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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.

From September to October, the area’s government industry added an unprecedented 19,300 jobs. In addition, six other industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment, including: trade, transportation and utilities by 1,900 jobs; information by 2,500 jobs; financial activities by 200 jobs; professional and business services by 9,200 jobs; education and health services by 8,400 jobs; and other services by 200 jobs. Employment in the mining and logging industry remained flat at 4,300 jobs.

The area’s education and health services industry was the only one that saw a yearly increase in employment. The industry employed 518,900 workers during October, up from 510,500 workers during September and a 1.6 percent increase from last year.

The area’s construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year. The industry employed 125,400 workers during October, down from 126,500 workers during September and an 11.7 percent decrease from last year.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:

• mining and logging by 2.3 percent
• manufacturing by 9.1 percent
• trade, transportation and utilities by 4.1 percent
• information by 8 percent
• financial activities by 2.9 percent
• professional and business services by 3.5 percent
• leisure and hospitality by 2.7 percent
• other services by 2.7 percent
• government by 1.8 percent

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