Although the industry lost workers over the month, San Antonio government jobs
saw the second-largest yearly increase in employment during June, behind only the mining and logging industry.
During June, the San Antonio-New Braunfels area’s unemployment rate increased from 7.1 percent to 7.7 percent, after decreasing from 7.3 percent during May. Despite the latest increase, the area’s rate is still lower than the national average of 9.5 percent.
The San Antonio
area had a total non-farm employment of 838,100 workers during June, according to the U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics . This is up from 835,800 workers during May and only a .5 percent decrease from last year.
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