Texas unemployment rate up in October to 4.4 percent

States with the largest decreases for initial claims were Louisiana (-632) with MI (-520) following.

Unemployment in the Orlando metro area hit a new seven-year low of 4.6 percent in October, according to unadjusted data the state released on Friday.

According to the state’s Department of Labor, the NYC has achieved an unemployment rate below the national average for the first time since 2011. All divisions except the Mountain had significant rate changes from a year earlier, all of which were declines. “I think it’s possibly gaining a few steam”.

Almost 1.3 million Arkansans were employed and 68,500 were unemployed in October. The resident labor force in the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett region grew from 1.584 to 1.585 over the same period. Moreover, the local economy hasn’t rebounded to the same extent as other areas of Colorado. For October, 251 claims were filed in Mesa County, down five from September. “October marks the beginning of the retail hiring season as employers gear up for the holidays”.

“San Diego is continuing to move toward full employment”, said Lynn Reaser, chief economist for the Fermanian Business & Economic Institute at Point Loma Nazarene University. The last time the state’s unemployment rate was that low was in March 2008, right before the start of the recession.

“Missoula County has been growing pretty well in the past year”.

Mining and logging, the sector that includes oil- and gas-related jobs, shed 2,000 workers over the month. It also follows four months of reports where the jobless rate rose.

Labor Commissioner John Albin says job growth remains strong in Nebraska. There’s no shortage of skilled labor, but rather employment opportunities.

Nacogdoches County saw a slight increase in its jobless rate, going from 4.7 percent in September to 4.8 percent in October.

Between September and October, Colorado added 13,000 nonfarm jobs.

The biggest decrease last month was in leisure and hospitality, which lost 2,100 jobs, 800 of them in arts, entertainment and recreation and 1,300 in accommodation and food services.