Oklahoma ranked No. 1 for its unemployment insurance tax structure- for the fourth year in a row.
For the month of September, the Oklahoma City MSA had an unemployment rate of 2.8 percent.
August represents the lowest unemployment rate for the metro in more than a decade.
For the month of July, the Oklahoma City MSA had an unemployment rate of 3.3 percent.
Oklahoma City ranks No. 4 when compared to other cities in metros with population over 1 million.
The latest unemployment numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics continue to be good news for the Oklahoma City metro economy, and state of Oklahoma as whole.
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For the month of April, the unemployment rate in the Oklahoma City MSA was 3.5 percent. This represents an improvement from 3.6 percent in March.
