The Nebraska Department of Labor reports Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for May is 2.5 percent, seasonally adjusted.
The department says that is unchanged since September of last year and is up 0.4 percentage points from the May 2023 rate of 2.1 percent.
Nebraska's rate is ranked fourth lowest in the nation.
The numbers show Nebraska’s total non-farm employment has been climbing since February, reaching an all-time high in May at 1,077,200.
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