About 19,000 jobs were added in June, bringing Massachusetts back to pre-pandemic workforce levels, surpassing February 2020 employment totals by 9,000 jobs.
The state's labor force participation rate is now 65.7%, the highest since February 2020. Slow population growth and retirements impacted Massachusetts' job market recovery, taking 54 months to catch up to pre-pandemic levels.
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