Tewksbury Unemployment Dips Slightly In August
Local jobless rate has been on a roller-coaster throughout 2012.
Tewksbury's unemployment rate has been many things in 2012 -- steady has not been one of them.
The local jobless rate has ranged from 6.7 percent in January to 5.4 percent in May. In August, it settled in at 6.0 percent, down from 6.2 percent in July, according to figures released by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
The figures likely reflect a seasonal fluctuation in employment numbers, as unemployment rates rose throughout Eastern Mass. area over the summer. One likely reason is the labor force typically grows during the summer due to the addition of out-of-school young people.
Across the state, the unemployment rate in August was 6.4 percent. In August of 2011 it was 7.2 percent.
Below is a chart of unemployment rates for cities and towns in the Somerville area.
|
Town |
Aug. 2012 |
July 2012 |
June |
May 2012 |
April 2012 |
March 2012 |
Feb. 2012 |
Jan. 2012 |
|
Arlington |
4.2% |
4.4% |
4.2% |
3.5% |
3.5% |
3.6% |
4.2% |
4.3% |
|
Boston |
6.6% |
6.8% |
6.5% |
5.7% |
5.5% |
5.5% |
6.6% |
7.1% |
|
Cambridge |
4.2% |
4.4% |
4.2% |
3.6% |
3.4% |
3.3% |
4.1% |
4.3% |
|
Chelsea |
8.0% |
8.2% |
8.2% |
7.3% |
7.5% |
8.7% |
10.4% |
11.1% |
|
Everett |
6.7% |
7.0% |
6.3% |
6% |
5.9%* |
6.5% |
7.6% |
7.8% |
|
Lynnfield |
4.7% |
4.9% |
4.6% |
4.3% |
4.3% |
4.2% |
5.2% |
5% |
|
Malden |
5.8% |
5.9% |
5.7% |
5.1% |
5.2% |
5.4% |
6.1% |
6.4% |
|
Medford |
5.3% |
5.5% |
5.4% |
4.8% |
5% |
5.2% |
6% |
6.2% |
|
Melrose |
4.7% |
4.7% |
4.6% |
4.2% |
4.3% |
4.4% |
5% |
5.2% |
|
Reading |
4.3% |
4.6% |
4.4% |
4.1% |
4.1% |
4.2% |
5.2% |
5.1% |
|
Revere |
6.8% |
7.1% |
7.0% |
6.8% |
7% |
7.5% |
8.6% |
8.9% |
|
Saugus |
5.8% |
6.1% |
5.9% |
5.4% |
5.7% |
5.9% |
6.9% |
7.1% |
|
Somerville |
4.3% |
4.5% |
4.3% |
3.8% |
3.9% |
3.9% |
4.8% |
5.0% |
|
Stoneham |
5.2% |
5.6% |
5.4% |
5.0% |
5.1% |
5.1% |
6.1% |
6.5% |
| Tewksbury | 6.0% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 6.7% |
|
Wakefield |
4.7% |
4.9% |
4.9% |
4.7% |
4.8% |
5.0% |
6.1% |
6.0% |
|
Winchester |
4.0% |
4.3% |
4.3% |
3.9% |
4%* |
3.8% |
4.6% |
4.6% |
|
Winthrop |
6.3% |
6.0% |
5.9% |
5.8% |
5.7% |
5.9% |
6.6% |
7.3% |
|
Woburn |
5.4% |
5.6% |
5.4% |
5.1% |
5.2% |
5.5% |
6.6% |
6.3% |
