NEW: 2500 Mass. Jobs Created in April

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

GolocalWorcester News Team

Finding a job in Massachusetts is getting easier, according to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. In April alone, Massachusetts added 2,500 new jobs in various sectors across the state, bringing unemployment down to 6.3% - well below the national rate of 8.1%.

The April 2012 estimates show 3,239,000 Massachusetts residents were employed and 216,200 were unemployed, for a total labor force of 3,455,300, the highest since December 2008.

The private sector in Mass. added 3,400 last month, and five of the ten private sectors added jobs: Professional, Scientific, and Business Services; Trade, Transportation, and Utilities; Information; Leisure and Hospitality; and Financial Activities.

Over the year, the Bay State added 27,400 jobs; the private sector added 31,000 jobs.

Professional, Scientific, and Business Services added 4,200 (+0.9%) jobs over the month, the sector’s tenth monthly gain. Over the year, the sector added 19,200 (+4.1%) jobs due mostly to growth in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, which added 10,100 (+4.0%) jobs.

Most of the private sector added jobs including Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, which added 900 (+0.2%) jobs over the month. Information gained 600 (+0.7%) jobs in April. Leisure and Hospitality added 600 (+0.2%), and Financial Activities gained 300 (+0.1%) jobs over the month.

Mining and Logging employment remained unchanged both over the month and over the year.

A few sectors were in the red this month, including construction, manufacturing, and other services, which collectively lost about 3,000 jobs. Education and Health Services lost 300 (0.0%) jobs over the month. Health Care and Social Assistance added 700 (+0.1%) jobs and Educational Services lost 1,000 (-0.6%) jobs. Government jobs also went down 900 (-0.2%) over the month.

The largest loss occurred in State Government which lost 600 (-0.5%) jobs followed by Federal Government, down 200 (-0.4%) and Local Government lost 100 (0.0%) jobs. Over the year, Government lost 3,600 (-0.8%) jobs. 

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