Unemployment Rates for Selected Locations in Massachusetts

Place Name

Current Rate

Previous Month Rate

6 Months Ago

1 Year Ago

Abington

6.10%

6.70%

19.40%

2.70%

Acton

5.00%

5.30%

10.90%

1.60%

Acushnet

5.80%

17.40%

2.80%

Adams

6.50%

7.70%

17.00%

3.80%

Agawam Town

5.80%

6.00%

16.50%

2.60%

Alford

2.20%

2.60%

6.90%

0.80%

Amesbury Town

5.30%

5.70%

16.60%

1.80%

Amherst

5.10%

5.50%

12.60%

1.60%

Andover

5.20%

5.80%

12.60%

1.80%

Aquinnah

7.50%

6.80%

7.80%

3.20%

Arlington

5.00%

5.50%

10.90%

1.30%

Ashburnham

5.50%

5.70%

15.00%

2.30%

Ashby

4.30%

4.60%

16.20%

1.90%

Ashfield

4.70%

4.30%

10.70%

1.50%

Ashland

5.00%

5.40%

14.60%

1.80%

Athol

6.40%

6.90%

16.90%

3.50%

Attleboro

5.90%

6.60%

18.80%

2.60%

Auburn

5.60%

14.90%

2.40%

Avon

6.50%

7.50%

19.90%

2.60%

Ayer

5.60%

5.80%

17.60%

2.50%

Barnstable County

6.80%

18.90%

3.80%

Barnstable Town

6.30%

6.90%

19.70%

3.30%

Barre

5.40%

5.60%

16.20%

3.40%

Becket

6.90%

7.80%

17.40%

2.50%

Bedford

5.60%

5.80%

12.70%

1.60%

Belchertown

5.90%

6.00%

15.50%

2.40%

Bellingham

5.60%

5.70%

15.50%

2.50%

Belmont

5.40%

5.60%

11.40%

1.60%

Berkley

5.90%

5.80%

17.90%

2.40%

Berlin

5.00%

5.30%

12.60%

1.90%

Bernardston

4.40%

5.00%

14.70%

2.90%

Beverly

5.50%

6.20%

15.80%

1.90%

Billerica

5.10%

5.50%

17.40%

2.10%

Blackstone

5.30%

5.70%

17.00%

2.50%

Blandford

4.10%

5.30%

14.90%

2.50%

Bolton

4.20%

5.20%

10.40%

1.70%

Boston

6.60%

7.70%

19.30%

2.00%

Bourne

5.90%

6.60%

19.10%

3.10%

Boxborough

4.60%

4.50%

10.70%

1.60%

Boxford

4.80%

5.60%

12.50%

1.60%

Boylston

4.30%

6.00%

13.70%

2.10%

Braintree Town

5.60%

6.50%

19.90%

1.90%

Brewster

5.80%

15.70%

3.20%

Bridgewater

5.60%

5.90%

17.40%

2.00%

Brimfield

4.50%

14.30%

2.40%

Bristol County

6.40%

7.00%

19.70%

3.10%

Brockton

9.10%

10.50%

25.70%

3.00%

Brookfield

5.70%

5.60%

15.00%

2.80%

Brookline

4.70%

5.40%

10.30%

1.20%

Buckland

2.80%

11.30%

1.20%

Burlington

4.90%

5.50%

13.30%

1.60%

Cambridge

4.30%

4.70%

10.20%

1.30%

Canton

6.00%

6.60%

16.50%

2.10%

Carlisle

6.00%

6.10%

9.60%

1.70%

Carver

5.40%

5.90%

18.00%

2.80%

Charlemont

7.80%

6.40%

15.90%

3.70%

Charlton

4.50%

4.80%

14.60%

2.20%

Chatham

6.10%

6.30%

15.50%

3.50%

Chelmsford

5.60%

14.80%

1.90%

Chelsea

7.80%

8.90%

24.80%

2.40%

Cheshire

5.00%

5.80%

12.80%

3.80%

Chester

6.80%

5.50%

14.10%

3.20%

Chesterfield

4.60%

5.10%

11.00%

1.60%

Chicopee

7.20%

7.80%

20.50%

3.20%

Chilmark

4.90%

4.00%

11.10%

2.60%

Clarksburg

4.90%

6.00%

12.70%

2.20%

Clinton

5.90%

6.40%

18.20%

3.10%

Cohasset

4.60%

5.60%

11.90%

1.80%

Colrain

4.40%

5.20%

13.50%

3.10%

Concord

5.60%

7.50%

10.00%

1.40%

Conway

4.60%

4.10%

10.50%

1.40%

Cummington

5.40%

6.50%

13.60%

2.50%

Dalton

6.30%

5.90%

14.80%

3.00%

Danvers

5.50%

6.40%

18.00%

2.00%

Dartmouth

5.20%

5.40%

16.50%

2.90%

Dedham

6.20%

6.90%

16.50%

2.00%

Deerfield

4.60%

5.20%

13.60%

1.70%

Dennis

7.60%

7.00%

20.20%

4.40%

Dighton

5.90%

6.50%

17.50%

2.30%

Douglas

4.90%

14.10%

2.20%

Dover

5.30%

6.80%

9.00%

1.70%

Dracut

5.60%

6.40%

17.80%

2.20%

Dudley

5.20%

6.10%

16.60%

2.50%

Dukes County

7.20%

5.50%

13.90%

4.60%

Dunstable

4.80%

4.60%

12.10%

1.70%

Duxbury

6.00%

7.40%

15.00%

2.10%

East Bridgewater

5.70%

6.00%

17.50%

2.30%

East Brookfield

4.40%

5.00%

14.30%

2.10%

East Longmeadow

5.10%

5.40%

15.70%

2.30%

Eastham

11.60%

5.90%

16.80%

6.10%

Easthampton Town

5.80%

6.10%

16.70%

1.90%

Easton

5.20%

5.70%

15.40%

1.80%

Edgartown

8.10%

6.40%

15.70%

5.50%

Egremont

3.10%

3.70%

6.90%

2.00%

Erving

5.70%

5.40%

14.50%

2.80%

Essex

4.80%

5.00%

12.90%

2.00%

Essex County

6.80%

7.60%

19.90%

2.40%

Everett

7.30%

8.00%

23.00%

1.90%

Fairhaven

5.50%

5.90%

18.20%

3.00%

Fall River

7.80%

8.50%

23.20%

4.70%

Falmouth

6.80%

7.50%

18.70%

3.10%

Fitchburg

8.80%

9.60%

22.90%

3.60%

Florida

5.80%

4.70%

12.60%

1.90%

Foxborough

6.10%

6.20%

17.20%

2.30%

Framingham

2.60%

2.40%

Franklin Town

6.40%

6.30%

15.60%

2.10%

Freetown

5.00%

5.80%

16.30%

2.60%

Gardner

7.50%

7.70%

20.40%

3.20%

Georgetown

4.90%

5.40%

14.60%

1.60%

Gill

4.20%

3.30%

11.60%

1.40%

Gloucester

6.40%

18.50%

3.30%

Goshen

3.30%

3.60%

8.20%

2.80%

Gosnold

0.00%

2.50%

0.00%

Grafton

5.10%

6.60%

14.50%

2.00%

Granby

5.70%

5.80%

15.20%

2.10%

Granville

4.30%

5.70%

13.10%

4.00%

Great Barrington

5.40%

6.40%

16.70%

2.70%

Greenfield Town

5.10%

6.00%

16.30%

2.10%

Groton

4.90%

5.10%

11.90%

1.60%

Groveland

4.80%

5.60%

15.20%

1.60%

Hadley

8.00%

6.40%

17.10%

1.80%

Halifax

6.70%

6.50%

18.50%

2.70%

Hamilton

5.20%

5.50%

11.50%

1.70%

Hampden

4.70%

4.50%

14.30%

2.40%

Hancock

1.70%

2.70%

8.40%

3.60%

Hanover

5.30%

5.90%

16.90%

1.90%

Hanson

5.60%

5.80%

17.30%

2.30%

Hardwick

4.10%

4.60%

13.40%

2.10%

Harvard

5.20%

4.90%

10.40%

1.90%

Harwich

7.40%

7.30%

18.80%

3.60%

Hatfield

6.20%

5.80%

17.20%

2.20%

Haverhill

7.00%

7.70%

20.50%

2.80%

Hawley

3.00%

3.40%

7.80%

1.80%

Heath

4.50%

10.80%

2.30%

Hingham

5.60%

6.70%

12.40%

1.90%

Hinsdale

6.70%

7.00%

16.10%

5.40%

Holbrook

6.70%

7.40%

21.70%

2.70%

Holden

5.30%

5.60%

13.90%

2.00%

Holland

4.30%

5.00%

14.60%

2.20%

Holliston

8.00%

6.00%

14.00%

1.80%

Holyoke

9.40%

10.00%

24.10%

3.80%

Hopedale

6.00%

7.00%

16.80%

2.90%

Hopkinton

5.00%

5.60%

12.50%

1.90%

Hubbardston

4.00%

4.20%

12.20%

2.40%

Hudson

5.60%

5.80%

16.00%

2.40%

Hull

6.60%

6.40%

17.80%

2.60%

Huntington

5.60%

5.30%

17.70%

2.50%

Ipswich

4.90%

5.70%

14.10%

2.10%

Kingston

5.50%

6.20%

18.00%

2.50%

Lakeville

5.50%

5.60%

16.60%

2.10%

Lancaster

4.60%

5.30%

13.60%

1.80%

Lanesborough

4.90%

4.70%

13.90%

2.90%

Lawrence

12.40%

13.90%

33.10%

4.50%

Lee

5.60%

6.40%

17.70%

2.90%

Leicester

5.70%

5.80%

15.50%

2.10%

Lenox

7.00%

8.30%

21.20%

2.40%

Leominster

6.60%

7.70%

19.70%

2.90%

Leverett

5.40%

5.60%

13.40%

2.00%

Lexington

5.20%

7.00%

9.70%

1.50%

Leyden

3.00%

3.20%

8.40%

1.60%

Lincoln

5.20%

5.80%

9.80%

1.70%

Littleton

4.30%

5.60%

12.10%

1.90%

Longmeadow

5.00%

5.20%

12.60%

1.80%

Lowell

7.40%

7.90%

20.90%

2.80%

Ludlow

5.50%

6.10%

16.90%

4.10%

Lunenburg

5.50%

5.80%

15.20%

2.50%

Lynn

8.50%

9.50%

25.40%

2.50%

Lynnfield

6.10%

14.20%

1.60%

Malden

6.90%

7.90%

24.30%

2.00%

Manchester-by-the-Sea

5.00%

5.80%

13.40%

1.50%

Mansfield

5.30%

6.20%

15.90%

2.00%

Marblehead

6.00%

7.70%

13.20%

2.00%

Marion

5.70%

6.90%

15.50%

2.30%

Marlborough

5.10%

5.90%

16.20%

2.30%

Marshfield

5.60%

5.80%

15.50%

2.10%

Mashpee

6.70%

7.00%

19.00%

3.40%

Mattapoisett

6.50%

6.20%

15.90%

2.40%

Maynard

6.00%

5.80%

13.70%

2.10%

Medfield

5.40%

7.50%

12.60%

1.60%

Medford

5.60%

6.10%

16.50%

1.80%

Medway

5.70%

14.50%

2.10%

Melrose

5.50%

6.20%

14.50%

1.60%

Mendon

6.10%

7.80%

16.90%

2.10%

Merrimac

5.20%

5.30%

14.80%

1.90%

Methuen Town

7.50%

7.90%

21.00%

2.60%

Middleborough

5.50%

6.20%

18.90%

2.60%

Middlefield

2.90%

3.20%

8.70%

0.90%

Middleton

5.30%

6.60%

17.00%

1.90%

Milford

5.40%

5.80%

16.50%

2.50%

Millbury

4.90%

5.50%

15.90%

2.60%

Millis

5.90%

6.20%

17.20%

2.10%

Millville

5.00%

5.40%

16.70%

3.40%

Milton

6.60%

7.00%

14.70%

1.70%

Monroe

4.50%

2.90%

7.40%

0.00%

Monson

5.00%

5.30%

13.00%

3.00%

Montague

7.30%

7.60%

19.30%

3.00%

Monterey

3.00%

4.00%

11.20%

3.50%

Montgomery

3.90%

14.10%

1.70%

Mount Washington

1.30%

2.50%

12.60%

2.30%

Nahant

5.10%

6.40%

16.40%

1.80%

Nantucket

6.60%

5.30%

13.90%

5.40%

Nantucket County

6.60%

5.30%

13.90%

5.40%

Natick

4.80%

5.30%

14.00%

1.60%

Needham

5.20%

6.70%

11.10%

1.50%

New Ashford

4.80%

4.70%

12.50%

5.60%

New Bedford

8.20%

9.10%

24.40%

4.50%

New Braintree

5.50%

5.30%

14.20%

3.40%

New Marlborough

3.70%

3.30%

11.50%

3.00%

New Salem

3.70%

4.20%

10.60%

1.30%

Newbury

5.40%

6.20%

14.20%

2.00%

Newburyport

5.50%

6.00%

13.50%

2.10%

Newton

5.40%

6.10%

11.40%

1.50%

Norfolk

5.60%

5.70%

13.90%

1.90%

Norfolk County

6.00%

6.70%

17.20%

2.00%

North Adams

7.10%

8.10%

18.00%

4.00%

North Andover

5.70%

5.90%

14.80%

1.90%

North Attleborough

5.80%

6.10%

18.00%

2.30%

North Brookfield

4.80%

5.10%

15.70%

2.50%

North Reading

5.40%

5.90%

15.30%

1.60%

Northampton

5.30%

6.00%

14.90%

1.70%

Northborough

5.30%

6.00%

14.10%

2.10%

Northbridge

5.60%

6.30%

15.80%

2.80%

Northfield

4.50%

4.90%

12.60%

1.90%

Norton

5.90%

6.60%

17.00%

2.30%

Norwell

6.00%

6.50%

15.50%

1.90%

Norwood

6.70%

6.90%

17.40%

2.00%

Oak Bluffs

6.00%

4.30%

12.20%

5.10%

Oakham

4.50%

5.10%

13.70%

3.50%

Orange

6.40%

7.10%

16.20%

2.90%

Orleans

5.70%

17.40%

3.10%

Otis

5.80%

5.70%

12.90%

2.30%

Oxford

5.50%

5.70%

15.50%

2.20%

Palmer Town

6.80%

6.90%

18.80%

3.90%

Paxton

5.20%

5.80%

13.90%

2.20%

Peabody

6.00%

6.90%

19.80%

2.10%

Pelham

4.70%

6.10%

14.00%

1.10%

Pembroke

5.70%

6.20%

17.30%

2.40%

Pepperell

4.40%

4.80%

13.60%

2.00%

Peru

4.80%

3.90%

9.90%

3.90%

Petersham

4.70%

6.40%

11.80%

2.20%

Phillipston

4.00%

4.70%

15.90%

1.80%

Pittsfield

7.90%

8.30%

19.90%

3.30%

Plainfield

4.10%

5.30%

10.20%

2.40%

Plainville

5.70%

6.20%

17.00%

2.30%

Plymouth

6.20%

6.30%

18.40%

2.80%

Plymouth County

6.50%

7.00%

19.00%

2.50%

Plympton

4.70%

5.40%

16.70%

2.70%

Princeton

4.90%

5.10%

13.50%

2.50%

Provincetown

12.70%

6.30%

23.00%

15.10%

Quincy

6.40%

7.30%

23.60%

2.10%

Randolph

7.90%

9.40%

25.10%

2.50%

Raynham

6.90%

6.80%

19.50%

2.30%

Reading

5.80%

6.20%

14.30%

1.40%

Rehoboth

4.60%

14.70%

2.20%

Revere

8.30%

9.30%

28.00%

2.40%

Richmond

3.10%

3.30%

11.50%

2.00%

Rochester

4.60%

5.30%

15.90%

2.50%

Rockland

6.20%

6.60%

20.50%

2.60%

Rockport

5.80%

6.60%

16.00%

3.30%

Rowe

7.70%

8.60%

20.10%

3.00%

Rowley

5.10%

5.50%

15.80%

2.40%

Royalston

5.10%

4.80%

11.50%

3.00%

Russell

4.00%

4.70%

12.30%

3.00%

Rutland

5.50%

5.60%

14.10%

2.50%

Salem

6.80%

7.40%

20.40%

2.20%

Salisbury

5.70%

5.90%

17.80%

2.60%

Sandisfield

4.30%

4.80%

9.20%

2.10%

Sandwich

5.70%

6.10%

17.00%

2.80%

Saugus

6.40%

7.50%

21.70%

2.30%

Savoy

7.70%

8.40%

11.30%

4.10%

Scituate

5.80%

6.60%

15.20%

2.10%

Seekonk

4.60%

5.10%

15.60%

2.10%

Sharon

4.80%

5.40%

11.50%

1.60%

Sheffield

4.30%

4.40%

12.30%

2.60%

Shelburne

5.40%

6.00%

14.70%

3.00%

Sherborn

5.10%

5.50%

10.50%

1.20%

Shirley

6.00%

18.70%

2.60%

Shrewsbury

5.00%

6.30%

13.60%

1.90%

Shutesbury

3.90%

5.80%

11.90%

1.60%

Somerset

5.40%

5.80%

18.00%

2.90%

Somerville

4.70%

5.00%

13.80%

1.40%

South Hadley

5.50%

5.80%

14.90%

2.10%

Southampton

4.90%

5.30%

14.30%

1.80%

Southborough

5.80%

7.10%

13.10%

1.70%

Southbridge Town

8.20%

9.10%

22.90%

3.60%

Southwick

4.80%

4.90%

14.40%

2.90%

Spencer

6.80%

6.70%

17.70%

3.20%

Springfield

10.60%

11.80%

25.90%

4.30%

Sterling

5.40%

5.50%

14.20%

2.50%

Stockbridge

5.20%

5.90%

10.10%

2.40%

Stoneham

5.70%

6.20%

16.80%

1.80%

Stoughton

6.10%

7.00%

19.30%

2.30%

Stow

5.90%

6.00%

11.70%

1.90%

Sturbridge

5.30%

5.90%

15.70%

2.70%

Sudbury

5.00%

6.60%

10.70%

1.70%

Suffolk County

6.80%

7.80%

20.30%

2.00%

Sunderland

5.70%

5.10%

12.70%

1.80%

Sutton

4.50%

5.30%

13.70%

2.10%

Swampscott

5.80%

6.80%

15.30%

1.80%

Swansea

4.90%

5.10%

15.50%

2.60%

Taunton

7.10%

8.20%

21.70%

3.00%

Templeton

5.60%

6.00%

15.70%

2.20%

Tewksbury

5.30%

6.10%

17.20%

2.00%

Tisbury

10.40%

7.80%

19.00%

5.40%

Tolland

2.60%

2.90%

8.40%

1.00%

Topsfield

5.50%

5.80%

11.70%

1.50%

Townsend

5.30%

5.60%

15.50%

1.90%

Truro

9.00%

6.00%

18.20%

11.50%

Tyngsborough

5.40%

5.90%

15.10%

2.30%

Tyringham

5.40%

3.40%

9.20%

3.10%

Upton

5.70%

5.30%

14.30%

2.10%

Uxbridge

5.30%

5.50%

15.50%

2.30%

Wakefield

5.30%

6.00%

15.90%

1.80%

Wales

5.70%

6.20%

17.10%

3.80%

Walpole

6.10%

6.30%

16.00%

2.00%

Waltham

5.20%

5.50%

14.30%

1.90%

Ware

6.80%

7.00%

17.90%

3.40%

Wareham

6.70%

7.30%

20.00%

3.00%

Warren

5.30%

5.20%

16.40%

3.50%

Warwick

3.90%

3.60%

9.50%

1.30%

Washington

5.80%

4.40%

12.50%

2.50%

Watertown Town

5.10%

5.80%

14.10%

1.50%

Wayland

5.40%

6.80%

11.00%

1.80%

Webster

7.60%

8.40%

20.60%

3.20%

Wellesley

5.50%

6.30%

9.40%

1.60%

Wellfleet

8.50%

6.00%

17.50%

7.50%

Wendell

7.10%

4.80%

17.90%

2.70%

Wenham

4.40%

4.60%

11.30%

1.50%

West Boylston

5.70%

16.90%

2.90%

West Bridgewater

6.40%

6.00%

18.50%

2.20%

West Brookfield

5.40%

6.00%

15.30%

3.20%

West Newbury

4.60%

5.40%

12.30%

1.70%

West Springfield Town

6.60%

7.20%

19.50%

3.00%

West Stockbridge

4.40%

5.00%

12.70%

1.40%

West Tisbury

3.60%

3.30%

7.70%

2.40%

Westborough

4.80%

5.10%

11.60%

1.80%

Westfield

5.60%

6.10%

16.60%

2.80%

Westford

5.00%

5.50%

12.00%

1.90%

Westhampton

6.20%

5.10%

13.50%

2.00%

Westminster

5.00%

5.40%

15.70%

2.40%

Weston

5.30%

7.20%

8.90%

1.40%

Westport

5.90%

6.40%

17.90%

3.20%

Westwood

5.90%

6.30%

12.50%

1.60%

Weymouth Town

6.10%

6.70%

19.50%

2.60%

Whately

2.80%

3.10%

6.90%

1.20%

Whitman

5.90%

6.00%

18.90%

2.60%

Wilbraham

5.20%

5.60%

14.90%

2.60%

Williamsburg

7.50%

7.10%

17.40%

2.30%

Williamstown

8.20%

5.10%

10.30%

1.90%

Wilmington

5.50%

6.00%

15.90%

1.90%

Winchendon

5.70%

6.30%

16.50%

2.50%

Winchester

5.20%

7.00%

10.80%

1.40%

Windsor

5.00%

5.50%

11.80%

2.20%

Winthrop Town

6.50%

7.00%

21.20%

2.10%

Woburn

5.80%

6.00%

17.70%

2.00%

Worcester

7.60%

8.40%

20.60%

2.80%

Worthington

4.50%

4.20%

12.20%

2.10%

Wrentham

5.30%

5.60%

14.80%

1.70%

Yarmouth

6.80%

7.20%

20.40%

4.10%

Massachusetts Unemployment Level Heat Map - January 2021

Unemployment Rates for Selected Locations in Massachusetts

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