Essex, MA Unemployment Rate Report

Essex, MA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Essex, Massachusetts has ranged from 1.2% in July 1999 to 12.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Essex is 2.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Essex, MA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Essex, MA Current Unemployment - 2.6%

Essex, MA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2022	4.0%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.5%	4.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.1%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.2%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.2%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.2%	3.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.6%	3.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.6%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2021	5.9%	7.7%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.2%	7.3%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.0%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.8%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.0%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.5%	5.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.4%	5.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.3%	5.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.3%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.3%	4.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.5%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.8%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2020	3.1%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.4%	3.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.0%	3.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.9%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.7%	16.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.2%	17.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.9%	16.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.9%	11.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.3%	9.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.0%	8.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.8%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.7%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2019	3.3%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.8%	3.3%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.0%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.0%	2.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	1.8%	3.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.4%	3.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.4%	2.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.6%	2.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.3%	2.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.0%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2018	4.2%	4.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.0%	4.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.9%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.8%	3.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.3%	3.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.6%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.3%	3.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.4%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.2%	3.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.2%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2017	3.7%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.5%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.2%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.3%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.5%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.8%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.6%	4.0%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.8%	3.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.8%	3.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.5%	3.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.2%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.8%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.7%	4.6%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.3%	4.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.4%	3.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.8%	3.7%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.6%	4.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.0%	4.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.4%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.5%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.6%	3.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.2%	3.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.2%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2015	6.1%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.0%	5.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.1%	5.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.4%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.5%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.1%	5.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.5%	5.1%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.1%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.1%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.6%	4.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.8%	4.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.7%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2014	6.0%	6.8%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.6%	6.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.4%	6.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.5%	5.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.4%	5.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.4%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.1%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.8%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.8%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.3%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.4%	5.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.6%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2013	6.8%	7.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.2%	7.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.1%	7.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.2%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.0%	6.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.0%	7.3%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.5%	7.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.8%	6.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.2%	6.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.0%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.1%	6.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.0%	5.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2012	6.8%	7.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.8%	7.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.3%	6.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.4%	6.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.2%	6.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.6%	6.9%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.6%	6.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.2%	6.6%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.3%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.0%	6.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.4%	6.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.6%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2011	7.8%	8.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.6%	8.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.1%	7.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.0%	7.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.8%	7.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.4%	7.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.4%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.9%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.0%	7.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.7%	6.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	5.5%	6.4%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.7%	6.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2010	8.9%	9.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.1%	9.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.8%	8.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.8%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.6%	8.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.6%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.7%	8.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	6.4%	7.9%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.5%	8.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.1%	7.5%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.8%	7.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	6.9%	7.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2009	7.9%	7.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.5%	7.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.1%	7.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.0%	7.3%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.2%	7.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.1%	8.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.3%	8.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.1%	8.2%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.9%	8.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.2%	8.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.7%	8.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.1%	8.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2008	6.5%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.0%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.7%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.6%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.8%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.0%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.6%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.6%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.1%	5.7%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.8%	6.1%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.5%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2007	5.9%	5.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.1%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.4%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.8%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.8%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.0%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.6%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.0%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.4%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.6%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2006	5.5%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.7%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.8%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.4%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.4%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.0%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.4%	4.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.0%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.6%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.8%	4.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2005	5.8%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.1%	5.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.8%	5.1%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.5%	4.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.2%	4.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.8%	5.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.4%	4.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.8%	4.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.4%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.3%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.9%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.6%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2004	7.0%	6.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.9%	5.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.8%	5.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.2%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.0%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.9%	5.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.9%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.0%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.0%	4.9%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.6%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.7%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.2%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2003	6.7%	6.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.7%	6.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.4%	5.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.9%	5.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.4%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.0%	6.1%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.0%	5.9%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.1%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.5%	5.8%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.5%	5.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.8%	5.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.8%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2002	6.5%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.4%	5.3%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.8%	5.3%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.9%	5.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.7%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.3%	5.5%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.3%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.3%	5.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.5%	5.4%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.5%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.3%	5.2%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.9%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2001	4.2%	3.7%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.8%	3.5%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.6%	3.6%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.1%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.6%	3.3%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.1%	3.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.9%	3.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.5%	3.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.8%	4.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.7%	3.7%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.8%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.0%	4.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 2000	4.1%	3.6%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.0%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.2%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.0%	2.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	1.7%	2.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.3%	2.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.1%	2.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.8%	2.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.8%	2.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.7%	2.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.2%	2.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.8%	2.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1999	5.0%	3.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.6%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.1%	3.4%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.9%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.2%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.6%	3.4%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.2%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.4%	3.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.7%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.6%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.5%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.2%	2.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1998	4.1%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.1%	3.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.0%	3.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.9%	3.0%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.2%	3.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.2%	3.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.6%	3.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.1%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.6%	3.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.3%	2.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.1%	2.8%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.4%	2.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1997	5.2%	4.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.8%	4.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.9%	4.4%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.3%	3.9%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.9%	3.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.7%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.9%	4.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.9%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.2%	3.8%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.8%	3.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.0%	3.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.8%	3.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1996	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.1%	5.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.8%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.9%	4.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.4%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	1.7%	4.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.4%	4.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.2%	4.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.4%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.0%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.3%	3.8%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.8%	3.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1995	6.6%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.6%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.4%	5.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.3%	5.3%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.9%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.6%	5.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.5%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.0%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.1%	5.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.1%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.6%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.2%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1994	5.4%	7.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.9%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.6%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.2%	6.1%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.1%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.6%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.3%	6.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.2%	5.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.9%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.3%	5.4%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.0%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.0%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1993	10.5%	8.6%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.5%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.5%	7.8%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.6%	7.1%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.3%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	4.1%	7.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.6%	6.9%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.6%	6.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.8%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.6%	6.1%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.0%	6.0%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.4%	6.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1992	9.8%	9.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.0%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.3%	9.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.3%	8.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.6%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.2%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.8%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.1%	8.3%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.0%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.0%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.9%	7.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.1%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1991	8.8%	8.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.6%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.2%	8.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.3%	8.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.6%	8.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.2%	8.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.0%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.2%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.3%	8.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.0%	8.3%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.2%	8.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.4%	8.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	Essex, MA%	Massachusetts%	National %
1 / 1990	7.6%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.3%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.1%	5.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.3%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.8%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.3%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.7%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.2%	6.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.8%	6.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.1%	7.0%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.5%	7.3%	6.3%