Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, December 31, 2003
JoCo unemployment rate
rises slightly up to 7.3%
In Josephine County
during November, total
nonfarm payroll employ-
ment fell by nearly 400
jobs, said Oregon Employ-
ment Dept.
During the past year,
payroll employment has
fallen by 50 jobs. The
county’s reduction of 0.2
percent is much less than
Oregon statewide, where
payroll employment has
declined by 1.9 percent
since November 2002.
Josephine County’s
unemployment rate rose
slightly, up from 7.2 per-
cent the prior month to 7.3
percent in November. The
mythical state of Jefferson
appears to be holding up a
little better during this re-
covery from recession than
the state of Oregon.
Construction employ-
ment fell by 60 jobs in No-
vember, but has managed a
gain of 50 during the past
year. Manufacturing was
little changed over the
month, falling by slightly
more than 20 over the
year.
Oregon, overall has
lost nearly 2,000 manufac-
turing jobs since Novem-
ber 2002.
Most of Josephine
County’s industry sectors
saw little change in em-
ployment from October to
November. The exceptions
were leisure and hospital-
ity and government, which
shed 160 and 120 jobs,
respectively. In November,
federal (-30), state (-30)
and local government edu-
cation (-60) all had em-
ployment declines.
During the past year in
Josephine County, private
employment has risen by
310, while government
jobs, including education,
have fallen by 360. Other
industries experiencing
gains included wholesale
trade (+90), retail trade
(+90), financial activities
(+20), and health care and
social assistance (+90).
Industries losing nota-
ble jobs since November
2002 were wood products
manufacturing (-200), pri-
vate educational services (-
20), state government (-
40), federal government (-
30), and local government
education (-200).
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