Oct 18, 2019

Nebraska jobless mark of 3.1% unchanged for 3rd month

Posted Oct 18, 2019 2:43 PM

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Officials say Nebraska's unemployment was 3.1% in September, matching the August and July figures.


The Nebraska Labor Department said in a news release Friday that the preliminary September rate was four-tenths of a point higher than the adjusted September 2018 rate of 2.7%.


The new Nebraska rate is well below September's national preliminary rate of 3.5%, which is down two-tenths of a point from the August 2019 rate of 3.7% and the September 2018 rate of 3.7%.


The department says nonfarm employment rose last month more than 8,400 over the year-ago figure and was up nearly 1,200 over September.