RI Unemployment Rate Dips to 3.6% as Jobs Fall by 1,600 - Uprise RI

Rhode Island lost an estimated 1,600 payroll jobs in September even as its unemployment rate dipped to 3.6%, according to preliminary state and federal labor data. The monthly report tracks where Rhode Island industries are adding or cutting jobs, what manufacturing production workers are earning per hour, and how the state's shrinking labor pool affects the headline unemployment rate. Rhode Island businesses shed 1,600 payroll jobs in September even as the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%, according to preliminary figures from the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training.