Nebraska unemployment remained unchanged at 4.6 pct in January, state officials say

Nebraska jobless rate 4.6 pct in January

LINCOLN, Neb. — State officials say Nebraska’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 percent in January, still less than half the national rate of 9.7 percent.

In a news release Wednesday, the state said the preliminary December rate of 4.7 percent reported on Jan. 22 has been revised to 4.6 percent.

The Nebraska unemployment rate in January was a half-point higher than the 4.1 percent reported a year ago. The national rate in January is two percentage points higher than a year earlier.

The state report says two sectors of the Nebraska economy saw increases in the number of jobs in January: education and health services, up nearly 5,500 jobs; and other services_repair and maintenance, up more than 100 jobs.