Pitkin County’s unemployment rate remains low and flat, bucking a state and national trend towards creeping-higher joblessness.

Although Colorado’s unemployment rate hit 5.1 percent in June, the highest level since 2005, Pitkin County’s unemployment rate remains consistently below 4 percent, except during the off-seasons. At the peak of the winter ski season, the unemployment rate here tends to hover around 2.5 percent. Statistics are taken from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Web page.

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