Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
(KLZA)--Nebraska's unemployment rate has climbed to 3%, which is the highest rate of joblessness in the state since December of 2020.
One year ago the unemployment rate in Nebraska was 2.6%.
Nebraska's preliminary unemployment rate still remains among the lowest nationally, tying for fifth lowest in the recently released data that reflects February. The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February is 4.1%, up from 3.9% a year earlier.
Labor Commissioner Katie Thurber said the uptick appears to be driven by an increase in the state labor force.
Locally in southeast Nebraska the unemployment rates ranged from a low of 3.2 percent in Otoe County to a high mark of 4.5% in Johnson County for the month of February.
Elsewhere the jobless rate was 3.3% in Richardson County; 3.7% in Nemaha County; 3.4% in Pawnee County and 3.6% in Gage County.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Services set for Seneca girl killed in ATV accident
NE KS man charged in Tesla vandalism case
Arrest made in fatal shooting of Seneca priest
Details released on fatal Nemaha Co ATV crash
Trailer thief going to prison following Atchison Co trial
LV teens in custody after Brown Co stop
Murder charge filed in death of Seneca priest
Nebraska man arrested following Jackson Co pursuit
U.S. 75 resurfacing project to begin Monday
Two arrested after Thursday Jackson Co traffic stop
Buildings collapse in downtown Pawnee City
Enter Today for the MSC Radio Network Royals Bus Trip!
Atchison City Hall restores service after storm
City of Leavenworth suing CoreCivic
Ag land values decrease in Nebraska
Input wanted as USD 409 seeks superintendent
Local motorists alerted to U.S. Hwy 59 work
LATEST STORIES
Saturday AM fire displaces Atchison family
Murder charge filed in death of Seneca priest
Local motorists alerted to U.S. Hwy 59 work
Update: Atchison Co cyber incident affects still felt
Doniphan Co Commission approves zoning change
Local funds awarded through state tire grant
Arrest made in fatal shooting of Seneca priest
Area Agency on Aging breaks ground on new facility
Hiawatha, Ks 66434