SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California's jobless rate held steady at 7.7 percent in September, remaining for a second month at its highest level since March 1996, according to the latest state figures released Friday.The state's unemployment rate, compiled by the California Employment Development Department, is higher than the national rate, which also was unchanged at 6.1 percent in September.
Despite the state rate leveling off, there's no way of telling yet if unemployment has peaked, said department spokesman Kevin Callori. The state's jobless rate also leveled off last spring before jumping again.
"It's kind of wait and see," Callori said. "We're kind of tracking pretty close to the national trend. They were stable as well."
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