Orange County’s unemployment rate fell to 4.0% in November from a revised 4.2% in October and above the 3.8% rate seen in November last year, according to the state’s Employment Development Department.
The state’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3% from 5.4% in October. The U.S.’s was 4.0%.
Nonfarm OC employment increased by 4,200 jobs from September to October when 1.72 million were employed.
Six of the 11 industry sectors saw job increases.
Leading the job increase was trade, transportation and utilities, up 4,200 jobs. About 3,500 of these jobs were in retail trade.
The construction sector fell the most, 2,100 jobs.
About 18.1 million worked in California in October, an increase of 11,100 nonfarm jobs from October and up about 208,500 jobs from a year earlier.
Five of the 11 industry sectors added jobs month-over-month, led by private education and health services, up 13,100.
People receiving unemployment benefits rose by 20,614 to 364,202.