School Committee Agenda – 4/11/13

February Unemployment Rate for Walpole

The unemployment rate for Walpole fell .67 percentage points in February 2013 to 5.6%. Walpole unemployment is down from 6.27% in January and down from 6.01% in February 2012, according to last Friday’s report from Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Statewide unemployment also dropped from 6.7 to 6.5% in February and from 6.9% in February 2012.

Source: http://www.mass.gov/lwd/economic-data/