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Unemployment rate steady, but Rhode Island loses 1,700 jobs

Mar 7, 2019 | 12:23 PM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s unemployment rate held steady at 4 percent in January but the number of jobs in the state fell by 1,700.

The state Department of Labor and Training said Thursday that the rate was unchanged from the revised December rate.

The state’s unemployment rate is the same as the national rate. It’s four-tenths of a percentage point lower than a year ago.

The data shows that the number of jobs based in Rhode Island dropped to 496,000, a decrease of 1,700 jobs from the revised December estimate. Most of the jobs were lost in the professional and business services sector. The department says this sector includes landscaping companies, which reported large job declines.

The state still has 2,400 more jobs than it did a year ago.

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