Nevada County’s unemployment rate is looking more like it normally would this time of year. It dropped another half-a-point or so in May, from April, and is now at five-point-four percent. EDD Analyst, Luis Allejo, says there was a gain of 230 jobs…

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Leisure and Hospitality, one of the county’s largest employment sectors, actually recovered 620 jobs from a year ago, when the jobless rate was 13-point-1 percent during the Stay At Home Order. Meanwhile, Alejo says there was a loss of 68-hundred-70 jobs, in April of a year ago. But 41-hundred-50 jobs were recovered, as of May of this year…

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Looking over the last year, Alejo says the six sectors with the biggest gains have been Leisure and Hospitality, followed by Retail Trade, Professional and Business Services, Educational and Health Services, Construction, and Manufacturing.