Latest Unemployment Numbers Released
Posted by admin in Local News Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:51 No Comments
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The state’s unemployment rate rose slightly in April to 10.6 percent, its highest level in a quarter of a century, but an analysts remained hopeful because the number of jobless Nevadans dropped by about 100.
Monthly figures released by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation showed that the rate increased 0.2 percent from March, and put the state well above the national jobless rate of 8.9 percent in April.
The report said 146,300 Nevadans were out of work statewide in April, down about 100 from the March total. About 1.2 million people held jobs.
