Unemployment Rate Unchanged In Nebraska

The EDD reported that 75,900 San Diegans were unemployed in November out of a civilian labor force of 1.57 million people.

New Jersey continued to add jobs in November, while the state unemployment rate continued to shrink, according to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Other gainers included local public and private schools, up about 4,000 jobs, and the healthcare/social assistance sector, which added 3,600 jobs.

The construction sector and leisure and hospitality industry boasted the largest month-over-month employment gains, adding 2,200 jobs and 1,000 jobs, respectively, according to seasonally adjusted data.

The greatest decline in employment is in the trade, transportation and utilities sector, which lost 3,100 jobs.

The South Carolina’s jobless rate dropped to a 14-year low in November, and the state is well-positioned to continue adding jobs in 2016.

The state’s six best job-creation months have come during 2015, the second year since SC returned to pre-recession employment levels.

North Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in the U.S.at 2.7 percent in November, while New Mexico had the highest at 6.8 percent. Accommodation/food services gained 17,000 jobs, followed by professional/business services with 16,000 additional jobs. Jobs in construction increased 5,700. Steady hiring and an unemployment rate that’s at more than a seven-year low help explain why Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday raised their benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade. The four-week moving average of claims, considered a better measure of labor market trends as it strips out week-to-week volatility, slipped 250 to 270,500 last week.

Two categories, mining and logging and manufacturing, posted job declines over the year, down 7,200 jobs.

But the state unemployment rate is still 1 percentage point above the national rate of 5 percent. Leisure and hospitality added 2,600 jobs, mostly in food services (+1,900). Compared with November 2014, the rate was down 0.2 percentage points.