Greater Worcester unemployment rose in July
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Greater Worcester's unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in July.
While Greater Worcester’s unemployment fluctuates month over month, the region’s rate ticked slightly upward in July.
Unemployment in Great Worcester rose 0.1 percentage points from 4.9% in June to 5.0% in July, according to the data released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, using information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The region’s figure represents the third-highest unemployment rate of the 10 metro and micropolitan statistical areas analyzed by the BLS. The statewide unemployment rate was 4.8% in July.
With 105,637 residents employed and 5,873 unemployed, the city of Worcester’s unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points over the month to 5.3%. July’s rate in New England’s second largest city was 0.3 percentage points higher than in July 2024.
At 4.3%, Framingham’s July unemployment rate was the lowest of the Central Massachusetts five metro and micropolitan cities analyzed by WBJ. Like Worcester, Framingham’s rate reflected a 0.1 percentage point increase over the month and was 0.4 percentage points higher than in July 2024. The city saw 39,708 individuals employed and 1,783 unemployed.
Unemployment in Leominster rose 0.3 percentage points to 5.1% in July, a rate 0.1 percentage points higher than in July 2024 when the city’s unemployment rate sat at exactly 5.0%. The city had 23,176 residents employed and 1,235 unemployed.
Once again, Gardner had the highest unemployment rate of the cities analyzed by WBJ at 6.3%. The city rate rose 0.3 percentage points from June and 0.6 percentage points from July 2024 when its unemployment rate was 5.7%. Last month, 9,625 of the city’s residents were employed and 648 were unemployed.
Athol’s unemployment rate increased from 5.7% in June to 6.0% in July. With 5,591 employed workers and 354 unemployed, the town’s rate represented the largest over-the-year increase from the 5.2% it sat at in July 2024.
Mica Kanner-Mascolo is a staff writer at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the healthcare and diversity, equity, and inclusion industries.
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