BOSTON — Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported that job gains were recorded in September in nine of the of the Commonwealth’s twelve areas for which unadjusted job estimates were published. The largest over the month percentage increases in jobs were in the New Bedford, Springfield, Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton and Worcester areas. Jobs were unchanged in the Framingham area while the Barnstable and Pittsfield areas recorded seasonal job losses. In the Barnstable area, the over the month job losses in Leisure and Hospitality and Trade, Transportation and Utilities were less in September than the over the month losses last years. Over the year, all of the labor areas recorded increases in unemployment rates and job losses.
Unemployment rates were higher in September in all of the Commonwealth’s labor market areas. The Greenfield and Amherst area rates were one tenth of a percentage point higher. The largest over the month rate increases were in the Barnstable, Tisbury and Nantucket areas as the end of the summer tourist season came to a close. Statewide, the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate increased from 8.9 percent in August to 9.3 percent in September.
The statewide seasonally adjusted September 2009 unemployment rate, released last week, increased from 9.1 percent in August to 9.3 percent in September. Statewide, the seasonally adjusted jobs estimate for September showed 9,200 job losses over the month. The unadjusted unemployment rates and jobs estimates for the labor markets may show different levels and trends than the statewide seasonally adjusted estimates.
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