Despite high jobless rate, five states on job-growth spurt

2. Massachusetts – 60,000 jobs

Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor/File
On a bulletin board at YMCA Training, Inc, in Boston in January, hired stickers are placed on the resumes of graduates who have found employment. Although Massachusetts has less than a quarter of the job base that California does, it has created nearly as many jobs since December.

Like Texas, the Bay State is a star performer on the employment front. Although 12 states have more workers, only four have created more jobs than Massachusetts has. Its economy has benefited from a diverse base of jobs in various industries, including technology, health-care, and higher education. If it were California's size, it would have added 261,000 jobs. Still, the state hasn't quite topped...

4 of 5
You've read 3 of 3 free articles. Subscribe to continue.
CSM logo

Why is Christian Science in our name?

Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.

Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.

Explore values journalism About us