Credit: Arkansas Division of Workforce Services

Arkansas’s unemployment rate continued its downward trajectory last month, dipping from 3.4% in May to 3.3% in June.

The U.S. jobless rate ticked upward to 4.1% in June, widening the gap between the state and national unemployment figures (though the disparity isn’t nearly as great — or as unusual — as Gov. Sarah Sanders would have you believe).

Here’s the full report from the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services:

Press Release- June 2024Download

Benjamin Hardy is managing editor at the Arkansas Times.