Figure levels off after dipping five straight months

Tennessee's preliminary unemployment rate for June was 4.1 percent, unchanged from the May revised rate, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today.

From June 2015 to June 2016, Tennessee's unemployment rate decreased to 4.1 percent from 5.7 percent, according to a release.

Prior to June, the rate has dipped for five consecutive months.

The national preliminary unemployment rate for June was 4.9 percent. It was 4.7 percent in May.

There was increase of 11,200 non-farm jobs in the state from May to June, with the largest decreases occurring in leisure/hospitality, local government and other services.

Year over year, non-farm employment in the state saw the addition of 68,800 jobs. The largest increases occurred in education/health services, trade/transportation