Boston Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate

 

January, 2004 - October 2013, Statistics

 

Year	Period	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Rate %
2004	Jan	2455282	2310950	144332	5.9%
2004	Feb	2446961	2312049	134912	5.5%
2004	Mar	2445607	2309976	135631	5.5%
2004	Apr	2433837	2314851	118986	4.9%
2004	May	2430006	2309189	120817	5.0%
2004	Jun	2468866	2336915	131951	5.3%
2004	Jul	2469649	2342651	126998	5.1%
2004	Aug	2458767	2340477	118290	4.8%
2004	Sep	2416134	2301245	114889	4.8%
2004	Oct	2432105	2325663	106442	4.4%
2004	Nov	2446526	2340279	106247	4.3%
2004	Dec	2439926	2334950	104976	4.3%
2005	Jan	2434159	2312001	122158	5.0%
2005	Feb	2434073	2312124	121949	5.0%
2005	Mar	2433738	2318636	115102	4.7%
2005	Apr	2433805	2329125	104680	4.3%
2005	May	2435340	2328513	106827	4.4%
2005	Jun	2469259	2353456	115803	4.7%
2005	Jul	2474449	2360578	113871	4.6%
2005	Aug	2473597	2366982	106615	4.3%
2005	Sep	2439533	2326323	113210	4.6%
2005	Oct	2457619	2355207	102412	4.2%
2005	Nov	2469116	2361422	107694	4.4%
2005	Dec	2461644	2359011	102633	4.2%
2006	Jan	2452790	2335896	116894	4.8%
2006	Feb	2455972	2338245	117727	4.8%
2006	Mar	2459805	2347864	111941	4.6%
2006	Apr	2453564	2346591	106973	4.4%
2006	May	2456723	2349365	107358	4.4%
2006	Jun	2501171	2384119	117052	4.7%
2006	Jul	2501963	2385279	116684	4.7%
2006	Aug	2498857	2389719	109138	4.4%
2006	Sep	2467581	2358031	109550	4.4%
2006	Oct	2486219	2389186	97033	3.9%
2006	Nov	2504076	2402138	101938	4.1%
2006	Dec	2503776	2403784	99992	4.0%
2007	Jan	2494165	2373591	120574	4.8%
2007	Feb	2483587	2370300	113287	4.6%
2007	Mar	2488411	2384130	104281	4.2%
2007	Apr	2476025	2379428	96597	3.9%
2007	May	2477648	2376869	100779	4.1%
2007	Jun	2519405	2408593	110812	4.4%
2007	Jul	2522065	2412803	109262	4.3%
2007	Aug	2508854	2410306	98548	3.9%
2007	Sep	2485497	2382513	102984	4.1%
2007	Oct	2494172	2402485	91687	3.7%
2007	Nov	2515762	2422786	92976	3.7%
2007	Dec	2508056	2410288	97768	3.9%
2008	Jan	2509721	2393456	116265	4.6%
2008	Feb	2496004	2386034	109970	4.4%
2008	Mar	2505013	2396134	108879	4.3%
2008	Apr	2501880	2403034	98846	4.0%
2008	May	2508693	2394305	114388	4.6%
2008	Jun	2552447	2424573	127874	5.0%
2008	Jul	2552610	2422703	129907	5.1%
2008	Aug	2552083	2423005	129078	5.1%
2008	Sep	2518108	2384299	133809	5.3%
2008	Oct	2534854	2405941	128913	5.1%
2008	Nov	2544334	2407483	136851	5.4%
2008	Dec	2537722	2390199	147523	5.8%
2009	Jan	2527535	2350185	177350	7.0%
2009	Feb	2521091	2339553	181538	7.2%
2009	Mar	2519245	2338402	180843	7.2%
2009	Apr	2518263	2346448	171815	6.8%
2009	May	2517558	2331799	185759	7.4%
2009	Jun	2561290	2356037	205253	8.0%
2009	Jul	2559360	2352941	206419	8.1%
2009	Aug	2551343	2350417	200926	7.9%
2009	Sep	2513867	2308826	205041	8.2%
2009	Oct	2519613	2325504	194109	7.7%
2009	Nov	2532663	2341363	191300	7.6%
2009	Dec	2513961	2320725	193236	7.7%
2010	Jan	2527375	2311105	216270	8.6%
2010	Feb	2521253	2313044	208209	8.3%
2010	Mar	2528802	2327543	201259	8.0%
2010	Apr	2537738	2347375	190363	7.5%
2010	May	2525976	2337999	187977	7.4%
2010	Jun	2558153	2360979	197174	7.7%
2010	Jul	2554644	2356693	197951	7.7%
2010	Aug	2554075	2366383	187692	7.3%
2010	Sep	2519433	2332731	186702	7.4%
2010	Oct	2527620	2353487	174133	6.9%
2010	Nov	2541028	2362362	178666	7.0%
2010	Dec	2530608	2357984	172624	6.8%
2011	Jan	2529951	2339970	189981	7.5%
2011	Feb	2522231	2342757	179474	7.1%
2011	Mar	2529259	2359703	169556	6.7%
2011	Apr	2525445	2365508	159937	6.3%
2011	May	2523887	2361955	161932	6.4%
2011	Jun	2554803	2376442	178361	7.0%
2011	Jul	2548831	2373002	175829	6.9%
2011	Aug	2552178	2385218	166960	6.5%
2011	Sep	2531507	2363127	168380	6.7%
2011	Oct	2543175	2387362	155813	6.1%
2011	Nov	2551300	2402943	148357	5.8%
2011	Dec	2547128	2396645	150483	5.9%
2012	Jan	2539366	2370814	168552	6.6%
2012	Feb	2539790	2376636	163154	6.4%
2012	Mar	2541409	2387654	153755	6.0%
2012	Apr	2532771	2389060	143711	5.7%
2012	May	2538551	2390566	147985	5.8%
2012	Jun	2572495	2408817	163678	6.4%
2012	Jul	2565799	2400141	165658	6.5%
2012	Aug	2558262	2401306	156956	6.1%
2012	Sep	2540269	2385733	154536	6.1%
2012	Oct	2561742	2412771	148971	5.8%
2012	Nov	2558637	2415637	143000	5.6%
2012	Dec	2557848	2407312	150536	5.9%
2013	Jan	2558289	2390914	167375	6.5%
2013	Feb	2538497	2386410	152087	6.0%
2013	Mar	2543931	2393813	150118	5.9%
2013	Apr	2545851	2401269	144582	5.7%
2013	May	2557920	2402178	155742	6.1%
2013	Jun	2592046	2415927	176119	6.8%
2013	Jul	2604420	2433989	170431	6.5%
2013	Aug	2589838	2429432	160406	6.2%
2013	Sep	2562695	2402434	160261	6.3%
2013	Oct	2563629	2402766	160863	6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

— Bureau of Labor Statistics