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Which metro areas in Massachusetts are adding jobs fastest?

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (+5.5%), Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (+0.9%) and Barnstable Town, MA (−0.2%) added private-sector jobs fastest among Massachusetts metro areas between 2018 and 2023. 1 of the 7 Massachusetts metro areas has no figure for the same period and is not ranked.

Data as of 2023 · updated

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Massachusetts metro areas ranked by private-sector job growth
RankMetro areaChange 2018–23Jobs addedPrivate jobs 2023Residents
1Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH+5.5%+138,7112,681,7045,034,221
2Providence-Warwick, RI-MA+0.9%+5,891645,5761,708,161
3Barnstable Town, MA−0.2%−16376,963233,539
4Pittsfield, MA−6.3%−3,35250,051128,224
5Worcester, MA−6.8%−23,222319,255888,502
6Springfield, MA−23.9%−53,122168,744464,338

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Every metropolitan statistical area (OMB Bulletin 23-01) with a figure is ranked, one-county areas included: such an area's figures are its county's, so its row may link to the county page. Micro areas are left out. Areas without a figure for the same period as the others are not ranked. An area that crosses a state line is ranked in each of its states.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built.

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Which metro area in Massachusetts has the fastest job growth?

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH: +5.5%, ahead of Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (+0.9%) and Barnstable Town, MA (−0.2%), of 6 Massachusetts metro areas ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Every metropolitan statistical area (OMB Bulletin 23-01) with a figure is ranked, one-county areas included: such an area's figures are its county's, so its row may link to the county page. Micro areas are left out. Areas without a figure for the same period as the others are not ranked. An area that crosses a state line is ranked in each of its states.

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