Unemployment dips slightly across the Valley

McALLEN – While local unemployment has dropped steadily for a few months, it bumped up again slightly last month across individual cities, the state of Texas and nationwide.

May’s unemployment rate for the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area sat at 7.2 percent, down from 7.3 in April.

However, city unemployment rates for McAllen, Edinburg and Mission increased about .1 percent to 4.6, 4.8 and 5.7 percent, respectively.

In Texas, the unemployment rate was 4.3 percent last month, up from 4.2 percent in April. The national rate was 5.5 percent, up from 5.4 percent.

Also, visit the Texas Workforce Commission for more.