LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says Nebraska’s unemployment rate inched up a tenth of a point to 3.3 percent in October.

The Nebraska Department of Labor said Friday that the preliminary rate was well below the preliminary national rate of 4.9 percent. The national rate dropped one-tenth of a point, to 4.9 percent.

The U.S. Labor Department says New Hampshire and South Dakota had the nation’s lowest unemployment rates, with each at 2.8 percent. North Dakota’s rate unemployment rate was 3 percent, and Hawaii and Utah were tied at 3.2 percent. Nebraska, Massachusetts, and Vermont were tied at 3.3 percent. A year ago, Nebraska’s rate was 3 percent.

Nebraska Labor Commissioner John Albin says his state’s rate appears to be due to people re-entering the labor market to look for work.