MA Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.5% in February
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Friday, March 25, 2016
GoLocalWorcester Business Team
Massachusetts' total unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent in February while Massachusetts added 13,300 jobs in the month.
Over the the month, job gains occurred in the Education and Health Services; Professional, Scientific, and Business Services; financial activities; leisure and hospitality; other services; construction, trade, transportation, and utilities and Government sectors.
“Massachusetts continues to add jobs, and the labor force showed positive gains with 14,100 more residents employed and 7,400 fewer residents unemployed over the month,” Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Ronald L. Walker, II said.
The state's unemployment rate remains lower than the national rate of 4.9 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Over the year, the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 0.6 percent from 5.1 percent in February 2015. There were 24, 600 fewer unemployed persons over the year compared to February 2015.
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