Unemployment rates rose across Central Mass. in June
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Unemployment rates rose across Central Massachusetts for the second month in a row.
Following a brief hiatus when Central Massachusetts saw a dip in unemployment, rates were back on the rise for the second month in a row in June.
The Greater Worcester metro area experienced the smallest unemployment rate increase in Central Massachusetts where the unemployment rate sat at 3.9% in June, up 0.1 percentage point from May. June’s rate reflected a 0.4 percentage point increase from 3.5% in June 2023.
Greater Framingham saw the lowest unemployment rate in Central Massachusetts with 3.6% of the workforce unemployed in June. June’s rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than in May and 0.6 percentage points higher than in June 2023.
Unemployment in the Leominster-Gardner region increased by 0.3 percentage points to reach 4.4% in June. The region had the highest unemployment increase over-the-year in Central Massachusetts, with its unemployment rate rising by 0.7 percentage points from June 2023’s rate of 3.7%.
Experiencing the largest over-the-month increase in unemployment in Central Massachusetts was the Athol region, which saw its unemployment rate rise by 0.5 percentage points from 3.9% in May to 4.4% in June. Yet, the Athol region saw the smallest increase over-the-year with its unemployment rate rising 0.2 percentage points from June 2023.
The Athol and Leominster-Gardner regions were the only in Central Massachusetts to surpass the state’s unemployment rate of 4.0% and the nationwide rate of 4.3%.
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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