Unemployment rate in S.D. County was five percent in June

SAN DIEGO - The unemployment rate in San Diego County last month was 5 percent, edging up from 4.9 percent the month before but way below the 6.4 percent rate recorded a year ago, the state Employment Development Department announced today, July 17.

The unemployment rate statewide last month was 6.2 percent, and 5.5 percent nationwide. Neither figure is seasonally adjusted.

Local government added 1,500 jobs last month, while manufacturing added 1,000 positions, according to the agency's data. Over the past year, healthy job gains have been seen in professional, scientific and technical services; and health care and social assistance.

More than 78,000 San Diegans were unemployed last month, out of a workforce of nearly 1.6 million people. The number without jobs was more than 20,000 fewer than June 2014.