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Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
Missouri's unemployment rate dipped in February, according to newly released state data.
Last month, the state's unemployment rate was 3.7%, down from a revised January rate of 3.8%, according to a news release from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. The data are seasonally adjusted.
During February, the state's nonfarm payroll employment grew by 9,200 jobs to roughly 2.9 million.
Industries with job increases included trade, transportation and utilities, up 3,600; professional and business services, up 1,900; leisure and hospitality, up 1,600; mining, logging and construction, up 1,400; and financial activities, up 1,000. Missouri’s government employment sector decreased by 1,300 jobs in February, according to the release.
A safe room and classroom addition at Willard Central Elementary School will be used by the music, arts and athletic programs for a district that had 4,536 students last year, according to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education figures, but school officials say enrollment is projected to grow.
