THE RHODE ISLAND unemployment rate declined 0.4 percentage points year over year in June to 3.6%. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment for Rhode Islanders declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.6% in June, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training Thursday. The United States unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than Rhode Island’s in June at 3.7%. The number of unemployed in the state declined 10% from June…