The unemployment rate is decreasing in the state of West Virginia.

Job gains in construction and other occupations cut West Virginia’s unemployment rate by one-tenth of a percentage point in April to 5.2 percent.

Workforce West Virginia said 42,400 West Virginians were unemployed in April, a decline of 600 from the same period in 2007.

Despite the gains, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose three-tenths of a percentage point to 5 percent.

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