According to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development’s most recent jobs numbers, the State’s unemployment rate remains at 6.4 percent. The unemployment rate remains steady, even though Massachusetts employers cut 1,400 jobs last month. April is the third consecutive month that the number of jobs in the state has declined.
Massachusetts’ unemployment rate remains lower than the national average unemployment rate, which is 7.5 percent.
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