More jobs were lost last month while the Reno unemployment rate continued to increase.

During July, the Reno-Sparks area saw its unemployment rate increase from 11.8 percent to 12.2 percent. This is higher than the unemployment rate of 6.7 percent the area saw last year and higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. The area has not seen a decrease in unemployment since April, when the rate went from 11.2 percent to 11 percent.

The area had a total non-farm employment of 197,400 workers during July, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 200,100 workers during June and an 8.4 percent decrease from last year.

No industries managed to add jobs when compared to last year. The mining and logging industry employed 400 workers during July, the same as during June and the same as last year.

The construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year. That industry employed 11,700 workers during July, which is the same as during June, but a 32.8 percent decrease from last year.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in jobs include:

  • manufacturing by 9.1 percent
  • trade, transportation and utilities by 2.5 percent
  • information by 7.1 percent
  • financial activities by 6.1 percent
  • professional and business services by 11.7 percent
  • education and health services by .9 percent
  • leisure and hospitality by 11.8 percent
  • other services by 5.4 percent
  • government by 2.9 percent