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Tens of thousands of Los Angeles government jobs were added last month, while the city’s unemployment rate remained flat and several industries saw a monthly increase in employment.

During October, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale area’s unemployment rate remained steady at 12.6 percent, following an increase from 12.5 percent during September. However, the city’s current rate is still higher than the national unemployment rate of 10.2 percent.

The Los Angeles area had a total non-farm employment of 3,910,100 workers during October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 3,873,500 workers during September, but a 3.7 percent decrease from last year.

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Most job seekers have probably had a harder time finding Orlando jobs (Click here) lately.

During September, the Orlando-Kissimmee area saw its unemployment rate increase from 11.1 percent to 11.5 percent, after seeing no increase or decrease during August. The current rate was higher than the national unemployment rate at the time of 9.8 percent.

The area had a total non-farm employment of 1,015,700 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 1,017,700 workers during August and a 4.7 percent decrease from last year.

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