The job market in Massachusetts is slowly and steadily improving, but some parts of the state are being left behind, according to new federal data.
The unemployment rate for the Lawrence-Methuen metropolitan area was nearly twice as high as the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy area in October, according to data released yesterday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The unemployment rate for the Lawrence area was 8 percent in October, compared to 4.5 percent in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy area, which includes dozens of other cities and towns. A year ago, the Lawrence area had an unemployment rate of 11 percent.
Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera said the city is working hard to improve job prospects for residents, and is focusing its efforts on adults for whom English is a second language and those aged 17 to 22 who are unemployed.
"We are ensuring that we have a good English as a second language program to help them in their job search and to help them in their job training," Rivera said.
He said he is also working with surrounding towns and cities to improve employment opportunities for the region.
Daniel Hodge, an economist and director of Economic and Public Policy Research at the UMass Donahue Institute, said a number of cities in Massachusetts, including Lawrence, New Bedford and Fall River, are struggling to recover at the same pace as other parts of the state.
"Some of the regions outside of Greater Boston are starting to look better, but when you get to the city level, there's still a lot of disparity," Hodge said.
Pockets of despair:
October 2014 unemployment rates for metropolitan areas in Eastern Massachusetts:
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, N.H.: 8%
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton: 5.6%
United States: 5.5%
Taunton-Norton-Raynham: 5.2%
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford: 5.1%
Massachusetts: 5.1%
Peabody: 5.1%
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury: 4.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy: 4.5%
Framingham: 4.1%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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