State jobless rate holds steady in September

Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1999 | 11:09 a.m.

There were about 39,600 Nevadans out of work in September, down from 41,400 in August. There were 985,600 people working in Nevada during September, up from 977,300 a month earlier.

A Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation report Wednesday shows a generally stable state economy and many job opportunities. But mining was down 100 workers; construction was down 500 workers; and finance-insurance-real estate was down 300 employees in September.

On a month-to-month basis, the casino-related service industry was up 600 jobs; trade was up 900; manufacturing was up 200; and transportation-utilities was up 300.

Government was up 7,200 jobs between August and September, mainly due to schools reopening.

The metropolitan Las Vegas unemployment rate in September was 4.4 percent, down slightly from 4.5 percent from August.

In the Reno area, the seasonally adjusted September jobless rate was 2.8 percent, also down slightly from an August rate of 3 percent.

The state report also showed September unemployment rates of 4.1 percent in Carson City and 3.7 percent in the Elko-Eureka counties area.

Monthly rates for other areas of the state aren't available from DETR, but a July-September quarterly analysis showed declines in most of the state's outlying counties compared with the same quarter in 1998.

Among counties with quarterly decreases were Lyon, 6.6 percent to 6.5 percent; White Pine, 5 percent to 3.1 percent; Douglas, 4.1 percent to 3.7 percent; Elko, 4.9 percent to 4 percent; and Humboldt, down from 6.3 percent to 5.1 percent.

Among counties with increases were Churchill, from 5.7 percent to 6.8 percent; and Nye, from 3.9 percent to 4.6 percent.

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