Missouri’s unemployment rate continues to fall with 2,300 new jobs added during February.
The Department of Economic Development reports the unemployement rate has declined to 7.4 percent … in comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate stands at 8.3 percent.
Missouri added nearly 22 thousand jobs in January. Our state’s unemployment is down more than 2 percent from a recent high of 9.7 percent in August, 2009.