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Nevada County’s Jobless Rate Spikes Up

Posted: Jul. 22, 2016 5:52 PM PDT

Nevada County’s unemployment rate spiked up in June. At 5-percent, it’s up seven-tenths of a point from May. But the Assistant Director of the regional One-Stop Career Center, Luis Moreno, says that’s not unusual this time of year…

click to listen to Luis Moreno

The Leisure and Hospitality sector gained the most jobs, at 230, which is usually one of the largest in Nevada County…

click to listen to Luis Moreno

Other sectors with notable gains were retail, adding 80 jobs from the month before. 80 jobs were also added in the mining, logging, and construction sector. But despite the significant increase in the jobless rate, the County still has the 13th lowest rate among California’s 58 counties, an improvement of two spots from May.

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