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State Jobless Rate Dips To 4.8 Percent For January

A new Kansas Department of Labor report says the state's jobless rate dipped to 4.8 percent in January.

The department found that January's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from the 4.9 percent recorded for December

The report also shows that total non-farm, private-sector employment in January topped 1.12 million--that's a gain of 20,500 jobs over the past year.

The state saw its most robust growth in construction.

61,000 people held jobs in January, compared with just over 55,000 in the January of 2013.

Professional, business, educational and health services also saw employment increases over the year, while manufacturing and government employment dropped slightly.

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