(KLZA)--Unemployment figures were nearly steady in Southeast Nebraska during the month of April.
According to the Nebraska Department of Labor, unemployment figures increased a tenth of a percent to 3.1 percent in Richardson County and 2.7 percent in Pawnee County.
Unemployment figures were steady for the month in Johnson County at 3.6 %, Nemaha County at 3.4% and Otoe County at 3 percent. The only county with a lower unemployment rate was Gage County where the figure dipped two-tenths of a percent.
Statewide the April jobless rate was 2.8 percent, well below the national average of 3.9 percent.
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