On behalf of the City of Carlsbad, we wish to offer our condolences to the family and friends of Roque Garcia, a former New Mexico State Police Officer who spent his entire career serving and protecting the citizens of Carlsbad and the surrounding area. Roque passed away over the past weekend and he will be greatly missed.
As an officer, Roque was always willing to go beyond the call of duty to help provide extra assistance and counseling to residents. We will be dedicating a special day in his memory.
We have received a new report on New Mexico’s Labor Market Review for March of 2021. New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 8.3 percent, which is the same as what is was the previous month. Unemployment in Eddy County, meanwhile, dropped from 7.7 percent last month to 7.3 percent this month. We are still not where we were at this time last year (3.6 percent), but numbers are moving in the right direction.
FARMINGTON With an unemployment rate of 8.3% in March, New Mexico has sunk to the bottom of the nine-state Southwest region, tied with California for the highest percentage of jobless workers.
The monthly Labor Market Review produced by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions on April 23 reveals that the state s efforts to emerge from the COVID-19-induced recession are trailing those of other states in the region. New Mexico s unemployment rate has improved slightly since rising to 8.7% in January, but it has fallen behind its neighboring states since ranking sixth in the region in December.
Utah has the lowest unemployment rate in the region at 2.9%, followed by Oklahoma (4.2%), Wyoming (5.3%), Colorado (6.4%), Arizona (6.7%), Texas (6.9%) and Nevada (8.1%). California and New Mexico tied for eighth.
New Mexico Unemployment Rate In March At 8.3 Percent
NMDWS News:
New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.3 percent in March, unchanged from the rate in February and up from 5.4 percent in the previous year.
The national unemployment rate in March was 6.0 percent, down from 6.2 percent in February and up from 4.4 percent in March 2020.
Total nonagricultural payroll employment fell by 65,600 jobs, or 7.7 percent, between March 2020 and March 2021. Most losses came from the private sector, which was down 49,900 jobs, or 7.5 percent.
The public sector was down 15,700 jobs, or 8.2 percent. Losses were reported in both components of the private sector. The private service-providing industries were down 37,900 jobs, or 6.8 percent, while the goods-producing industries were down 12,000 jobs, representing a decrease of 11.5 percent.
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New Mexico Unemployment Rate January 2021: 8.7 Percent
NMDWS News:
New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.7 percent in January 2021, up from 8.6 percent in December 2020 and up from 5.1 percent in the previous year.
The national unemployment rate in January was 6.3 percent, down from 6.7 percent in December and up from 3.5 percent in January 2020.
Total nonagricultural payroll employment fell by 86,700 jobs, or 10.1 percent, between January 2020 and January 2021.
Most losses came from the private sector, which was down 71,100 jobs, or 10.6 percent. The public sector was down 15,600 jobs, or 8.4 percent.
Losses were reported in both components of the private sector:
The private service-providing industries were down 56,200 jobs, or 10.0 percent, while the goods-producing industries were down 14,900 jobs, representing a decrease of 14.3 percent.