The State Department of Labor reports Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for June is 2.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, which is up 0.1 percent from the May rate, and up 0.4 percentage points from June of last year.
Analysts say Nebraska's rate is ranked fifth lowest in the nation.
The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June is 4.1 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from the May rate of 4.0 percent and up 0.5 percentage points from June of last year.
In a news release, the department says nonfarm employment, a count of filled jobs, reached 1,080,626, up 3,832 over the month, and 18,002 over the year.
State Labor reports private industries with the most growth month to month were trade, transportation, and utilities, up 2,214 jobs, professional and business services, up 2,119 jobs, and leisure and hospitality services, up 1,796 jobs.
Private industries with the most over-the-year growth were private education and health services, up 6,612 jobs; trade, transportation, and utilities, up 4,019 jobs, and manufacturing, up 3,868 jobs
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