SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego County is seeing a continued rise in unemployment.

San Diego’s jobless rate climbed to 5.2% in July — up from 4.9% the month before and above last year’s 4.8%, according to the state Employment Development Department.

"That’s high," said Alan Gin, economics professor at the University of San Diego's Knauss School of Business.

The biggest decline was in the government sector, which lost more than 17,000 jobs.

“Schools are out. The teachers are not considered unemployed, they’re usually on a yearlong contract, but a lot of the support people," said Gin.

He added that the new graduating class also reflects poorly on the labor market.

Year-over-year figures show nearly 7,000 jobs lost in professional and business services.

“With artificial intelligence

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