The Chamber's Monthly Jobs Update for December illustrates a troubling trend in the Massachusetts job growth rate.

• The state added just 24,100 jobs in 2007, for a 0.7% job growth rate;
• Massachusetts remains more than 100,000 jobs below our 2001 peak; and
• The state's job growth rate was below the national average and ranked 33rd overall.

To read the December Jobs Update click here.