SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - State labor officials say there was no change in New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from October to November, but the percentage of people without jobs is up slightly from last year.
The Department of Workforce Solutions released the numbers Friday, saying the unemployment rate in November was 6.7 percent, up from 6.6 percent a year ago.
The national rate was 4.6 percent.
Labor officials say goods-producing industries in New Mexico have seen a decrease of more than 5 percent - or 5,100 jobs - over the last year.
Bright spots include education and health services, the fastest-growing private industry sector with a 6,000-job increase since November 2015.
State labor officials say employment growth in every month in 2016, apart from May, exceeded anything reported in the industry since January 2003.
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