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Boston city: Unemployment Rate Trend

How Boston city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.

2017
14.8%
2023
10.5%
Total change
-4.3 pp
% change
-29.1%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 14.8%
2019 9.6% -5.2 pp (-35.1%)
2020 7.8% -1.8 pp (-18.8%)
2021 6.2% -1.6 pp (-20.5%)
2022 10.7% +4.5 pp (72.6%)
2023 10.5% -0.2 pp (-1.9%)

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