Employment in the Las Vegas area fell by 4,300 jobs, new report says

Las Vegas shed thousands of jobs last month amid an ongoing tourism slump, according to a new report, which found Nevada’s labor market is “largely stationary.”

Employment in the Las Vegas area fell by 4,300 jobs from July to August, a drop of 0.4 percent, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Thursday, using seasonally adjusted data.

Statewide, employment levels are effectively unchanged from a year ago, the department found.

All told, the report shows “a labor market that is largely stationary,” David Schmidt, the department’s chief economist, said in a news release.

Nevada is by no means alone, as hiring has largely stalled around the country.

Nationwide, employment levels “changed little” in August, with a gain of just 22,000 jobs, and has shown