New Job Seekers Nudge Unemployment Rate up to 4.6%

State unemployment ticks up

The statewide unemployment rate climbed again in April to 4.6%, slightly widening the gap with the national joblessness rate, labor officials said. Citing federal data, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced that unemployment in Massachusetts rose two-tenths of a percentage point from March to April. The national unemployment rate remained level at 4.2% in that span. It was the fourth straight month that both the labor…

New job seekers nudge unemployment rate up to 4.6%

BOSTON (SHNS) - The statewide unemployment rate climbed again in April to 4.6%, slightly widening the gap with the national joblessness rate, labor officials said Friday. Citing federal data, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced that unemployment in Massachusetts rose two-tenths of a percentage point from March to April. The national unemployment rate remained level at 4.2% in that span. It was the fourth straight mo…

Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly

The state unemployment rate rose one tenth of a percent to 3.5% in April. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says that’s because more people are looking for work. https://kiow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2025/05/dd0515workforce1.mp3 Townsend says manufacturing continues to be a down area. https://kiow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2025/05/dd0515workforce2.mp3 Townsend says there’s no clear evidence yet on the impact of tari…

The latest labor market report released by Statistics Canada last Friday (May 9) showed that the capital region lost about 2,500 jobs in April and the unemployment rate rose by 0.1% to 5.5%; Ontario's unemployment rate was as high as 7.8%, second only to Newfoundland and Labrador.