Employment News and Articles Las Vegas & Southern Nevada

Unemployment Tax to Stay the Same in Nevada in 2006 Despite forecasts of a continued economic boom, the Nevada unemployment tax will remain unchanged in 2006, the state Employment Security Division decided. The average rate for state unemployment tax is 1.38 percent this year. During 2005, the state is expected to add 68,000 new jobs at an annual growth rate of 6.2 percent. That is by far the biggest growth rate in the nation and compares with a national average of 1.7 percent. Vogel, Ed. "Tax Rate Won't Change" Las Vegas Review Journal 10 November 2005: D1+.

Jobs Still Abundant in Nevada- Unemployment dropped slightly in August to 4.1%. State unemployment in July was 4.2%. In the past year, businesses added 72,200 jobs to bring the number of people working in the state to 1,231,800. 9/17/2005.

Nevada #1 in Job Growth Nevada has again outpaced every other state in the nation in job creation. Nearly 76,000 jobs were added over the last year. 4/19/2005

Unemployment Creeps Upward: Las Vegas Area Joblessness Falls Even as State Rate Advances Slightly Nevada continues to lead the nation in job growth thanks to the explosive Las Vegas area economy, even though the statewide unemployment rate edged up slightly in December, a report Monday from the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation shows. 1/25/2005

New Nursing School Could Help Ease Skilled Labor Shortage In addition to providing one more alternative to nursing students seeking out Southern Nevada for their schooling, USN's program will also allow them to begin their nursing careers earlier, offering a little more weight on the nurse's end of the notoriously imbalanced nurse-patient teeter-totter. 12/13/2004

2005 Job Growth Projections Strong Amid Concerns Through October 2004, the Silver State added 54,400 new jobs, up 4.9 percent from the same year-ago month. In that same time, the nation added 2.1 million jobs, a 1.6 percent up-tick. Nevada's population grew 3.4 percent, leading the nation from 2002 to 2003 and is expected to do the same when the final numbers hit for 2004. "Everything should still look good for 2005," adds Schwer. 12/13/2004

Las Vegas Ranks High On Job Growth It was the second year in a row that Las Vegas finished second in the 200-city index, which is based on a job creation survey that measures nine categories involving long-term and short-term employment, high-tech industry output and wage growth. 11/19/2004

Starting Salaries Depend on Which Position You Get Base starting salaries for information technology (IT) workers in the Las Vegas area are expected to remain fairly flat in 2005, while accountants and other financial professions are expected to see a modest increase, according to a recently released survey. 11/22/2004

Jobless Rate Falls in State-Economists Call Construction Driving Force Behind Trend. Unemployment in Nevada fell to 3.6 percent in October, the lowest rate in more than 25 years, the state announced Friday. In the last year, businesses in Nevada have led the nation in job creation, adding 51,100 jobs for a 4.7 percent annual rate of job creation. Idaho is second with a 3.5 percent job creation rate. 11/20/2004

Las Vegas Stays Second in Job Report Study shows salary growth not keeping pace with job progress. Las Vegas remained at No. 2 on the Milken Institute's list of best-performing cities based on the ability to create and sustain jobs, according to a report to be released today. 11/17/2004 Las Vegas Review Journal

Job Growth = Appreciation November 2004 In strong markets, households are reaping double-digit appreciation: 52 percent in Las Vegas and 38 percent in Anaheim, Calif., for example. The appreciation figures mask a country growing increasingly divided between households enjoying strong appreciation gains and those largely without. People are following the jobs, and home price appreciation is following the people.

County Job Growth Ranks Among Highest in Nation Clark County had the second highest job growth of the nation's largest counties from March 2003 to March 2004, according to the Labor Department. 10/29/2004 In Business Las Vegas

Small-business hiring, pay surges Expert: Statistics show more people finding employment in Silver State "Approximately 98 percent of businesses in our state are small businesses" with fewer than 100 employees, according to the Nevada Commission on Economic Development survey. 11/6/2004

 

 

 

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