LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3 percent in February.

The Nebraska Labor Department said in the report issued Friday that the rate matched January’s revised rate and was two-tenths of a point higher than the 2.8 percent reported for February 2015.

The new Nebraska rate remained well below the preliminary national unemployment rate of 4.9 percent in February. The U.S. Labor Department says Nebraska’s and Colorado’s rate was three-tenths of a point higher than the 2.7 percent for New Hampshire and South Dakota and a tenth of a point higher than North Dakota’s 2.9 percent.