LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Officials say Nebraskas unemployment rate of 3.1% didnt change in December, the sixth straight month the rate has remained at that figure.
A report issued Friday says the preliminary December rate was three-tenths of a point higher than the adjusted December 2018 rate of 2.8%.
The Nebraska rate also was below Decembers national preliminary rate of 3.5%, which is unchanged from November and down four-tenths of a point from the December 2018 rate of 3.9%.
The report says nonfarm employment dropped a tenth of a point, but the figures up by more than 15,600 over the year.
