Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Employed Persons in Massachusetts

Title Employed Persons in Massachusetts
Series ID LAUST250000000000005A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-03-01 10:21 AM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 2461279
1977-01-01 2537669
1978-01-01 2639856
1979-01-01 2700012
1980-01-01 2705849
1981-01-01 2756609
1982-01-01 2747260
1983-01-01 2772804
1984-01-01 2897170
1985-01-01 2927250
1986-01-01 2945306
1987-01-01 2998485
1988-01-01 3049072
1989-01-01 3052030
1990-01-01 3027246
1991-01-01 2902502
1992-01-01 2904566
1993-01-01 2955441
1994-01-01 2997235
1995-01-01 3028707
1996-01-01 3086616
1997-01-01 3171544
1998-01-01 3218908
1999-01-01 3247960
2000-01-01 3246356
2001-01-01 3258352
2002-01-01 3257517
2003-01-01 3223294
2004-01-01 3226991
2005-01-01 3222953
2006-01-01 3251029
2007-01-01 3277912
2008-01-01 3282299
2009-01-01 3189506
2010-01-01 3198617
2011-01-01 3232458
2012-01-01 3271256
2013-01-01 3283144
2014-01-01 3364853
2015-01-01 3417296
2016-01-01 3472327
2017-01-01 3582389
2018-01-01 3686198
2019-01-01 3731900
2020-01-01 3396014
2021-01-01 3530207
2022-01-01 3606318
2023-01-01 3625293

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