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Nebraska's March jobless rate sits at 3.8 percent

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s preliminary March unemployment rate of 3.8 percent matched the revised rates for the three previous months, state officials said in a report released Friday.

The rate was two-tenths of a point lower than in March 2012 and half the national March rate of 7.6 percent for this year, the Nebraska Labor Department said in a news release.

The 3.8 percent was the second-lowest figure in the country, trailing only North Dakota’s 3.3 percent for March.

Nonfarm employment rose by nearly 4,000 jobs in March. According to the state report, the three Nebraska industries showin...

 

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