The Official Website of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD)skip to page content skip to Side Bar of Navigation links

Mass.Gov

Labor and Workforce Development

• Mass.Gov Home
• State Agencies
• State Online Services

-choose a town-AbingtonActonAcushnetAdamsAgawamAlfordAmesburyAmherstAndoverAquinnahArlingtonAshburnhamAshbyAshfieldAshlandAtholAttleboroughAuburnAvonAyerBarnstableBarreBecketBedfordBelchertownBellinghamBelmontBerkleyBerlinBernardstonBeverlyBillericaBlackstoneBlandfordBoltonBostonBourneBoxboroughBoxfordBoylstonBraintreeBrewsterBridgewaterBrimfieldBrocktonBrookfieldBrooklineBucklandBurlingtonCambridgeCantonCarlisleCarverCharlemontCharltonChathamChelmsfordChelseaCheshireChesterChesterfieldChicopeeChilmarkClarksburgClintonCohassetColrainConcordConwayCummingtonDaltonDanversDartmouthDedhamDeerfieldDennisDightonDouglasDoverDracutDudleyDunstableDuxburyEast BridgewaterEast BrookfieldEast LongmeadowEasthamEasthamptonEastonEdgartownEgremontErvingEssexEverettFairhavenFall RiverFalmouthFitchburgFloridaFoxboroughFraminghamFranklinFreetownGardnerGeorgetownGillGloucesterGoshenGosnoldGraftonGranbyGranvilleGreat BarringtonGreenfieldGrotonGrovelandHadleyHalifaxHamiltonHampdenHancockHanoverHansonHardwickHarvardHarwichHatfieldHaverhillHawleyHeathHinghamHinsdaleHolbrookHoldenHollandHollistonHolyokeHopedaleHopkintonHubbardstonHudsonHullHuntingtonIpswichKingstonLakevilleLancasterLanesboroughLawrenceLeeLeicesterLenoxLeominsterLeverettLexingtonLeydenLincolnLittletonLongmeadowLowellLudlowLunenburgLynnLynnfieldMaldenManchesterMansfieldMarbleheadMarionMarlboroughMarshfieldMashpeeMattapoisettMaynardMedfieldMedfordMedwayMelroseMendonMerrimacMethuenMiddleboroughMiddlefieldMiddletonMilfordMillburyMillisMillvilleMiltonMonroeMonsonMontagueMontereyMontgomeryMount WashingtonNahantNantucketNatickNeedhamNew AshfordNew BedfordNew BraintreeNew MarlboroughNew SalemNewburyNewburyportNewtonNorfolkNorth AdamsNorth AndoverNorth AttleboroughNorth BrookfieldNorth ReadingNorthamptonNorthboroughNorthbridgeNorthfieldNortonNorwellNorwoodOak BluffsOakhamOrangeOrleansOtisOxfordPalmerPaxtonPeabodyPelhamPembrokePepperellPeruPetershamPhillipstonPittsfieldPlainfieldPlainvillePlymouthPlymptonPrincetonProvincetownQuincyRandolphRaynhamReadingRehobothRevereRichmondRochesterRocklandRockportRoweRowleyRoyalstonRussellRutlandSalemSalisburySandisfieldSandwichSaugusSavoyScituateSeekonkSharonSheffieldShelburneSherbornShirleyShrewsburyShutesburySomersetSomervilleSouth HadleySouthamptonSouthboroughSouthbridgeSouthwickSpencerSpringfieldSterlingStockbridgeStonehamStoughtonStowSturbridgeSudburySunderlandSuttonSwampscottSwanseaTauntonTempletonTewksburyTisburyTollandTopsfieldTownsendTruroTyngsboroughTyringhamUptonUxbridgeWakefieldWalesWalpoleWalthamWareWarehamWarrenWarwickWashingtonWatertownWaylandWebsterWellesleyWellfleetWendellWenhamWest BoylstonWest BridgewaterWest BrookfieldWest NewburyWest SpringfieldWest StockbridgeWest TisburyWestboroughWestfieldWestfordWesthamptonWestminsterWestonWestportWestwoodWeymouthWhatelyWhitmanWilbrahamWilliamsburgWilliamstownWilmingtonWinchendonWinchesterWindsorWinthropWoburnWorcesterWorthingtonWrenthamYarmouth

Walpole 2008 Population 23,133 Laborforce, Employment and Unemployment (not seasonally adjusted) Month    Year  Labor Force  Employed  Unemployed  Unemployment Rate 12  2009    12,227    11,331    896    7.3   11  2009    12,338    11,515    823    6.7   10  2009    12,261    11,411    850    6.9   09  2009    12,179    11,241    938    7.7   08  2009    12,472    11,496    976    7.8   07  2009    12,501    11,514    987    7.9   06  2009    12,395    11,441    954    7.7   05  2009    12,235    11,350    885    7.2   04  2009    12,253    11,397    856    7.0   03  2009    12,195    11,355    840    6.9   02  2009    12,195    11,344    851    7.0   01  2009    12,213    11,389    824    6.7   Annual  Year  Labor Force  Employed  Unemployed  Unemployment Rate Average  2008    12,273    11,735    538    4.4   Average  2007    12,217    11,735    482    3.9   Average  2006    12,246    11,735    511    4.2   Average  2005    12,209    11,720    489    4.0   Average  2004    12,189    11,671    518    4.2   Average  2003    12,292    11,671    621    5.1   Average  2002    12,348    11,817    531    4.3   Average  2001    12,355    11,963    392    3.2   Average  2000    12,220    11,938    282    2.3   2008 Average Employment and Wages by Industry     All Ownership  Industry Establish- ments   Total   Wages Average    Employment Average     Weekly Wage Total, All Industries 806   $498,751,038 10,555   $909   Construction 138   $48,743,364 814   $1,152   Manufacturing 39   $89,860,646 1,286   $1,344   Wholesale Trade 72   $47,872,608 675   $1,364   Retail Trade 88   $44,055,539 1,565   $541   Transportation and Warehousing 16   $15,822,192 433   $703   Information 18   $6,584,459 107   $1,183   Finance and Insurance 29   $31,345,013 317   $1,902   Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 22   $3,612,272 80   $868   Professional and Technical Services 87   $29,582,985 434   $1,311   Management of Companies and Enterprises 4   $6,507,302 112   $1,117   Administrative and Waste Services 59   $35,304,132 1,037   $655   Educational Services 12   $40,241,372 917   $844   Health Care and Social Assistance 55   $27,550,996 758   $699   Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 11   $3,266,700 190   $331   Accommodation and Food Services 48   $12,057,645 784   $296   Other Services, Ex. Public Admin 96   $9,654,364 334   $556   Public Administration 7   $40,315,053 642   $1,208