Nevada’s unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 of a percentage point in July to 4.8 percent, after hovering at 4.7 percent for three months, but remains well below a year ago, when it was 5.6 percent.
Seasonally-adjusted employment rose 5,300 in July to a new record high of over 1.34 million jobs,according to Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
