Overall in California, the unemployment rate rose from 5.2 percent to 5.4 percent for the month, even though the state’s non-farm payroll jobs increased by 40,300.
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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for California was 5.4 percent in June, up from 5.2 percent in May and below the 6.2 percent rate in June 2015. The rate was 4.6 percent in January, before it started its five-month streak. Florida reported 4.7 percent, down from 5.3 percent a year ago.
Stanislaus County saw its unemployment rate climb in June as school layoffs coincided with the end of the spring harvest season, according to the latest report from the Employment Development Department.
Meanwhile, applications for US unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, hitting a three-month low, indicating the labor market remains steady.
Average wage growth for the past 12 months in Colorado was 1.6 percent, the slowest rate of growth in months, based on the data.
Turlock had an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent in June, up from the 7.1 percent posted in April.
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DWS says there are about 59,200 Utah residents who are unemployed and looking for work. That’s below the 3.5 percent that is consistent with healthy economic growth. “It begins with a new, fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat”, Trump said at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
