A report recently released from the Labor Market Division of California's Employment Development Department shows there are a total of 13,020 employed people in Amador County and about 88 percent of those are employed in a service providing industry. The May 2007 Labor Market totals for Amador County show little change in employment figures with categories of Local Government, State Government, and Service providing industries. Most categories showed about a two percent growth rate, with the exception of construction and information related jobs which both showed declines in employment numbers. Local government employment was down 10 employees from 3290 to 3280, while state government jobs rose about 3 percent. The report does show, however, that the employment rate in Amador County remains below that same rate in Calaveras and Tuolumne County. Amador County’s unemployment rate is about 5.6 percent. Tuolumne County has a rate of 6.1 percent with Calaveras just slightly higher at 6.2 percent. The full report can be viewed at http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/