County jobless rate stalled at 7.3%.Byline: Christian Wihtol The Register-Guard Lane County's jobless job·less adj. 1. Having no job. 2. Of or relating to those who have no jobs. n. (used with a pl. verb) Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the. rate remained stuck at 7.3 percent in September, the state said Friday, as job increases in construction, education and private health care were offset by drops in retail trade and in leisure and hospitality. The jobless rate equals the state's, but is far above the national seasonally unadjusted rate of 5.8 percent, said Brian Rooney Brian Rooney (c. 1970) is a construction worker who is a suspect (and currently the only suspect), in the abduction and murder of 21-year-old college student Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a senior from the University of Vermont, located in Burlington, Vermont. , a labor economist with the Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. Employment Department. The county jobless rate a year ago was 6 percent. On the bright side, nonfarm employment in September reached 140,900, up 0.5 percent - or 700 jobs - from a year earlier, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the state report. Here's a look at some sectors: Construction was up 300 jobs from August, to 7,100. Manufacturing was flat, at 18,700 jobs. Retail trade declined by 200 jobs, to 18,200. Professional and business services were unchanged, at 15,100 jobs. Private educational and health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract were up 300 jobs, to 19,300, due to an increase of 200 health-care jobs and a seasonal increase of 100 jobs in private education, Rooney said. Leisure and hospitality, a category that includes hotels and restaurants, was down 100 jobs, for 13,600. Government was up 1,300 jobs, for 24,300, mainly due to the start of fall classes at school districts and at colleges. |
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