JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The unemployment rate in Alaska is holding steady.

The state Department of Labor on Friday says the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4 percent in October, and that’s unchanged from September.

The department says a release that the comparable national unemployment rate was 5.0 percent.

State labor officials say the unadjusted rate increased from 5.7 percent in September to 6.1 percent last month, a normal uptick as seasonal jobs like those in the tourism industry see a slow down in the winter months.

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