The highest rate of joblessness last month was in Lake County at 7.3%, while Napa County\u2019s rate of 4.2% was the lowest in the region.<\/p>\n
Unemployment rates across the North Bay rose in June after four straight months of lower rates, according to state figures released Friday.<\/p>\n
California\u2019s month-over-month rate was 5.4%, a slight increase from 5.3% in May, according to the state Employment Development Department.<\/p>\n
June\u2019s unemployment rates within the North Bay were lowest in Napa County, at 4.2%. Marin County followed at 4.5%, while Sonoma County\u2019s rate was 4.6%. Solano County\u2019s jobless rate last month was 5.6%. Mendocino County\u2019s rate was 5.8% and Lake County\u2019s rate was 7.3%, according to the EDD.<\/p>\n
Statewide, the largest job gains were in health care and social assistance. Month-over-month job gains also were strong in the leisure and hospitality sector.<\/p>\n
For the third consecutive month, the biggest decline in jobs was in the professional and business services sector, according to the state agency.<\/p>\n
Napa County<\/p>\n
The unemployment rate in Napa County was 4.2% in June, up from a revised 3.5% in May. The rate in June 2024 was 3.8%.<\/p>\n
The county added jobs in mining, logging and construction; trade, transportation and utilities; and leisure and hospitality. Fewer jobs were available in manufacturing.<\/p>\n
Marin County<\/p>\n
The unemployment rate in Marin County was 4.5% in June, up from a revised 3.6% in May. The rate in June 2024 was 4.1%.<\/p>\n
The county added jobs in construction; financial activities; leisure and hospitality; and government. Fewer jobs were available in trade, transportation and utilities, and professional and business services.<\/p>\n
Sonoma County<\/p>\n
The unemployment rate in Sonoma County was 4.6% in June, up from a revised 3.8% in May. The rate in June 2024 was 4.2%.<\/p>\n
The county added jobs in construction; trade, transportation and utilities; professional and business services; and leisure and hospitality. There was no decrease in jobs in other sectors.<\/p>\n
Solano County<\/p>\n
The unemployment rate in Solano County was 5.6% in June, up from a revised 4.7% in May. The rate in June 2024 was 5%.<\/p>\n
The county added jobs in construction; trade, transportation and utilities; and government. Fewer jobs were available in leisure and hospitality.<\/p>\n
Mendocino County<\/p>\n
The jobless rate in Mendocino County was 5.8% in June, up from a revised 4.9% in May. The rate in June 2024 was 5.3%.<\/p>\n
The county added jobs in mining, logging and construction; trade, transportation, warehousing and utilities; retail; private education and health services; leisure and hospitality; and state government. Fewer jobs were available in professional and business services, and federal government.<\/p>\n
Lake County<\/p>\n
The jobless rate in Lake County was 7.3% in June, up from a revised 6.3% in May. The rate in June 2024 was 6.6%.<\/p>\n
The county added jobs in manufacturing; trade, transportation, warehousing and utilities; leisure and hospitality; and federal government. Fewer jobs were available in mining, logging and construction; retail, professional and business services; private education and health services; and local government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The highest rate of joblessness last month was in Lake County at 7.3%, while Napa County\u2019s rate of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[28,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-20014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-jobs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}