Lawrence, Massachusetts `Not Seasonally Adjusted' Jobless Rate: 10.4 Percent In October 2014

Eight major Massachusetts cities had “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rates in October 2014 that exceeded the national “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for that month of 5.5 percent, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data:

1. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in Lawrence, Massachusetts was 10.4 percent in October 2014;

2. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in New Bedford, Massachusetts was 8.9 percent in October 2014;

3. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate in Fall River, Massachusetts was 8.2 percent in October 2014;

4. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate in Springfield, Massachusetts was 8.4 percent in October 2014;

5. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in Brockton, Massachusetts was 7.1 percent in October 2014;

6. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate in Worcester, Massachusetts was 6.3 percent in October 2014;

7. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in Lowell, Massachusetts was 6.3 percent in October 2014; and

8. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate in Lynn, Massachusetts was 6.1 percent in October 2014.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate in Boston, Massachusetts was still 5.3 percent in October 2014.

According to the Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development’s December 18, 2014 press release, between October and November 2014 “Construction lost 400 (-0.3%) jobs over the month” and “Information lost 200 (-0.2%) jobs over the month.”

In October 2014, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, 187,300 workers in Massachusetts were still unemployed; and nearly 50,000 of these officially unemployed workers lived in Boston, Brockton, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Springfield or Worcester.