Laredo unemployment figure drops for April ...

Laredo’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.8 percent in April, according to Texas Workforce Commission data released Friday.

That’s three-tenths of a percent lower than March’s 9.1 mark. Also, TWC data showed Laredo’s workforce added 200 employed workers in April from a 96,600 civilian labor force.

The downward unemployment rate trend also is noticeable in the Rio Grande Valley.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission’s metropolitan statistical area posted an 11.1 percent rate, down from 11.6 in March. Brownsville-Harlingen sits at 10.8, down from 11 percent in March.

El Paso remained flat month-to-month at 9.4 percent for April.

Statewide, employers added 32,500 in April and have added 79,000 jobs since the start of 2010.

Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.3 percent from March’s 8.2 mark. Still, it’s way below the United States’ 9.9 percent unemployment rate.

For more information, pick up a copy of Saturday's Laredo Morning Times.

Laredo unemployment rate at 8.6 percent for Nov. ...

Laredo's unemployment rate now sits at 8.6 percent through November, according to Texas Workforce Commission data released last Friday.
It marked a one-tenth of a percent decrease from October's 8.7 percent not seasonally adjusted rate.
Among U.S.-Mexico border regions, the Laredo Metropolitan Statistical Area remains at the lower end of the scale.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission are at 11.2 percent unemployment through November, which is the same percentage it was in October. Brownsville-Harlingen followed that similar pattern as it carried over a 10.5 percent unemployment rate into November from October.
El Paso showed the sharpest improvement, slipping to 9.2 percent in November from October's 9.5 percent.

-- Joe Rutland