California's unemployment rate remained at 9.8-percent in
January.
That ties the state with Rhode Island for the highest
unemployment rate in the country.
The monthly unemployment rate last year was 11-percent.
The jobless rate is derived from a federal survey of
households.
But a larger survey of businesses found that only 1700 jobs
were added in January.
The Employment Development Department also released revised
unemployment figures for 2012, showing a 2.3-percent job
gain.
That's 100,000 more than the preliminary estimate.
The largest gains in January came in the leisure and
hospitality sector.
The federal, state, and local government sectors saw the
largest job losses.
