The March unemployment rate in Merced County is up slightly – 0.2 percent from the previous month – despite a stronger than normal showing from farm labor jobs, according to numbers from the Employment Development Department. The county’s jobless rate was 16.3 percent in March, which higher than the rate in February, but is down from the 17.3 percent from this time last year. The county lost 100 farm jobs in March from the previous month, which is relatively fewer than normal, according to Pedro Vargas, a labor analyst with EDD. More on this in tomorrows Sun-Star.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:41:51 +0000
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