(KLZA)-- The Nebraska unemployment rate for January was 3.2 percent. That is up slightly from the three percent mark in December.
The Nebraska Department of Labor noted the jobless rate is up three-tenths of a percent from January 2020.
Locally the unemployment rate in Pawnee County was steady at 2 percent for January.
In Richardson County unemployment was up three-tenths to 2.8 percent. In Nemaha County, Nebraska unemployment was up two-tenths to 2.3 percent.
Otoe and Gage counties saw unemployment increase three-tenths to 2.7 percent in Otoe County and 3.2 percent in Gage County.
The national unemployment rate in January was 6.3 percent.
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