< Back to All News

Unemployment Rate Still Stagnant But Good

Posted: Dec. 16, 2016 4:25 PM PDT

Another routine employment report for Nevada County. The jobless rate remains around 4-and-a-half-percent for November. State Labor Market Consultant, Luis Allejo, says that’s where it’s stayed for the last several months…

click to listen to Luis Allejo

Meanwhile, Allejo says there’s more notable annual improvement. The rate was 5.3% for November of last year, or .7% higher. The sector with the biggest monthly numerical increase in employment was Leisure and Hospitality, with a 140-job gain….

click to listen to Luis Allejo

The sector with the second-largest numerical gain was Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, or 90 more jobs, which includes seasonal retail employment. Nevada County also has the 13th lowest unemployment rate among the state’s 58 counties for the second straight month.

More from my site

More from my site

KNCO Web Comments Guidelines

  1. Keep it clean. Comments with inappropriate language, no matter how cleverly spelled or decorated will not be posted.
  2. Comments on the way the story was written or misspelled words will be passed on to the story authors and not posted.
  3. Please use your real name. Anonymous comments or comments posted using a fake name or web handle may not be posted.
  4. Please use your real email address so we can contact you.
  5. No flaming. Any comments that are primarily of a name calling finger pointing nature may not be posted.
  6. The comment section is not a right it is a privilege. KNCO retains all rights as to what is posted on its website.

Leave A Comment

*

*

* captcha