Nevada’s labor market kept chugging along in June, with more jobs on the books but the same stubborn unemployment rate.
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) released its June report Thursday, showing total jobs were up 2.3% compared with a year earlier while the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stayed put at 5.1%. In other words, the state is hiring, but plenty of people are still looking for work.
Local coverage of the report noted that much of the statewide growth is coming from a handful of private sector industries, according to FOX5 Las Vegas. Reno’s payrolls were roughly 1.5% higher than in June 2025, even though they slipped 0.2% from May 2026. Carson City, meanwhile, logged a 0.6% drop in jobs year over year and a 0.3% dip from the prior month.
Reno and Carson City snapshots
Reno’s annual gain suggests parts of northern Nevada are still on relatively solid footing, even if the latest month brought a bit of a breather. Carson City did not get the same boost, with the capital seeing declines on both the yearly and monthly comparisons…