Massachusetts reported a mixed picture on jobs for September: the state unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent, despite losing 7,100 jobs.

According to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, Massachusetts’ unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent between August and September. The current rate of 4.6 percent is down from 6 percent in September of 2014. Nationally, the unemployment rate is 5.1 percent.

Job losses were felt in the education and health services sector (estimated 4,700 jobs lost) and trade, transportation, and utilities (estimated 3,000 jobs lost). Construction lost a seasonally-adjusted 2,000 jobs and manufacturing businesses cut 1,700 jobs.