Unemployment rates

Helena Independent Record: Weekly US jobless aid applications fall to 363K

Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary 

“Unemployment rates were lower in September than a year earlier in 345

of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 22 areas, and unchanged in 5

areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Two areas

recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 41 areas

registered rates of less than 5.0 percent. Two hundred sixty-seven

metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll

employment, 94 reported decreases, and 11 had no change. The national

unemployment rate in September was 7.6 percent, not seasonally

adjusted, down from 8.8 percent a year earlier.”