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34,700 jobs were added to the Texas payroll in May, which marks 23 consecutive months of employment growth. The state unemployment rate last month was 4.1{91a3a066265893d5d93b921204e5bbe4720deb431f82cc483a406ec22b140854}, unchanged from April.
The unemployment rate in the Austin metro area came in at 2.8{91a3a066265893d5d93b921204e5bbe4720deb431f82cc483a406ec22b140854} last month, recording its lowest rate for May in nearly 20 years.
The figure was unchanged from April but down slightly from 3{91a3a066265893d5d93b921204e5bbe4720deb431f82cc483a406ec22b140854} in May 2017.
