Austin metro area jobless rate at 2.8%
The unemployment rate in the Austin metro area came in at 2.8 percent last month, its lowest level for May since the height of the dot-com boom nearly 20 years ago. The figure was unchanged from April but down slightly from 3 percent in May 2017, according to Texas Workforce Commission estimates released Friday. The 2.8 percent local jobless rate was the lowest for the month of May since 1999, when it hit 2.1 percent.
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