November job growth felt in Carson City, statewide
The number of jobs created statewide as of November 2017 continue to set state employment records in Nevada's major metropolitan areas of Clark and Washoe counties, according to a November 2017 report released by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).
Since November 2016, the total number of jobs created in Nevada rose 2.7 percent to more than 35,000 positions.
Statewide numbers were influenced heavily by job growth in Las Vegas, which added more than 25,000 new positions between November 2016 and November 2017.
"All metro areas experienced job growth over the year and job levels continue to
trend up in the State’s major population centers," said DETR Chief Economist Bill Anderson.
In Carson City, total job creation for that same 12-month reached 600 and increased by 2.1 percent over the course of a year.
These numbers affect state and local jobless rates as well, Anderson said.
"In November the jobless rates are down slightly over the year in all metros," he said. "Sustained growth in the labor force will continue to limit declines in the jobless rate."
Unemployment in the Nevada state capital settled at five percent as of November 2017, three-tenths of a percentage point down from this time last year.
Las Vegas and Reno unemployment rates were reported to be 5.1 and 4.0 percent, respectively, as of the end of November 2017.
Unemployment rates throughout Nevada ranged from a state-low 2.9 percent in Eureka County to the state high of 6.4 percent in Nye County.
Year-to-date, initial unemployment insurance claims have declined in all but three counties.
Carson City's year-to-date initial unemployment claims declined from 340 in 2017, while Clark and Washoe counties boasted reductions in initial unemployment insurance claims by 1,200 and 850, respectively.
Sixteen of Nevada's 17 counties also experienced an increase in average weekly wages in the second quarter of 2017.
Carson City saw a wage increase of 7.6 percent, while Washoe County's wage rose by 3.5 percent. Both increases were greater than in the Silver State as a whole.