(Source: District of Columbia Department of Employment Services) Washington, DC - The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services reported today that 8,400 jobs were added to the District's private sector industries during October 2015. The seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate was 6.6 percent - down by 0.1 percentage point from the reported and revised September unemployment rate. The District's preliminary October job estimates show public sector payrolls decreased by 200 jobs, for a total of 773,000 jobs in the District. The numbers are drawn from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) through its monthly survey of the District of Columbia's employers....
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