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The Nebraska Department of Labor reports the state’s preliminary unemployment rate for October is 2.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from the September rate and up 0.2 percentage points from the October 2023 rate of 2.5 percent.
For the fifth straight month, Nebraska's rate is ranked fifth lowest in the nation.
The national unemployment rate for October is four-point-one percent.
A Labor Department analyst says the Nebraska non-farm job level reached a record high with a large increase over the month related to the start of the school year, some health care gains, and the beginning of holiday season hiring.
Normal losses for this time of year are still being seen in the leisure and hospitality sectors.
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