Close behind are Marin and San Francisco counties, which have unemployment rates of 3.5 and 3.6 percent, respectively.
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The Vermont Department of Labor says the state’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 3.6 percent.
From August 2014 to August 2015, the state’s non-farm employment was up 41,100 jobs, according to the governor’s office.
State unemployment is now the lowest it’s been since January 2008. “But the employment growth rate is the single best gauge we have of the overall economy“.
Nationwide, 173,000 jobs were created in August.
Weaver said that someone who works for the National Forest Service in a seasonal position locally might be laid off and move into the retail sector around the holidays. The biggest jump came in the government sector, which added 2,800 jobs.
Riverside County’s unemployment rate was 7 percent, while San Bernardino County’s was 6.5 percent.
Gov. Rick Scott said Friday he was excited that Florida added 20,000 private-sector jobs last month.
The number of people unemployed in California was 1,163,000 – down by 17,000 over the month, and down by 222,000 compared with August of previous year.
Florida’s job growth has been positive for 46 consecutive months, according to the report.
The August state employment statistics shows the unemployment situation for states and regions is little changed from July.
The seasonally adjusted Vermont data for August show the Vermont civilian labor force decreased by 700 from the prior month estimate.
“The decline that we’ve seen in manufacturing is far more than just cyclical”, Pakko said. At this time previous year , it was over a full point higher at 6.4%.
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Leisure and hospitality was the largest of the four declining industry sectors in August, followed by financial activities, construction, and professional and business services. Southeastern Connecticut remains mired in recession, and is down 1,300 jobs, or 1 percent, over the year.
