LINCOLN - Nebraska’s latest unemployment rate of 1.9% represented an all-time low for the second straight month, and that April level remains tied for the lowest reached by any state in history according to the report released Friday, May 20.

The State Department of Labor's preliminary and seasonally adjusted report showed the April rate decreasing from the March 2022 rate of 2.0%.

Utah is the only other state to drop to such a level, tying Nebraska at the 1.9% record low, state officials said.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the county was 3.6% in April. That figure is unchanged from the month before and down 2.4% from the 6.0% in April the year prior.

Additionally, Nebraska's State Labor Department announced the preliminary employment for April reached an all-time high of 1.04 million people working.

“The number of employed workers in the labor force has been at historically high levels since July of 2021,” Labor Commissioner John Albin said. “The Omaha metro reached a record high employment level at nearly half a million in April, and the Lincoln metro has seen record highs for two straight months.”

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