October unemployment rates increase in four North Bay counties, California
Unemployment rates stayed the same in two North Bay counties last month and rose in the other four, along with California, according to state figures released Friday.
Lake County was the only county in the region higher than the statewide unemployment rate of 4%, according to the Employment Development Department.
Of Lake County’s five neighbors in the North Bay, Marin and Sonoma counties in October both reported unchanged unemployment rates from September.
Reporting slight rises last month were Napa, Mendocino and Solano counties, according to the figures.
Despite the uptick last month in the state’s unemployment rate, California gained enough jobs to have fully recovered its losses during the pandemic, according to the economic development agency.
Marin County
The unemployment rate was 2.2% in October, unchanged from September. Last year in October, the county’s unemployment rate was 3.4%.
The county added jobs in construction; trade, transportation and utilities; educational and health services; and government. Fewer jobs were available in professional and business services; and leisure and hospitality.
Sonoma County
Last month’s rate was 2.6%, unchanged from September. Last year in October, the county’s unemployment rate was 4.2%.
The county added jobs in construction; trade, transportation and utilities; financial activities; professional and business services; educational and health services; leisure and hospitality; and government. Fewer jobs were available in manufacturing.
Napa County
Last month’s unemployment rate was 2.7%, up from a revised 2.6% in September. The county’s unemployment rate in September 2021 was 4.4%.
The county added jobs in educational and health services. There were no fewer jobs in any of the sectors.
Mendocino County
Last month’s rate was 3.3%, up from a revised 3.2% in September. The county’s unemployment rate in October 2021 was 4.8%.
The county added jobs in wholesale trade; transportation, warehousing and utilities; financial activities; professional and business services; educational and health services; and local government. Fewer jobs were available in manufacturing; mining and logging; and leisure and hospitality.
Solano County
Last month’s rate was 3.9%, up from a revised 3.8% in September. Last October, the county’s unemployment rate was 6%.
Jobs were added in construction; trade, transportation and utilities; financial activities; educational and health services; leisure and hospitality; and government. Fewer jobs were available in professional and business services.
Lake County
The October rate was 4.5%, up from a revised 4.3% in September. Last year in October, the county’s unemployment rate was 6.2%.
The county added jobs in mining, logging and construction; educational and health services; and local government. Fewer jobs were available in manufacturing; trade, transportation and utilities; financial activities; and leisure and hospitality.
