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Pittsfield, Massachusetts Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pittsfield fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the Massachusetts rate. The unemployment rate in Pittsfield peaked in April 2020 at 19.1% and is now 14.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.4% in July 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Pittsfield unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Massachusetts 3.6% -0.1 -0.4
Pittsfield 4.4% -0.1 -1.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, National

Pittsfield, Massachusetts monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pittsfield peaked in April 2020 at 7,332. There are now 5,583 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,725 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 24.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Pittsfield 1,749 -19 -682

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Massachusetts
Unemployment Rate
Pittsfield
Unemployment Rate
Pittsfield
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.6% 4.4% 1,749
December
2022
3.5% 3.7% 4.5% 1,768
November
2022
3.6% 3.7% 4.4% 1,738
October
2022
3.7% 3.8% 4.4% 1,730
September
2022
3.5% 3.7% 4.4% 1,725
August
2022
3.7% 3.9% 4.4% 1,749
July
2022
3.5% 3.7% 4.4% 1,760
June
2022
3.6% 3.7% 4.5% 1,835
May
2022
3.6% 3.7% 4.7% 1,915
April
2022
3.6% 3.7% 4.9% 2,002
March
2022
3.6% 3.7% 5.2% 2,121

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.