(KLZA)--Unemployment figures were nearly steady in Southeast Nebraska during the month of April.  

According to the Nebraska Department of Labor, unemployment figures increased a tenth of a percent to 3.1 percent in Richardson County and 2.7 percent in Pawnee  County.

Unemployment figures were steady for the month in Johnson County at 3.6 %, Nemaha County at 3.4% and  Otoe  County at 3 percent.  The only county with a lower unemployment rate was Gage County where the figure dipped two-tenths of a percent.

Statewide the April jobless rate was 2.8 percent, well below the national average of 3.9 percent.