BLS: Massachusetts Jobless Rate Down 0.9 Percentage Point Over the Year Ended May 2023
July 06, 2023
July 06, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 6 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily:
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In May 2023, 17 states had over-the-year jobless rate decreases, 8 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and the remaining 25 states had unemployment rates that were little different than a year earlier. Massachusetts, where the unemployment rate decreased from 3.7 percent in May 2022 to 2.8 percent in May 2 . . .
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In May 2023, 17 states had over-the-year jobless rate decreases, 8 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and the remaining 25 states had unemployment rates that were little different than a year earlier. Massachusetts, where the unemployment rate decreased from 3.7 percent in May 2022 to 2.8 percent in May 2 . . .