Jobless rate up in OH; steady in Ky., Ind.

The EDD said the statewide rate last month was 5.7 percent, and 4.8 percent for the nation as a whole.

The state Department of Employment and Workforce announced on Friday that unemployment was 5.5 percent last month, down from 5.6 percent in October.

He made the announcement as jobs figures released Friday showed the state’s unemployment rate was 5 percent in November.

The Colorado jobless rate for November remains well below the national rate, which remained unchanged at 5 percent.

The gist of the article was that Lincoln, with a 2.3 percent unemployment rate, has a tight job market that is leading to higher wages and more generous benefits.

Nebraska’s nonfarm employment rose by 15,300 over the past year to reach almost 1.02 million last month, the state said.

Kentucky’s unemployment rate stayed at 4.9 percent, while Indiana’s rate stayed at 4.4 percent. The jobless rate in the Detroit area was 5.9 percent. “We are approaching full employment and soon we will see job gains translate more emphatically into income gains for the working families of New Jersey”.

These added jobs make for a total gain of 2,136,700 jobs since the recovery began in February 2010 and an increase of 417,100 from November 2014, according to department officials. “The fact that our state has added jobs for nine of the eleven months of 2015 is a credit to the diversity and resilience of employers in Texas”. Two regions lost jobs: Mankato MSA (down 1.4 percent) and St. Cloud MSA (down 0.4 percent). The largest increases occurred in trade, transportation and utilities, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality. Trade, transportation and utilities posted the largest increase over the month, adding 9,800 jobs. “This proved to be an anomaly as the preliminary estimate has been revised downwards and the data for November reports a loss of 2,100 jobs”. The last time the state’s unemployment rate was 5 percent was in April 2008, DWS said.