Unemployment Rates

Unemployment Rates Tim O'Connor 2024-07-11T11:52:57-04:00

Unemployment information related to the Greater Lowell region.

Department of Economic Research

Unemployment – Lowell

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthy Change
April 2024	56,842	54,664	2,178	3.8%	(224)
March 2024	57,309	54,907	2,402	4.2%	(3)
February 2024	56,404	53,999	2,405	4.3%	96
January 2024	56,701	54,392	2,309	4.1%	100
December 2023	56,279	54,070	2,209	3.9%	232
November 2023	56,329	54,352	1,977	3.5%	(115)
October 2023	56,101	54,009	2,092	3.7%	(75)
September 2023	55,890	53,723	2,167	3.9%	(215)
August 2023	56,702	54,320	2,382	4.2%	10
July 2023	56,531	54,159	2,372	4.2%	10
June 2023	56,748	54,386	2,362	4.2%	344
May 2023	55,815	53,797	2,018	3.6%	136
April 2023	55,981	54,099	1,882	3.4%

Unemployment – Billerica

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthly Change
April 2024	24,516	23,764	752	3.1%	(98)
March 2024	24,720	23,870	850	3.4%	20
February 2024	24,305	23,475	830	3.4%	32
January 2024	24,444	23,646	798	3.3%	44
December 2023	24,260	23,506	754	3.1%	83
November 2023	24,300	23,629	671	2.8%	2
October 2023	24,149	23,480	669	2.8%	(34)
September 2023	24,058	23,355	703	2.9%	(18)
August 2023	24,336	23,615	721	3.0%	(29)
July 2023	24,295	23,545	750	3.1%	(8)
June 2023	24,402	23,644	758	3.1%	53
May 2023	24,093	23,388	705	2.8%	91
April 2023	24,133	23,519	614	2.5%

Unemployment Rate – Chelmsford

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthly Change
April 2024	19,807	19,254	553	2.8%	-0.3%
March 2024	19,966	19,339	627	3.1%	-0.1%
February 2024	19,655	19,019	636	3.2%	0.2%
January 2024	19,752	19,158	594	3.0%	0.3%
December 2023	19,580	19,045	535	2.7%	0.3%
November 2023	19,622	19,144	478	2.4%	-0.3%
October 2023	19,557	19,023	534	2.7%	0.0%
September 2023	19,453	18,922	531	2.7%	-0.3%
August 2023	19,718	19,133	585	3.0%	-0.2%
July 2023	19,708	19,076	632	3.2%	0.1%
June 2023	19,764	19,156	608	3.1%	0.2%
May 2023	19,505	18,948	557	2.9%	0.5%
April 2023	19,520	19,055	465	2.4%

Unemployment Rates – Dracut

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthly Change
May 2024	18,400	17,711	689	3.7%	0.5%
April 2024	18,379	17,791	588	3.2%	-0.4%
March 2024	18,516	17,856	660	3.6%	-0.2%
February 2024	18,247	17,561	686	3.8%	0.4%
January 2024	18,311	17,689	622	3.4%	0.4%
December 2023	18,133	17,584	549	3.0%	0.2%
November 2023	18,165	17,676	489	2.8%	-0.1%
October 2023	18,086	17,564	522	2.9%	0.1%
September 2023	17,974	17,471	503	2.8%	-0.3%
August 2023	18,231	17,665	566	3.1%	0.1%
July 2023	18,153	17,613	540	3.0%	-0.1%
June 2023	18,247	17,687	560	3.1%	0.2%
May 2023	18,025	17,496	529	2.9%

Unemployment Rates – Dunstable

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthly Change
May 2024	1,946	1,890	56	2.9%	+0.4%
April 2024	1,948	1,899	49	2.5%	-0.3%
March 2024	1,965	1,910	55	2.8%	-0.2%
February 2024	1,928	1,870	58	3.0%	+0.3%
January 2024	1,941	1,889	52	2.7%	+0.2%
December 2023	1,925	1,877	48	2.5%	+0.1%
November 2023	1,929	1,883	46	2.4%	+0.1%
October 2023	1,920	1,876	44	2.3%	-0.1%
September 2023	1,904	1,859	45	2.4%	-0.1%
August 2023	1,907	1,860	47	2.5%	+0.1%
July 2023	1,901	1,855	46	2.4%	-0.3%
June 2023	1,914	1,863	51	2.7%	+0.4%
May 2023	1,908	1,864	44	2.3%

Unemployment Rates – Tewksbury

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthly Change
May 2024	17,695	17,072	623	3.5%	0.5%
April 2024	17,681	17,149	532	3.0%	-0.2%
March 2024	17,788	17,212	576	3.2%	-0.2%
February 2024	17,518	16,927	591	3.4%	0.3%
January 2024	17,595	17,051	544	3.1%	0.2%
December 2023	17,449	16,950	499	2.9%	0.3%
November 2023	17,489	17,038	451	2.6%	-0.2%
October 2023	17,413	16,931	482	2.8%	0.0%
September 2023	17,334	16,841	493	2.8%	-0.2%
August 2023	17,552	17,028	524	3.0%	-0.2%
July 2023	17,541	16,978	563	3.2%	0.1%
June 2023	17,602	17,049	553	3.1%	0.3%
May 2023	17,357	16,864	493	2.8%

Unemployment Rates – Tyngsboro

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthly Change
May 2024	7,348	7,103	245	3.3%	+0.3%
April 2024	7,355	7,135	220	3.0%	-0.3%
March 2024	7,403	7,161	242	3.3%	-0.2%
February 2024	7,297	7,043	254	3.5%	+0.5%
January 2024	7,317	7,094	223	3.0%	+0.2%
December 2023	7,255	7,052	203	2.8%	+0.2%
November 2023	7,275	7,089	186	2.6%	-0.1%
October 2023	7,239	7,044	195	2.7%	-0.1%
September 2023	7,207	7,007	200	2.8%	-0.4%
August 2023	7,317	7,085	232	3.2%	-0.1%
July 2023	7,306	7,064	242	3.3%	+0.2%
June 2023	7,320	7,094	226	3.1%	+0.2%
May 2023	7,226	7,017	209	2.9%

Untemployment Rate – Westford

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate	Monthly Change
May 2024	13,598	13,089	509	3.7%	+0.7%
April 2024	13,555	13,148	407	3.0%	-0.1%
March 2024	13,616	13,196	420	3.1%	-0.1%
February 2024	13,410	12,978	432	3.2%	+0.1%
January 2024	13,493	13,073	420	3.1%	+0.1%
December 2023	13,401	12,995	406	3.0%	+0.2%
November 2023	13,443	13,063	380	2.8%	-0.1%
October 2023	13,363	12,981	382	2.9%	+0.0%
September 2023	13,294	12,912	382	2.9%	-0.2%
August 2023	13,466	13,055	411	3.1%	0.0%
July 2023	13,426	13,016	410	3.1%	0.0%
June 2023	13,493	13,071	422	3.1%	+0.3%
May 2023	13,314	12,930	384	2.8%

Total Unemployment Claimants – Greater Lowell Region

Week Ending	Total UI Claimants	Monthly Change
5/18/2024	2,378	-427
4/13/2024	2,805	-314
3/16/2024	3,119	-134
2/17/2024	3,253	+71
1/13/2024	3,182	+520
12/9/2023	2,662	+347
11/11/2023	2,315	+100
10/14/2023	2,215	-71
9/16/2023	2,286	-593
8/12/2023	2,879	-23
7/15/2023	2,902	331
6/17/2023	2,571	-139
5/13/2023	2,710	-83
4/20/2023	2,793

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