The local unemployment rate has risen for the 4th consecutive month.
The state Labor Department reports the jobless rate for the Rochester metro is up to 3.5% in August.
That's a 3-tenths of a point increase from July, and a full point higher than the record-low 2.5% in April.
The rate is lower than the statewide rate of 3.9%, as well as the 3.7% rate the previous August.
And the metro has gained over 10,000 jobs year-over-year.