Illinois’s unemployment rate climbed slightly in October, even though the state added a small number of new jobs.
Unemployment ticked up to 4.6 percent in October, one-tenth of one-percent higher than September. But it’s still an improvement over October of last year, when the statewide jobless rate stood at 5.3 percent.
The state added just 36-hundred jobs last month, with the biggest gains coming in trade, transportation and utilities, and in leisure and hospitality.
