Weld County’s unemployment rate dips lower

The Pensacola metro area’s unemployment rate dropped from 5.5% in September, to 4.8% last month, according to the Department of Economic Opportunity.

There were 75,000 Mississippians unemployed in October, down 2,000 from September and 14,000 below October 2014. Manufacturing shed 1,700 jobs over the month, posting Oklahoma’s largest job loss in October.

The number of people reporting to have jobs in New Jersey reached an historic level for the second time this year, climbing to an all-time high of 4,279,300 in October after hitting a record 4,275,100 in June, according to the BLS household survey.

The figures of the Beaumont region are not seasonally adjusted.

In the past year, the professional and business services industry led the way with 49,700 new jobs.

The mining sector, which includes energy jobs, shed 600 jobs in October. It’s below the year-earlier reading of 5.2%.

Texas’ job growth may not be coming at the cost of jobs in California though. The unemployment rate fell to 5 percent which is generally considered to be a condition of full employment.

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced on Friday that Florida businesses created 36,600 private-sector jobs across the state in October, the highest one-month total for jobs added in ten years.

The state unemployment rate remains slightly above the national average which stood at 5.0 percent in October.

Today the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released their advance News Release on Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims for the week ending November 19, 2015.

Four categories (manufacturing; information; educational and health services; and government) reported job declines over the month, down 6,500 jobs. A majority of those jobs were in the private sector.

Texas still ranks No. 3 for the most new jobs over the last 12 months – 203,900 – after California’s 463,000 jobs and Florida’s 239,900 jobs. During the same period, unemployment rates among people who are eligible for benefits remained at 1.6%.