Similarly, manufacturing employment is up 3.2 percent over the previous year. The employment sector of the Index shows mixed results for the month of August. Specifically, the sector increased a slight 0.66 percent over the previous month's report. Nationally, the labor market remians tight. Specifically in the San Francisco district of the Federal Reserve, workers with financial, computer or technical skills remain in high demand.
Employee turnover is relatively high and employers are having a hard time keeping up with training.
The unemployment rate in Humboldt County declined 0.8 percent from a revised 6.5 percent for the month of July to a preliminary 5.7 percent for the month of August. California's unemployment rate is somewhat lower at 5.0 percent. The national unemployment rate is the lowest of all at 4.1 percent. Lumber-based manufacturing generates about 75 percent of total county manufacturing income. The manufacturing sector showed mixed results for the month of August.