PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The unemployment rate in New England climbed in August, but it is still below the national average.
The New England office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday the jobless rate in the six-state region was 7.3 percent last month, up from 7.1 percent in July. A year ago, the rate in New England was 7.8 percent.
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate of 10.7 percent is the highest in the region and the second highest in the country. Vermont’s rate of 5.3 percent is the lowest in the region and the fifth lowest in the U.S. Maine’s rate for August was 7.6 percent.
The national jobless rate in August was 8.1 percent — down one percentage point from a year ago.
Related Stories
Latest Articles
-
Local & StateCentral Mainers digging out after first major snowstorm promises 6-8 inches
-
Community
Augusta, Waterville area bridge results
-
Nation & WorldCrews break wall to rescue 6 in Chicago skyscraper elevator
-
Nation & WorldWikileaks Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal inadvertently
-
Nation & WorldTrump to will give Presidential Medal of Freedom to major campaign donor’s wife
