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Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2025

Boston, MA had the highest unemployed people of 58 cities in 2025, at 17,909. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 303. The median was 1,171. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest17,909Boston, MA
Lowest303North Adams, MA
Median1,17158 cities

All cities, 2025

Boston, MA: 17,909 personsBoston, MA17,909Worcester, MA: 5,147 personsWorcester, MA5,147Springfield, MA: 4,756 personsSpringfield, MA4,756Lowell, MA: 3,263 personsLowell, MA3,263New Bedford, MA: 3,174 personsNew Bedford, MA3,174Brockton, MA: 3,043 personsBrockton, MA3,043Fall River, MA: 2,980 personsFall River, MA2,980Lawrence, MA: 2,921 personsLawrence, MA2,921Lynn, MA: 2,718 personsLynn, MA2,718Cambridge, MA: 2,685 personsCambridge, MA2,685Quincy, MA: 2,651 personsQuincy, MA2,651Somerville, MA: 2,053 personsSomerville, MA2,053Newton, MA: 1,939 personsNewton, MA1,939Haverhill, MA: 1,813 personsHaverhill, MA1,813Taunton, MA: 1,743 personsTaunton, MA1,743Framingham, MA: 1,633 personsFramingham, MA1,633Malden, MA: 1,609 personsMalden, MA1,609Waltham, MA: 1,602 personsWaltham, MA1,602Weymouth Town, MA: 1,598 personsWeymouth Town, MA1,598Revere, MA: 1,580 personsRevere, MA1,580Chicopee, MA: 1,512 personsChicopee, MA1,512Medford, MA: 1,494 personsMedford, MA1,494Methuen, MA: 1,432 personsMethuen, MA1,432Fitchburg, MA: 1,353 personsFitchburg, MA1,353Peabody, MA: 1,289 personsPeabody, MA1,289Attleboro, MA: 1,260 personsAttleboro, MA1,260Salem, MA: 1,246 personsSalem, MA1,246Barnstable Town, MA: 1,211 personsBarnstable Town, MA1,211Everett, MA: 1,173 personsEverett, MA1,173Leominster, MA: 1,168 personsLeominster, MA1,168Marlborough, MA: 1,085 personsMarlborough, MA1,085Woburn, MA: 1,079 personsWoburn, MA1,079Randolph Town, MA: 1,042 personsRandolph Town, MA1,042Holyoke, MA: 1,016 personsHolyoke, MA1,016Chelsea, MA: 1,015 personsChelsea, MA1,015Beverly, MA: 1,008 personsBeverly, MA1,008Pittsfield, MA: 994 personsPittsfield, MA994Westfield, MA: 989 personsWestfield, MA989Braintree Town, MA: 951 personsBraintree Town, MA951Amherst Town, MA: 900 personsAmherst Town, MA900Gloucester, MA: 896 personsGloucester, MA896Watertown, MA: 870 personsWatertown, MA870Franklin Town, MA: 822 personsFranklin Town, MA822North Attleborough Town, MA: 739 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA739West Springfield Town, MA: 725 personsWest Springfield Town, MA725Bridgewater Town, MA: 720 personsBridgewater Town, MA720Agawam Town, MA: 702 personsAgawam Town, MA702Melrose, MA: 643 personsMelrose, MA643Northampton, MA: 607 personsNorthampton, MA607Gardner, MA: 578 personsGardner, MA578Southbridge Town, MA: 546 personsSouthbridge Town, MA546Winthrop Town, MA: 452 personsWinthrop Town, MA452Newburyport, MA: 407 personsNewburyport, MA407Amesbury, MA: 393 personsAmesbury, MA393Greenfield, MA: 370 personsGreenfield, MA370Easthampton, MA: 348 personsEasthampton, MA348Palmer Town, MA: 344 personsPalmer Town, MA344North Adams, MA: 303 personsNorth Adams, MA303Boston, MA: 17,909 personsBoston, MA17,909Worcester, MA: 5,147 personsWorcester, MA5,147Springfield, MA: 4,756 personsSpringfield, MA4,756Lowell, MA: 3,263 personsLowell, MA3,263New Bedford, MA: 3,174 personsNew Bedford, MA3,174Brockton, MA: 3,043 personsBrockton, MA3,043Fall River, MA: 2,980 personsFall River, MA2,980Lawrence, MA: 2,921 personsLawrence, MA2,921Lynn, MA: 2,718 personsLynn, MA2,718Cambridge, MA: 2,685 personsCambridge, MA2,685Quincy, MA: 2,651 personsQuincy, MA2,651Somerville, MA: 2,053 personsSomerville, MA2,053Newton, MA: 1,939 personsNewton, MA1,939Haverhill, MA: 1,813 personsHaverhill, MA1,813Taunton, MA: 1,743 personsTaunton, MA1,743Framingham, MA: 1,633 personsFramingham, MA1,633Malden, MA: 1,609 personsMalden, MA1,609Waltham, MA: 1,602 personsWaltham, MA1,602Weymouth Town, MA: 1,598 personsWeymouth Town, MA1,598Revere, MA: 1,580 personsRevere, MA1,580Chicopee, MA: 1,512 personsChicopee, MA1,512Medford, MA: 1,494 personsMedford, MA1,494Methuen, MA: 1,432 personsMethuen, MA1,432Fitchburg, MA: 1,353 personsFitchburg, MA1,353Peabody, MA: 1,289 personsPeabody, MA1,289Attleboro, MA: 1,260 personsAttleboro, MA1,260Salem, MA: 1,246 personsSalem, MA1,246Barnstable Town, MA: 1,211 personsBarnstable Town, MA1,211Everett, MA: 1,173 personsEverett, MA1,173Leominster, MA: 1,168 personsLeominster, MA1,168Marlborough, MA: 1,085 personsMarlborough, MA1,085Woburn, MA: 1,079 personsWoburn, MA1,079Randolph Town, MA: 1,042 personsRandolph Town, MA1,042Holyoke, MA: 1,016 personsHolyoke, MA1,016Chelsea, MA: 1,015 personsChelsea, MA1,015Beverly, MA: 1,008 personsBeverly, MA1,008Pittsfield, MA: 994 personsPittsfield, MA994Westfield, MA: 989 personsWestfield, MA989Braintree Town, MA: 951 personsBraintree Town, MA951Amherst Town, MA: 900 personsAmherst Town, MA900Gloucester, MA: 896 personsGloucester, MA896Watertown, MA: 870 personsWatertown, MA870Franklin Town, MA: 822 personsFranklin Town, MA822North Attleborough Town, MA: 739 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA739West Springfield Town, MA: 725 personsWest Springfield Town, MA725Bridgewater Town, MA: 720 personsBridgewater Town, MA720Agawam Town, MA: 702 personsAgawam Town, MA702Melrose, MA: 643 personsMelrose, MA643Northampton, MA: 607 personsNorthampton, MA607Gardner, MA: 578 personsGardner, MA578Southbridge Town, MA: 546 personsSouthbridge Town, MA546Winthrop Town, MA: 452 personsWinthrop Town, MA452Newburyport, MA: 407 personsNewburyport, MA407Amesbury, MA: 393 personsAmesbury, MA393Greenfield, MA: 370 personsGreenfield, MA370Easthampton, MA: 348 personsEasthampton, MA348Palmer Town, MA: 344 personsPalmer Town, MA344North Adams, MA: 303 personsNorth Adams, MA303
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Boston, MA17,909+14.7%
2Worcester, MA5,147+13.1%
3Springfield, MA4,756+10.1%
4Lowell, MA3,263+13.3%
5New Bedford, MA3,174+10.1%
6Brockton, MA3,043+16.2%
7Fall River, MA2,980+15.1%
8Lawrence, MA2,921+10.2%
9Lynn, MA2,718+17.4%
10Cambridge, MA2,685+17.8%
11Quincy, MA2,651+15.7%
12Somerville, MA2,053+14.6%
13Newton, MA1,939+17.2%
14Haverhill, MA1,813+12.3%
15Taunton, MA1,743+13.4%
16Framingham, MA1,633+19%
17Malden, MA1,609+15.1%
18Waltham, MA1,602+12%
19Weymouth Town, MA1,598+17.2%
20Revere, MA1,580+17.3%
21Chicopee, MA1,512+11.2%
22Medford, MA1,494+14%
23Methuen, MA1,432+12.4%
24Fitchburg, MA1,353+16.9%
25Peabody, MA1,289+15.7%
26Attleboro, MA1,260+14.6%
27Salem, MA1,246+15.4%
28Barnstable Town, MA1,211+8.2%
29Everett, MA1,173+20.4%
30Leominster, MA1,168+14.5%
31Marlborough, MA1,085+17.6%
32Woburn, MA1,079+17%
33Randolph Town, MA1,042+18.7%
34Holyoke, MA1,016+6.2%
35Chelsea, MA1,015+14.4%
36Beverly, MA1,008+16.1%
37Pittsfield, MA994+11.6%
38Westfield, MA989+11.4%
39Braintree Town, MA951+16.8%
40Amherst Town, MA900+7.1%
41Gloucester, MA896+17.7%
42Watertown, MA870+13.3%
43Franklin Town, MA822+9.2%
44North Attleborough Town, MA739+10.3%
45West Springfield Town, MA725+10.7%
46Bridgewater Town, MA720+13.2%
47Agawam Town, MA702+18.8%
48Melrose, MA643+11.6%
49Northampton, MA607+10%
50Gardner, MA578+22.5%
51Southbridge Town, MA546+13.8%
52Winthrop Town, MA452+15%
53Newburyport, MA407+16%
54Amesbury, MA393+14.2%
55Greenfield, MA370+14.6%
56Easthampton, MA348+12.6%
57Palmer Town, MA344+4.6%
58North Adams, MA303+4.5%

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About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Boston, MA, with 17,909 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

North Adams, MA, with 303 in 2025.

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