? Kansas lost 3,200 private sector jobs in November, the Kansas Department of Labor said Friday.

It was the fourth negative jobs report in the last six months, bringing the state’s total private-sector job losses over the last year to 4,500. Those losses have come during a period when overall national employment has been rising, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“Employers in the retail trade industry continued to add jobs in November, but at a slower rate than expected,” said Emilie Doerksen, labor economist for the department. “This contributed to a seasonally adjusted decrease in private sector jobs over the month.”

The biggest losses were in the trade, transportation and utilities sector which, on a seasonally adjusted basis, lost an estimated 1,600 jobs over the month, or 0.6 percent.

The professional and business services sector lost an estimated 1,500 jobs, or 0.8 percent over the month.

There were small job gains in mining, construction, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and government.

The state’s unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.3 percent, down one-tenth of a point from October, but up from the 4.0 percent rate in November 2015.

The Lawrence-area jobless rate stayed at 3.3 percent, unchanged from October but up from 3.0 percent a year earlier.

The five-county Wichita metropolitan area continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the state, 4.2 percent. But that was down from 4.5 percent a month earlier.

Unemployment on the Kansas side of the Kansas City region was 3.6 percent, down two-tenths of a point from October.

Topeka’s unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in November, also down from October, while Manhattan’s rate was unchanged at 3.1 percent.

A previous version of this story and headline included incorrect context for the job losses. November was the fourth of the last six months to end in private-sector job losses.