Provincetown, MA Unemployment Rate Report

Provincetown, MA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Provincetown, Massachusetts has ranged from 1.7% in August 2016 to 53.1% in January 1993. The current unemployment rate for Provincetown is 2.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Provincetown, MA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Provincetown, MA Current Unemployment - 2.7%

Provincetown, MA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2022	24.9%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2022	25.1%	4.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	20.6%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	17.6%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2022	11.8%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.0%	3.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.8%	3.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.7%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2021	23.6%	7.7%	6.3%
2 / 2021	23.7%	7.3%	6.2%
3 / 2021	21.4%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	17.6%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	9.8%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.8%	5.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.0%	5.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.2%	5.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.7%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	7.2%	4.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	18.7%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	19.0%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2020	19.9%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	20.2%	3.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	17.0%	3.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	35.5%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	28.6%	16.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	23.0%	17.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.7%	16.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.1%	11.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.1%	9.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.3%	8.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	12.9%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	18.9%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2019	21.5%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2019	21.6%	3.4%	3.8%
3 / 2019	19.4%	3.3%	3.8%
4 / 2019	15.6%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.7%	2.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.8%	3.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	1.8%	3.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	1.7%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.5%	2.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.6%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	12.3%	2.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	15.1%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2018	22.9%	4.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	22.8%	4.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	22.3%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	18.6%	3.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	11.1%	3.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.5%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.7%	3.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.3%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.0%	3.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.8%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	13.3%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	17.8%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2017	25.0%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	24.7%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	22.9%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	18.9%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	10.8%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.2%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.8%	4.0%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.6%	3.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.6%	3.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.0%	3.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	13.8%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	18.8%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2016	27.8%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	26.2%	4.6%	4.9%
3 / 2016	25.0%	4.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	20.5%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	10.0%	3.7%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.5%	4.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.3%	4.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	1.7%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.2%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.8%	3.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	15.7%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	20.6%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2015	30.1%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	29.1%	5.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	28.3%	5.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	19.8%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	10.5%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.7%	5.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.2%	5.1%	5.2%
8 / 2015	1.9%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.9%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.1%	4.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	18.6%	4.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	23.0%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2014	35.0%	6.8%	6.6%
2 / 2014	34.3%	6.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	33.2%	6.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	27.0%	5.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	20.4%	5.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	17.1%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	15.2%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	13.4%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	13.9%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 2014	13.6%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	21.6%	5.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	26.4%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2013	37.2%	7.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	37.5%	7.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	37.4%	7.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	31.0%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	25.3%	6.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	21.6%	7.3%	7.5%
7 / 2013	19.2%	7.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	18.8%	6.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	19.5%	6.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	18.2%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	27.4%	6.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	29.1%	5.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2012	35.8%	7.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	35.0%	7.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	35.2%	6.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	28.1%	6.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	24.3%	6.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	20.4%	6.9%	8.2%
7 / 2012	18.2%	6.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	17.6%	6.6%	8.1%
9 / 2012	18.5%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	18.1%	6.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	28.5%	6.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	32.5%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2011	35.8%	8.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	36.1%	8.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	35.6%	7.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	28.1%	7.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	24.2%	7.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	19.3%	7.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	16.7%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	16.1%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	16.9%	7.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	18.3%	6.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	27.2%	6.4%	8.6%
12 / 2011	32.0%	6.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2010	36.3%	9.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	36.1%	9.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	35.5%	8.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	26.1%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	19.9%	8.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.8%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.6%	8.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.4%	7.9%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.6%	8.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	14.0%	7.5%	9.4%
11 / 2010	25.5%	7.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	30.7%	7.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2009	33.8%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	31.7%	7.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	30.5%	7.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	23.7%	7.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	14.3%	7.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.4%	8.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.4%	8.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.3%	8.2%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.5%	8.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.5%	8.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	27.5%	8.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	32.9%	8.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2008	28.8%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	27.7%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	27.9%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	22.6%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	10.3%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.8%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.6%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.4%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.2%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	9.3%	5.7%	6.5%
11 / 2008	21.8%	6.1%	6.8%
12 / 2008	28.1%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2007	32.5%	5.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	28.7%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	27.5%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2007	22.4%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	12.1%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.6%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.2%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.6%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.9%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.7%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	16.6%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	24.2%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2006	32.9%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	31.5%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	31.5%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	26.2%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	15.1%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.6%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.9%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.3%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.5%	4.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	7.3%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	19.6%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	26.3%	4.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2005	33.2%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	30.4%	5.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	29.6%	5.1%	5.2%
4 / 2005	24.1%	4.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	15.3%	4.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.8%	5.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.2%	4.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.5%	4.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.9%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.8%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	21.7%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	28.3%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2004	32.5%	6.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	30.7%	5.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	31.2%	5.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	24.4%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	13.4%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.5%	5.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.7%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.7%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.7%	4.9%	5.4%
10 / 2004	9.1%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	21.8%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	26.7%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2003	34.9%	6.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	32.2%	6.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	31.3%	5.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	25.3%	5.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	13.4%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.7%	6.1%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.7%	5.9%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.7%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.9%	5.8%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.5%	5.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	22.3%	5.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	25.7%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2002	30.9%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2002	30.3%	5.3%	5.7%
3 / 2002	29.8%	5.3%	5.7%
4 / 2002	23.8%	5.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	13.1%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.2%	5.5%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.9%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	2.9%	5.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.0%	5.4%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.5%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	24.6%	5.2%	5.9%
12 / 2002	27.5%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2001	32.7%	3.7%	4.2%
2 / 2001	30.9%	3.5%	4.2%
3 / 2001	29.5%	3.6%	4.3%
4 / 2001	25.1%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	14.0%	3.3%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.1%	3.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.9%	3.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.9%	3.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.8%	4.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.9%	3.7%	5.3%
11 / 2001	19.4%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	23.3%	4.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2000	32.5%	3.6%	4.0%
2 / 2000	31.4%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	29.1%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2000	22.8%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	14.4%	2.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.4%	2.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.2%	2.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.6%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.1%	2.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.6%	2.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	20.4%	2.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	24.9%	2.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1999	40.8%	3.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	38.7%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	36.0%	3.4%	4.2%
4 / 1999	29.2%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	18.7%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	10.5%	3.4%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.5%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.5%	3.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.0%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.6%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	21.7%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	28.4%	2.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1998	45.3%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	42.6%	3.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	40.6%	3.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	30.3%	3.0%	4.3%
5 / 1998	19.0%	3.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	12.4%	3.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.3%	3.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.8%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.7%	3.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.2%	2.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	25.4%	2.8%	4.4%
12 / 1998	32.1%	2.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1997	47.2%	4.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	44.5%	4.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	42.2%	4.4%	5.2%
4 / 1997	32.8%	3.9%	5.1%
5 / 1997	20.4%	3.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	13.8%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.7%	4.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.5%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.3%	3.8%	4.9%
10 / 1997	12.7%	3.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	29.4%	3.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	37.2%	3.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1996	46.3%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1996	44.5%	5.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	40.7%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	34.0%	4.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	22.1%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	13.4%	4.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.4%	4.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.9%	4.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	9.5%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.6%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	30.4%	3.8%	5.4%
12 / 1996	37.2%	3.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1995	49.2%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	46.9%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	44.6%	5.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	39.0%	5.3%	5.8%
5 / 1995	27.0%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	14.9%	5.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.9%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.2%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.9%	5.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	12.4%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	33.3%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	39.3%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1994	52.7%	7.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	52.2%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	50.5%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	40.9%	6.1%	6.4%
5 / 1994	29.4%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	16.4%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 1994	11.3%	6.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	8.8%	5.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	12.4%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	17.0%	5.4%	5.8%
11 / 1994	34.7%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	42.2%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1993	53.1%	8.6%	7.3%
2 / 1993	52.8%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	50.7%	7.8%	7.0%
4 / 1993	41.3%	7.1%	7.1%
5 / 1993	28.7%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	17.5%	7.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.0%	6.9%	6.9%
8 / 1993	11.3%	6.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.8%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	17.4%	6.1%	6.8%
11 / 1993	37.7%	6.0%	6.6%
12 / 1993	43.7%	6.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1992	50.9%	9.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	50.4%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	48.3%	9.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	39.3%	8.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	24.0%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	15.5%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	10.3%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.6%	8.3%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.9%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	17.8%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	38.5%	7.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	47.8%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1991	49.8%	8.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	48.9%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1991	47.4%	8.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	39.2%	8.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	24.2%	8.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.3%	8.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.3%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.5%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.5%	8.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	12.3%	8.3%	7.0%
11 / 1991	37.1%	8.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	43.6%	8.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	Provincetown, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1990	43.2%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	41.4%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	39.5%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	32.4%	5.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	21.5%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	10.4%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.0%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.3%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.7%	6.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	12.6%	6.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	34.5%	7.0%	6.2%
12 / 1990	43.4%	7.3%	6.3%