Mass. adds 13,500 jobs in November, rate dips to 5.8%

BOSTON – Massachusetts added 13,500 jobs in November, reducing its unemployment 0.2 percentage points, to 5.8 percent, the Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported last week.
Since November 2013, Massachusetts has added a net of 59,600 jobs; with 57,400 jobs added in the private sector. The total unemployment rate for the year is down 1.3 percentage points from the November 2013 rate of 7.1 percent, the office said.
Education and health services led the gains, adding 3,900 jobs over the month. Financial activities, professional and business services, leisure and hospitality and manufacturing were among the other sectors posting gains.
Construction, information services and government all lost jobs from October to November.
The November 2014 estimates show 3,355,800 Massachusetts residents were employed and 207,800 were unemployed, for a total labor force of 3,563,600. The November labor force increased by 17,600 from 3,546,000 in October. •

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