PROVIDENCE – The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 3% in June, an increase from 2.8% one month ago but still down from 3.2% in June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday.
Unadjusted for seasonal employment patterns, the U.S. jobless rate in June was 3.8%, the same as a year earlier. The BLS said that unemployment rates were lower in June than a year earlier in 222 of the 389 U.S. metropolitan areas, higher in 119 areas and unchanged in 48.
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There were 21,345 people unemployed in the Providence metro area in June, down from 22,645 one year prior. The labor force in the area totaled 705,730, a decline from 707,909 from one year prior.
In the New Bedford metro area in June, the unemployment rate was 3.5%, an increase from 3% one month prior but a decrease from 5.1% in June 2022.
