According to the state’s Employment Development Department, Orange County gained 8,200 jobs in the month of October. The statistics reveal that the county faced a decline of 3.5% and lost 52,000 jobs. The level of unemployment reached up to 9.6% last month in comparison to 9.5% in September and 5.9% a year ago.

In the month of April, the total number of yearly job losses was 72,600. After 55,800 layoffs in September, October was the second month that had less than 60,000 yearly layoffs. The productive step was taken for the workers as the county added jobs for 1.4 million workers on a monthly basis.

The scene of layoffs is different in each sector. There was a monthly gain of 5,400 jobs in the professional and business sector. The placement by employment agencies also brought good news for administrative and support services. Whereas some sectors like construction, hotels and other leisure and hospitality businesses along with manufacturing saw job cuts down by 1,400, 1,200 and 1,000 respectively.

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