# Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2025

All 58 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Boston, MA | 17,909 |
| 2 | Worcester, MA | 5,147 |
| 3 | Springfield, MA | 4,756 |
| 4 | Lowell, MA | 3,263 |
| 5 | New Bedford, MA | 3,174 |
| 6 | Brockton, MA | 3,043 |
| 7 | Fall River, MA | 2,980 |
| 8 | Lawrence, MA | 2,921 |
| 9 | Lynn, MA | 2,718 |
| 10 | Cambridge, MA | 2,685 |
| 11 | Quincy, MA | 2,651 |
| 12 | Somerville, MA | 2,053 |
| 13 | Newton, MA | 1,939 |
| 14 | Haverhill, MA | 1,813 |
| 15 | Taunton, MA | 1,743 |
| 16 | Framingham, MA | 1,633 |
| 17 | Malden, MA | 1,609 |
| 18 | Waltham, MA | 1,602 |
| 19 | Weymouth Town, MA | 1,598 |
| 20 | Revere, MA | 1,580 |
| 21 | Chicopee, MA | 1,512 |
| 22 | Medford, MA | 1,494 |
| 23 | Methuen, MA | 1,432 |
| 24 | Fitchburg, MA | 1,353 |
| 25 | Peabody, MA | 1,289 |
| 26 | Attleboro, MA | 1,260 |
| 27 | Salem, MA | 1,246 |
| 28 | Barnstable Town, MA | 1,211 |
| 29 | Everett, MA | 1,173 |
| 30 | Leominster, MA | 1,168 |
| 31 | Marlborough, MA | 1,085 |
| 32 | Woburn, MA | 1,079 |
| 33 | Randolph Town, MA | 1,042 |
| 34 | Holyoke, MA | 1,016 |
| 35 | Chelsea, MA | 1,015 |
| 36 | Beverly, MA | 1,008 |
| 37 | Pittsfield, MA | 994 |
| 38 | Westfield, MA | 989 |
| 39 | Braintree Town, MA | 951 |
| 40 | Amherst Town, MA | 900 |
| 41 | Gloucester, MA | 896 |
| 42 | Watertown, MA | 870 |
| 43 | Franklin Town, MA | 822 |
| 44 | North Attleborough Town, MA | 739 |
| 45 | West Springfield Town, MA | 725 |
| 46 | Bridgewater Town, MA | 720 |
| 47 | Agawam Town, MA | 702 |
| 48 | Melrose, MA | 643 |
| 49 | Northampton, MA | 607 |
| 50 | Gardner, MA | 578 |
| 51 | Southbridge Town, MA | 546 |
| 52 | Winthrop Town, MA | 452 |
| 53 | Newburyport, MA | 407 |
| 54 | Amesbury, MA | 393 |
| 55 | Greenfield, MA | 370 |
| 56 | Easthampton, MA | 348 |
| 57 | Palmer Town, MA | 344 |
| 58 | North Adams, MA | 303 |