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Nevada County’s Jobless Rate Drops Slightly

Posted: Sep. 16, 2016 5:18 PM PDT

After two straight summer months of increases, it’s a slight drop for Nevada County’s unemployment rate for August. The rate dropped two-tenths of a point from the previous month to 4-point-percent. Luis Allejo, with the Employment Development Department, says that’s also three-tenths of a point better than a year ago…

click to listen to Luis Allejo

Allejo says there was an increase of 200 jobs. Meanwhile, the retail trade sector had the biggest decline in jobs…

click to listen to Luis Allejo

Otherwise, the employment picture continues to look rather flat for Nevada County. We still have the 13th lowest rate among the state’s 58 counties, unchanged from July.

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