Unemployment rises slightly across Central Mass.
Local unemployment rates are up approximately half a percentage point across Central Massachusetts labor markets, according to the U.S. Bureau of L...
Local unemployment rates are up approximately half a percentage point across Central Massachusetts labor markets, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. In Greater Worcester, unemployment rose from 2.5% in May to 3.0% in June. In the Leomonster-Gardner area, the unemployment rate bumped up the same rate as Worcester, from 2.5% to 3%. In the Framingham metropolitan area, unemployment increased by half a percentage point from 2.