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Another Slight Rise In Nevada Co Unemployment

Posted: Sep. 15, 2017 5:36 PM PDT

There was very little change in Nevada County’s unemployment rate in August, compared to July. Luis Allejo, with the Employment Development Department, says it was slightly up, from 4.6% to 4.7%, continuing a gradual climb this summer. But Allejo says there were 320 additional civilian jobs…

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The August 2016 rate was also 4.7%. The vast majority of job increases was in the Government sector…

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The biggest drop in employment was also seasonal, or 130 jobs in the Leisure and Hospitality sector, which includes recreation and tourism-related jobs. Nevada County had the 14th lowest rate among the state’s 58 counties, compared to 12th in July.

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