LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska’s unemployment rate remained stable in October at 4.2 percent for the fourth month in a row.
The state Department of Labor said Tuesday that Nebraska’s jobless rate remains less than half the national rate of 9 percent.
Both the Nebraska and national unemployment rates are better than a year ago when the state rate was 4.4 percent and the national rate was 9.7 percent.
The preliminary unemployment rate for Omaha declined to 4.3 percent in October from last year’s 4.6 percent.
Lincoln also recorded an improvement as its unemployment rate declined to 3.4 percent from 3.6 percent.
The Labor Department said both the trade, transportation and utilities sector and the education and health services added jobs in October.