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BOSTON (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 9.3 percent in September, as the state lost another 9,200 jobs.

The jobless rate in Massachusetts remains a half point lower than the national average, which rose to 9.8 percent last month. The state rate was 9.1 percent in August.

Rhode Island has not yet released its September unemployment rate. In August, the Ocean State's rate was 12.8 percent, third-highest in the country.

The Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development says employment fell in several sectors of the economy in September, with the largest decline being 5,800 jobs in the leisure and hospitality industry.

Employment was also down in manufacturing, construction and government. The professional, scientific and business services sector lost 200 jobs in September after gaining more than 3,000 jobs over the previous two months.

The Massachusetts unemployment rate was 5.3 percent at this time last year.

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