By Rebecca O'Neil | Staff Writer
Nevada County aestheticians must calculate physical and financial risks as they work through or wait out the pandemic.
A January report from the California Employment Development Department revealed 6.8% of Nevada County’s labor force remained unemployed as of December. The statistic, although not as low as pre-pandemic, looks hopeful after the rate peaked countywide at over 14% in May.
This positive change is not reflected in all industries. The unemployment rate in the leisure and hospitality sector is nearly three times that — at 17%.
Taylor Van Eynde, an aesthetician at the Yoni Temple, said she just went off unemployment last week after the most recent shelter-in-place order was lifted.