Metro West Times

Middlesex County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 42,519 people out of the 1,623,411 living in Middlesex County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Middlesex County has increased compared to the 4.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Middlesex County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.4%.

Of the 897,207 people who had a job during that time, 1,401 were employed in the Armed Forces and 895,806 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	42,519	4.5%
Employed	897,207	95.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	895,806	95.3%
Employed in armed forces	1,401	0.1%