Missouri unemployment rate falls to 4.4 percent

The state says Michigan’s annual average unemployment rate fell in 2015, marking the sixth straight yearly decline. The state’s December unemployment rate was one-tenth of a percentage point above the national rate.

Following November’s revised employment growth of 4,100 new jobs, Missouri’s net nonfarm payroll employment for December was essentially unchanged, decreasing by 100 jobs.

Looking back at 2015, Oregon’s economy grew rapidly, adding more than 54,000 jobs across all economic sectors.

Oregon’s health care and social assistance grew the most during 2015, adding 10,100 jobs, or 4.6 percent.

· Michigan’s unemployment rate has been very steady since August, remaining within the narrow band of 5.0 to 5.1 percent in that period. Oregon’s 3.1 percent growth rate in nonfarm payroll employment was faster than the US growth rate of 1.9 percent.

Oregon’s unemployment rate decreased in December, staying in line with the national trends of a recovering job market.

Construction jobs lead in percentage growth in the state while leisure and hospitality jobs had the highest nominal growth.