Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation

Amid rising inflation, Nevada continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation despite a steady growth of jobs in the state.

Nevada’s steady decline in unemployment continued from January into February according to the latest data from the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).

Officials with the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) today said Nevada’s unemployment rate is now at 5.2%, down from 5.3% in December.

It could take up to a decade to determine how many fraudulent claims came through Nevada’s unemployment insurance system during the pandemic.

Job growth in Nevada continued in December with a slight improvement over the previous month according to a jobs report released this week.

The unemployment rate in Nevada remains among the highest in the United States as the pandemic continues to inject uncertainty into the economy and impede full recovery.

Businesses will not face an unemployment insurance (UI) tax rate hike in 2022, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced today. 

Nevada officials this week said the state was second in the nation for job creation since September 2020.

The data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) June 2021 economic report is the first look at the state’s workforce recovery since the full reopening on June 1.

Some business owners are reporting it’s difficult to find any workers right now, and there’s debate over whether low wages or expanded unemployment benefits are the cause.