How many jobs were added in Massachusetts last month?
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Massachusetts gained 8,400 jobs in June 2026, ranking it fourth among states in job growth. Those figures comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' state employment report, which tracks monthly job changes. Job numbers can swing month to month as local economies expand or contract, but over the past five years the state has averaged about 3,400 new jobs per month. These figures are often revised in later months as more complete data rolls in.
+8.4K
month to month change in number of jobs (June 2026)
4th
rank among states in monthly job growth (June 2026)
Massachusetts’s job gain of 8,400 June 2026 was a directional change from the previous month. The latest monthly job change was up from the 4,100 loss in May 2026.
During the latest five year period (July 2021 to June 2026), Massachusetts gained jobs in 37 out of 60 months. June 2026 had the 11th-highest job growth during this period. The highest gains during this period occurred in October 2021 (+34,100) while job growth was weakest in June 2025 (-13,100).
There were 8,400 more jobs in June 2026 in Massachusetts than the previous month.
Monthly change in nonfarm employment, July 2021–June 2026, seasonally adjusted
Which Massachusetts sectors and industries had the best and worst job growth in June 2026?
The three supersectors with the highest job growth in June 2026 were construction, private educational services, and health care and social assistance. Construction added 3,700 jobs. Private educational services gained 3,400 jobs, while health care and social assistance added 2,500. The remaining supersectors either posted smaller gains or lost jobs during the month.
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The health care and social assistance sector gained 2,500 jobs during June 2026.
Change in jobs since previous month with circle size representing number of sector jobs in Massachusetts (June 2026)
How does Massachusetts's job growth in 2026 compare to previous years?
In 2025, Massachusetts lost an average of 1,442 jobs every month. That's lower than the 2024 average monthly decrease of 358, and the lowest since 2020. The 2025 average ranks as fourth-lowest in job growth since 2007.
When excluding the two pandemic-affected years of 2020 and 2021, job growth ranged from a loss of 6,900 on average every month in 2009 to a gain of 7,100 on average every month in 2014.
In 2025, Massachusetts lost an average of 1,400 jobs every month.
Average monthly change in the number of jobs, seasonally adjusted
Job growth among six metro areas primarily in Massachusetts during June 2026 ranged from a loss of 400 jobs in the Amherst Town, MA area to a gain of 8,100 jobs in the Boston, MA area metro area
Monthly job growth, by metro area
Metro areas where at least one of its primary counties are within Massachusetts
| Metro area | Change in jobs | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | +8,100 | |
| 2. | +1,500 | |
| 3. | +1,500 | |
| 4. | +600 | |
| 5. | +300 | |
| 6. | +0 | |
| 7. | -400 |
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