Massachusetts posts highest jobless rate among all states in June

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Massachusetts posted the highest jobless rate among all states in June, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today citing seasonally adjusted data. The jobless rate in Massachusetts was 17.4% in June.

New Jersey posted the next-highest at 16.6%; it was followed by New York at 15.7%.

Massachusetts also posted the highest year-over-year increase in its unemployment rate with an increase of 14.5 percentage points.

The state with the lowest unemployment rate in June was Kentucky at 4.3%. Kentucky was the only state that did not have a year-over-year increase in its unemployment rate.