{"id":894504,"date":"2026-10-25T20:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T20:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/894504\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T20:38:22","slug":"carson-city-unemployment-up-slightly-in-september-reno-and-vegas-remain-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/894504\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson City unemployment up slightly in September, Reno and Vegas remain steady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September unemployment in the greater Carson City and Reno areas was 3.5 percent with Las Vegas at 4.8 percent, according to the latest economic report from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August, Carson City\u2019s unemployment was 3.3 percent. In Reno, it was 3.5 percent and Vegas, 4.8 percent, making the September unemployment rate unchanged in Nevada\u2019s two largest metro areas, according to DETR.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" data-attachment-id=\"230476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/10\/25\/2026\/carson-city-unemployment-up-slightly-in-september-reno-and-vegas-remain-steady\/screen-shot-2026-10-25-at-9-13-31-am\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.13.31-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1726,860\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2026-10-25 at 9.13.31 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.13.31-AM-1024x510.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.13.31-AM-1024x510.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230476\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"230478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/10\/25\/2026\/carson-city-unemployment-up-slightly-in-september-reno-and-vegas-remain-steady\/screen-shot-2026-10-25-at-9-19-41-am\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.19.41-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1728,856\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2026-10-25 at 9.19.41 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.19.41-AM-1024x507.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.19.41-AM-1024x507.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230478\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" data-attachment-id=\"230479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/10\/25\/2026\/carson-city-unemployment-up-slightly-in-september-reno-and-vegas-remain-steady\/screen-shot-2026-10-25-at-9-20-51-am\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.20.51-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1736,862\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2026-10-25 at 9.20.51 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.20.51-AM-1024x508.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carsonnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screen-Shot-2026-10-25-at-9.20.51-AM-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230479\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Silver State\u2019s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in September 2026 which decreased by 0.1 percentage points from August, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seasonally adjusted estimates account for regularly seen economic patterns, with the following estimates not seasonally adjusted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Nevada\u2019s counties, the lowest unemployment rate was observed in Elko County at 3 percent, while Mineral County had the highest rate at 7.2 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a look at the unemployment rate in your county, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadaworkforce.com\/Area-Profiles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Area Profiles Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest information on the Nevada economy including employment, unemployment and unemployment insurance check out the monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadaworkforce.com\/_docs\/Labor-Market-Overview\/Current_Release.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Labor Market Overview<\/a>, or to see the data on your area, take a look at the monthly Local Area <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadaworkforce.com\/_docs\/Labor-Market-Overview\/Current_Sub-State_Release.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Labor Market Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional information on unemployment estimates along with a complete breakout of unemployment in counties, cities, and other areas in Nevada can be found by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadaworkforce.com\/LAUS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Area Unemployment Statistics page<\/a>. Additionally, employment estimates by industry can be found at DETR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadaworkforce.com\/CES\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Current Employment Statistics page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September unemployment in the greater Carson City and Reno areas was 3.5 percent with Las Vegas at 4.8&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101,6355,6356],"class_list":["post-894504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-frontpage","tag-frontpage-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894504","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=894504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}