BOSTON, MA – July 22, 2022 – The state’s June total unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point at 3.7 percent over-the-month, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. 
 
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary job estimates indicate Massachusetts gained 3,400 jobs in June. This follows last month’s revised gain of 400 jobs. The largest over the month private sector job gains were in Construction, Professional and Business Services, and Information. Employment now stands at 3,664,200.  Since the employment trough in April 2020, Massachusetts gained 613,200 jobs. 
 
From June 2021 to June 2022, BLS estimates Massachusetts gained 164,700 jobs. The largest over the year gains occurred in Leisure and Hospitality, Professional, Scientific, and Business Services, and Education and Health Services.  
 
The June unemployment rate of 3.7 percent was 0.1 percentage point above the national rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  
 
The labor force decreased by an estimated 2,300 from 3,775,600 in May, as 4,400 more residents were employed, and 6,700 fewer residents were unemployed over-the-month. 
 
Over-the-year, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down by 2.3 percentage points.  
 
The state’s labor force participation rate – the total number of residents 16 or older who worked or were unemployed and actively sought work in the last four weeks – remained steady at 66.0 percent. Compared to June 2021, the labor force participation rate was up 0.3 percentage point.