The unemployment rate in Prince George dropped significantly since last month.
Labour Division analyst Vince Ferrao told MyPGNow.com the unemployment rate in Prince George dropped to 5.3 per cent, down from 6.4 per cent a month ago.
“In Prince George, we had about 53,600 people working this April” Ferrao said.
“A year ago, it was about 49,000, so there was an increase in employment and a decline in the unemployment rate over the past 12 months.”
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Provincially, BC has the third lowest rate among the provinces and territories at 5.0 per cent in BC, half a per cent below what it was last month.
Nationally, the unemployment rate stood at 6.1 per cent, even though employment increased by 90,000 jobs in April.