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Featured announcements
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $2.2 Million for Re-Entry Workforce Development Grants to Train Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates Five Years of the Career Technical Initiative
Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $1.8 Million to Build Talent Pipeline for Early Childhood Educators in Massachusetts
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- September 2025: Massachusetts Unemployment Improves to 4.7%
- August 2025: Unemployment Remains at 4.8%, Unchanged for Fourth Consecutive Month
- July 2025: Unemployment Unchanged in July; 2,700 More Massachusetts Residents Gained Employment
- June 2025: 1,100 More Mass Residents Gained Employment in June, Unemployment Unchanged
- May 2025: Massachusetts Payroll Jobs Increase for 3rd Consecutive Month While Labor Force Grows Again
- April 2025: Massachusetts Payroll Jobs Increase By 7,700 and Labor Force Grows for the 4th Consecutive Month
- Massachusetts Unemployment and Job Estimates for March 2025
- Massachusetts Unemployment and Job Estimates for February 2025
- Massachusetts Unemployment and Job Estimates for January 2025
October State Employment and Unemployment or Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news releases will not be published due to the federal government shutdown.
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