Nevada July Jobs Rise by 4,000 as Carson City Loses 200 and Las Vegas Gains 2,300
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Updated · Carson Now · Aug 24
Nevada July Jobs Rise by 4,000 as Carson City Loses 200 and Las Vegas Gains 2,300
3 articles · Updated · Carson Now · Aug 24
Summary
Nevada added 4,000 nonfarm jobs in July, lifting total employment to 1,612,500 while the statewide unemployment rate edged down 0.1 point to 5%.
The labor force shrank by 5,077 workers, and state officials said both the lower jobless rate and weaker participation mirrored national trends even as U.S. payrolls fell by 23,000.
Las Vegas drove the monthly gains with 2,300 added jobs and Reno-Sparks added 900, while Carson City lost 200 jobs from June and was down 400 from a year earlier.
Year over year, Nevada job growth reached 1.1%, with professional services and health care leading at more than 4%, pointing to a still-steady labor market entering the year's second half.