New Hampshire’s unemployment rate for October was 4.2%, a 1.6% decrease from September, officials said Tuesday.
The number still reflects the impact on unemployment because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The October 2019 seasonally adjusted rate was 2.6%.
The number of unemployed residents decreased by 12,270 over-the-month to 30,310. This was 10,370 more unemployed than in October 2019. From September to October 2020, the total labor force decreased by 12,000 to 728,030. This was a decrease of 48,780 from October 2019.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 6.9%, a decrease of 1 percentage point from the September rate, and an increase of 3.3 percentage points from the October 2019 rate.
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