MA September Unemployment Rate was 6.0% up from 5.8% in August but down from 7.2% one year ago.
MA added 9,400 new jobs in September, however more people were looking for work which caused the unemployment rate to rise.
Unemployment Rates: http://www.mass.gov/lwd/economic-data/
Press Release: http://lmi2.detma.org/Lmi/News_release_state.asp