LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada’s April unemployment rate remains unchanged from March despite adding 12,800 seasonally-adjusted jobs in that time.
The state’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Wednesday that Nevada’s April unemployment rate was 7.1 percent where it has been for four consecutive months.
Nevada’s Chief Economist Bill Anderson says in a statement that the state’s growing pool of workers is likely why the rate remained unchanged.
Compared to a year ago, the jobless rate fell one percentage point and employment in ever sector grew except for natural resources and mining.
The agency predicts the state’s employment numbers will surpass a pre-recession peak by mid-2016.
Before the recession Nevada employed 1.1 million full-time workers before dropping to about 830,000 during the downturn. The number of full-time workers stands at 987,000 in April.
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