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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Nov 29, 2013, 01:13 PM Nov 2013

State Labor Department releases preliminary October 2013 area unemployment rates

ALBANY - The State Labor Department today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for October 2013, which are calculated following procedures prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state’s unemployment rate relies in part on the results of a telephone survey of 3,100 households (out of more than 7 million) in New York State.

The state’s private sector job count increased by 112,700 from October 2012 to October 2013. As reported last week, the state’s unemployment rate was 7.7% in October 2013. The economy added 9,000 private sector jobs in October 2013 and 24,800 in September 2013, bringing the state’s job count to a record high of 7,490,100.

http://www.empirestatenews.net/News2013/20131128-1.htm

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