Mass. unemployment rate rises to 8.6 percent

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 8.6 percent with 2,300 jobs lost in June, the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported.

Despite the losses for June, Massachusetts showed a net job gain of 3,300 over the past two months, the office said in a press release. May’s originally reported job gain of 4,900 has now been revised up to 5,600.

In May, the state's unemployment rate was 8.2 percent, the executive office said in an earlier report.