FILE PHOTO: People are reflected in mirror as they read notices displayed at a job fair in Beijing, China February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds, excluding college students, stood at 17.3% in October, slightly down from 17.7% the month prior, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.

The unemployment rate for 25-to-29-year-olds, excluding students, remained unchanged at 7.2% from a month earlier, while the jobless rate for 30-to-59-year-olds fell to 3.8% from 3.9%, the data showed.

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)