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Buffalo's unemployment rate lower than state

Posted at 8:21 AM, Jan 27, 2016
and last updated 2016-01-27 09:26:44-05

The Buffalo workforce saw a strong end to 2015.

According to newly-released job numbers, the region saw a 4.9 percent unemployment rate in December, and that's the lowest it's been in nine years.

It's also nearly an entire percentage point lower than the state average of 5.7 percent.

 

 
 

 

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