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Governor announces May job growth

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Missouri employers added 4,100 jobs in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to a news release from Gov. Matt Blunt’s office.

Total jobs created in Missouri since January 2005 are at 94,300.

Construction, education, health services, food services and local government each added more than 1,000 jobs last month. Information, financial activities and other private services also added jobs.

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in May, slightly higher than the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.5 percent.

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