The drop was fueled largely by New York City, which saw its unemployment rate drop from 5.2 percent in September to 4.8 percent last month. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area had the highest jobless rate in Texas at 7.4 percent.
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The claims data covered the survey period for the nonfarm payrolls portion of the November employment report.
The City of Lufkin went from a 5.3 percent jobless rate in September to 5.9 percent in October.
The federal survey of households, done with a smaller sample than the survey of employers, shows an increase in the number of employed people.
Although the number of employed in Solano County increased from 195,200 in September to 195,900 in October, the workforce also grew – increasing from 206,000 in September to 207,500 in October, according to the Employment Development Department figures. Earnings for private sector workers have increased by 2.4 percent in the past year.
Connecticut’s economy shed 2,200 jobs in October, the second monthly decline in a row, suggesting the state’s tepid economic recovery may be softening. Education and health services jobs fell by 4,100. “Year over year, we continue to see stronger-than-average job creation compared to the rest of the nation”, Kaglic said, adding that North and SC are experiencing job growth rates of 2.2 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively, compared with the national average 2 percent.
Don Klepper-Smith, an economist who was an adviser to former Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, said CT has only recovered 84 percent of jobs lost in the Great Recession, badly lagging USA employment gains.
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The four-week moving average of continuing claims still inched up to 2,167,000, an increase of 750 from the previous week’s revised average of 2,166,250. In September, Highlands County had a 7.3 percent unemployment rate. It now stands at 1.49 million, down from 1.5 million in October 2014.
