The nation's jobless rate in November climbed 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted 4.8 percent, its first increase since September, the Management and Coordination Agency said Tuesday.
The jobless rate for men stood at 5 percent, up 0.1 point, while the rate for women stood at 4.5 percent, up 0.2 point.
In September, overall unemployment had advanced 0.1 point to 4.7 percent, a level it kept in October. In November, however, the number of unemployed rose by 140,000, or 4.7 percent over the previous year, to 3.09 million people, the third month in a row it has expanded, the agency said in a preliminary report.