Monthly State Unemployment Rate Remains at 2.7 Percent for November

Release Date: 12/22/2017

The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced today that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for November was 2.7 percent, seasonally adjusted. The rate remained unchanged from the October 2017 rate of 2.7 percent and is down 0.6 percentage points from the November 2016 rate of 3.3 percent.

“Nebraska's employment in November was 984,197, a new all-time high,” said Commissioner of Labor John H. Albin. “Employment has increased each of the last six months and has hit new historical high levels each month since August 2017. The statewide, seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate remained at 2.7 percent in November. Nebraska's unemployment rate has been below three percent since May 2017.”

Nonfarm employment was 1,038,603, up 8,206 over the year and up 1,847 over the month. Private industries with the most growth year over year were professional and business services (up 3,439); leisure and hospitality (up 3,316); and other services (up 1,665). Month to month, the largest gains were seen in trade, transporation and utilities (up 2,484); manufacturing (up 1,001); and other services (up 79).

The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 4.1 percent, unchanged from the October 2017 rate of 4.1 percent and down 0.5 percentage points from the November 2016 rate of 4.6 percent.

For more November data, go to dol.nebraska.gov/InfoLink. Nonfarm employment data can be found at NEworks.nebraska.gov/CES and Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) data can be found at NEworks.nebraska.gov/LAUS. December 2017 data is scheduled for release on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.