Total employment in Nevada rose to more than 1.5 million jobs in January, while the unemployment rate stayed the same at 5.5 percent — figures that suggest a tight labor market, according to Nevada’s employment office.

The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Thursday that the Silver State’s total of 1.53 million jobs is up 6 percent from January 2022, and the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points compared with the same period last year.

Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in the nation for January, 0.7 percentage points higher than Oregon, according to the report. The national unemployment rate is 3.4 percent.

Revised data for 2022 also found December’s unemployment rate was 5.5 percent, adjusted from the previously reported 5.2 percent rate. But the revision also found that the state added 50,000 jobs in 2022.