Although the economy has taken a turn for the worse, the State of Massachusetts has been able to add more Boston jobs this year.
In August, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy area had a total non-farm employment of 2,491,500 people, an increase of .6 percent from July. The city saw an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent in August, the same as in July, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.
When compared to last year, the City of Boston has added jobs every month this year. Jobs have increased by 1 percent in March, by .9 percent in April, by .8 percent in May, by .8 percent in June, by .7 percent in July and by .6 percent in August.
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