Nevada County’s unemployment rate jumped half-a-point from May to June, to 4.3%. But Luis Allejo, with the State Employment Development Department, says it’s a seasonal increase…

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Meanwhile, there were no notable declines in the county’s job sectors. Allejo says the biggest increase, of 500 jobs, was in Leisure and Hospitality, which is also nothing unusual for June…

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The sector with the second-highest numerical climb was Retail Trade, with a 90-job monthly increase, followed by Mining, Logging, and Construction, with a 70-job increase. And despite the monthly spike in the unemployment rate, Nevada County’s ranking improved 3 spots, with the 12th-lowest rate among the 58 counties. Allejo also notes that the May rate was the lowest rate for that month in 16 years.