Arizona unemployment rate rises to 4.7 percent in September

Arizona’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is up, rising to 4.7 percent in September from 4.6 percent in August as the state’s labor force grew by just over 9,700 people and the economy gained 35,400 non-farm jobs.

The state Office of Economic Opportunity says two of every three additional jobs were in government and that the rest were in the private sector.

Within the private sector, education and health services had the largest increase with 4,000 additional jobs, following by professional and business services with 3,100 additional jobs.