After dropping about half-a-point the previous month, Nevada County’s unemployment rate has now gone up half-a-point, from September to October, to 5-point-1 percent. But Luis Allejo, with the local Employment Development office, says it’s not a concern and not unusual…
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Allejo says the only sector showing a notable increase in jobs, or 1-point-6 percent, was in local government…
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The rate is also nearly one-point lower than a year ago. And for the fourth straight month, Nevada County has the 15th lowest jobless rate among the 58 counties in California.
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