The Reno metro area has added more jobs on average this year than the Las Vegas metro area, according to new Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation data.
The average employment for the Las Vegas metro from January to August shows an increase of 3,200 jobs year-over-year compared to Reno which added approximately 3,238 jobs over the same time frame, said Brian Bonnenfant, project manager for the Center for Regional Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, who shared the data with the Las Vegas Review-Journal said.
Bonnenfant said this data is a “shocker” as the Las Vegas metro usually adds many more jobs than Reno per year.
