By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 19, 2017

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire officials say the state’s unemployment rate for November was 2.7 percent, unchanged from the October rate.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2016 was 2.8 percent.

The state estimates that 726,280 people were employed last month, a decrease of 1,630 from the previous month and a decrease of 4,250 from November 2016. The number of unemployed residents decreased by 120 over the month to 20,020, which was 680 fewer people than in November 2016.

Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 4.1 percent, unchanged from the October rate. It was a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the November 2016 rate.

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