New Jersey’s unemployment rate is America’s 3rd highest

Friday’s hot-off-the-presses report from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics found New Jersey suffering with America’s third highest unemployment rate at 7.0% as of October 2021, Save Jerseyans. That’s a decrease from 7.2% in September but still stubbornly high given that the national average is 4.6%.

Only California and Nevada (both at 7.3%) fared worse.

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