In this April 22, 2015 photo, Ralph Logan, general manager of Microtrain, left, speaks with James Smith who is seeking employment during a National Career Fairs job fair in Chicago.
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The jobless rate was down from 4.8 percent in July but higher than 4.6 percent for the same month past year, according to a report today from the state Department of Job and Family Services.
Amarillo recorded the lowest unemployment rate for August with a 3.4 percent rate.
Dallas-Fort Worth’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 4.2 percent in July to 4.1 percent in August, but that number was flat compared with August of a year ago. That’s still below the national rate, 4.9 percent. That’s 6,000 less than in July but 9,000 more than a year earlier.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate did tick up to 4.7 percent in August from 4.6 percent in July.
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The state in August added jobs in both services and the goods-producing sector, which includes the oil and gas industry and manufacturing. Mining and logging lost only 200 jobs, while construction posted a gain of 1,300, putting that industry just slightly below where it was at the beginning of 2016.
