Table Data - Employed Involuntary Part-Time for Massachusetts

Title Employed Involuntary Part-Time for Massachusetts
Series ID INVOLPTEMPMA
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Persons, 4-Quarter Moving Average
Date Range 2003-10-01 to 2026-04-01
Last Updated 2026-08-27 1:22 PM CDT
Notes Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those working less than 35 hours per week who want to work full time, are available to do so, and gave an economic reason (their hours had been cut back or they were unable to find a full time job) for working part time. These individuals are sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers.

Where applicable, estimates are 11-month averages that exclude October 2025. Data for October were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. As a result, these estimates are not strictly comparable with averages for other time periods.
DATE VALUE
2003-10-01 80200
2004-01-01 84000
2004-04-01 82300
2004-07-01 79700
2004-10-01 81200
2005-01-01 76400
2005-04-01 76300
2005-07-01 79200
2005-10-01 86600
2006-01-01 89300
2006-04-01 94300
2006-07-01 87500
2006-10-01 75800
2007-01-01 70900
2007-04-01 67000
2007-07-01 68800
2007-10-01 66600
2008-01-01 70800
2008-04-01 67800
2008-07-01 75300
2008-10-01 93200
2009-01-01 114600
2009-04-01 135700
2009-07-01 156800
2009-10-01 177100
2010-01-01 181800
2010-04-01 186900
2010-07-01 180400
2010-10-01 170200
2011-01-01 173800
2011-04-01 175200
2011-07-01 191400
2011-10-01 198800
2012-01-01 193700
2012-04-01 194900
2012-07-01 183900
2012-10-01 177800
2013-01-01 169700
2013-04-01 168300
2013-07-01 170800
2013-10-01 169400
2014-01-01 173400
2014-04-01 176600
2014-07-01 167900
2014-10-01 164300
2015-01-01 156000
2015-04-01 139300
2015-07-01 138600
2015-10-01 135300
2016-01-01 137000
2016-04-01 136600
2016-07-01 126400
2016-10-01 113900
2017-01-01 102800
2017-04-01 98100
2017-07-01 95800
2017-10-01 93300
2018-01-01 97800
2018-04-01 105400
2018-07-01 104800
2018-10-01 108900
2019-01-01 107900
2019-04-01 97900
2019-07-01 95000
2019-10-01 86200
2020-01-01 88000
2020-04-01 121800
2020-07-01 145600
2020-10-01 158500
2021-01-01 160100
2021-04-01 130300
2021-07-01 106600
2021-10-01 98700
2022-01-01 90800
2022-04-01 82700
2022-07-01 80300
2022-10-01 77700
2023-01-01 79400
2023-04-01 79300
2023-07-01 75000
2023-10-01 73300
2024-01-01 73100
2024-04-01 78800
2024-07-01 87800
2024-10-01 92000
2025-01-01 92900
2025-04-01 89900
2025-07-01 90600
2025-10-01 91500
2026-01-01 89400
2026-04-01 93100

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