Although Nevada added jobs on a monthly basis, the state's unemployment rate continued to climb, and Nevada teaching jobs and healthcare jobs were the only industry to see a yearly increase in employment.
During February, the Nevada unemployment rate increased from 13 percent to 13.2 percent, following an increase from 12.9 percent during December 2009. That increase keeps the state's rate above the national unemployment rate of 9.7 percent.
Nevada had a total non-farm employment of 1,122,800 workers during February, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,117,700 workers, but a 5.2 percent decrease from last year.
Six industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment during February, including: manufacturing by 100 jobs; trade, transportation and utilities by 800 jobs; professional and business services by 2,500 jobs; education and health services by 900 jobs; leisure and hospitality by 2,300 jobs; and other services by 100 jobs.
Employment in the mining and logging and information industries remained even over the month with 11,200 jobs and 12,400 jobs, respectively.
The education and health services industry was the only industry that managed to see a yearly increase in employment. The industry employed 100,700 workers during February, up from 99,800 workers during January and a 4.5 percent increase from February 2009.
The construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year. The industry employed 68,700 workers during February, down from 69,300 workers during January and a 27.8 percent decrease from last year.
Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:
- mining and logging by 5.1 percent
- manufacturing by 9.6 percent
- trade, transportation and utilities by 4.9 percent
- information by 8.8 percent
- financial activities by 5.2 percent
- professional and business services by 1.3 percent
- leisure and hospitality by 3.7 percent
- other services by 1.7 percent
- government by 3.6 percent
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