NEBRASKA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS UP SLIGHTLY.
SEPTEMBER’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS TWO-POINT-ONE PERCENT, UP A TENTH OF A PERCENT FROM AUGUST.
NEBRASKA’S RATES ARE BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THREE-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT, WHICH HASN’T CHANGED FROM AUGUST.
THE STATE IS SIXTH-LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
THE LABOR FORCE DROPPED SLIGHTLY AS WELL, DOWN A TENTH OF A PERCENT NOW THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE BACK IN CLASS FOR THE YEAR.
