, both in Greater Boston and across the country, the industry is faced with a significant lack of skilled labor.
