Orange County employers added thousands of new jobs last month as the unemployment rate dropped and discouraged workers re-entered the labor force. The jobless rate sank to 5.1 percent in September from 5.4 percent the month before, according to...
Unemployment Rate Drops As County Adds 12,100 Jobs
By MARGOT ROOSEVELT, Orange County Register: Business
Fri, 10/17/2014 - 1:56pm
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