The Nebraska Department of Labor announced Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for October was 2.4 percent. The rate was up 0.2 percentage points from the September rate of 2.2 and was the same as the
October 2021 rate of 2.4 percent. Nebraska’s October unemployment rate of 2.4 percent remains in the top five nationally of lowest unemployment rates. Cherry County’s unemployment rate ranked among the lowest in the state in October at 1.6 percent, followed closely by Holt County at 1.7 percent. Brown County’s October unemployment rate of 2.1 percent came in below the state average. Rock County enjoyed the lowest unemployment rate in the area in October at 1.5 percent. The only county in Nebraska with a lower rate in October was Wheeler County at 1.3 percent. Both Keya Paha County at 1.9 percent and Boyd County at 2 percent also came in with rates below the state average. The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 3.7 percent, up 0.2 percentage points from the September rate of 3.5 percent and down 0.9 percentage points from the October 2021 rate of 4.6 percent.
Preliminary Unemployment Rate for October
