OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -
Oklahoma's unemployment rate was up slightly in July - but remains more
than 3% below the national jobless rate.
The Oklahoma Employment
Security Commission reported Friday that unemployment in the state was
up two-tenths of a percentage point from June to stand at 4.9% in July.
The national unemployment rate is 8.3%.
The commission said the number of Oklahomans without a job increased by 2,860 to 87,820.
Total employment fell by 1,980 to just more than 1.7 million.
The largest job losses came
in the professional and business services sector with decrease of 5,000
workers. The commission reported that the educational and health
services sector added 2,600 jobs and the manufacturing sector added
1,000.
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