JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lost 3,300 jobs in November but the state's jobless rate still dropped.
The Department of Economic Development reported Friday evening that the state's unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a point to 8.2 percent last month.
The decline in nonfarm employments comes after the state reported that it added about 1,100 jobs in October. However, the state reported a net loss of 4,000 nonfarm jobs in September.
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