Las Vegas’ jobless rate has moved down this year amid an uptick in employment totals and improved visitor volume in America’s casino capital. But locally, the unemployment rate is still among the highest in the nation for big metro areas.
The Las Vegas-area’s unemployment rate in May, 5.3 percent, was slightly below the year-ago level of 5.4 percent and down from 5.8 percent in January.
The tourism-dependent region had around 1.18 million employees as of May, up by 25,800 since January, according to non-seasonally adjusted federal data.
Nonetheless, Las Vegas’ jobless rate was third highest in the country among metro areas with at least 1 million people, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
