California’s unemployment rate held steady at 12.5 % in February, even though the state lost 20,400 work, the Employment Development Department reported Friday.

The state’s loss followed a gain of 32,000 work in January. You can find 586,400 fewer work in California last month than there were at the same time last year, a drop of 4.1 %.

The department mentioned numerous from the losses last month occurred within the construction industry, which lost 21,500 work. Professional and business services grew a lot more than any other sector, gaining 10,000 work.