Carson City’s unemployment in April fell slightly to 6.7 percent, down 0.1 percent from March and 0.8 percent over the year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
Carson City job numbers were expected to be stagnant but instead actually showed an increase of 200 jobs, said Bill Anderson, chief economist for the state’s employment agency.
The statewide unemployment rate sits at 5.8 percent in April as reported last week. Nevada unemployment rates in April varied on a month-over-month basis, but decreased in the past year.
The over-the-year unemployment rate in the Reno/Sparks area has decreased 1.2 percentage points, to 5.4 percent, and is down 0.1 percentage point over-the-month, said Anderson.
Meanwhile, the rate in Las Vegas is up 0.1 percentage point from March, at 6.1 percent, and is down 0.8 percentage points from last year.
“Nevada’s largest population centers gained employment on a year-over-year basis, pointing to the continued improvement in the Silver State’s economy statewide,” Anderson said. “The fact that the rate rose slightly in Las Vegas in April is not cause for concern. The annual measures of unemployment are more indicative of the state of the economy.
Job readings in April show that Clark County has regained all of the 134,300 jobs lost, from its peak in 2007 to the trough in 2010, said Anderson. Relative to April 2015, Las Vegas experienced the highest nominal job growth, adding 23,600 jobs, an increase of 2.6 percent. In the state as a whole, job numbers also increased 2.6 percent year-over-year, adding a seasonally adjusted 32,900 jobs.
