Four hundred jobs were lost since last year in the Moose Jaw-Swift Current labour region.
There were 49,600 people working here at March 30, according to the Statistics Canada monthly labour survey.
Unemployment rate in the region increased from 5.3 per cent to 6.2 per cent — second lowest of the five regions and lower than the provincial rate of 6.7 per cent.
The Saskatchewan rate of unemployment increased from 5.6 per cent to 6.7 per cent.
Lowest unemployment rate in five provincial regions was Yorkton-Melville, losing 100 jobs but maintaining a 5.2 per cent unemployment rate.
The Regina-Moose Mountain region shed 3,700 jobs with the unemployment rate almost doubling to 7.2 per cent from 4.7.
In the Saskatoon-Biggar region job losses amounted to 3,500 for a 7.3 per cent unemployment rate — up from 5.8 per cent.
The Prince Albert Northern region lost 1,500 jobs, putting unemployment at 8.1 per cent, up from 7.2 per cent.
There were 68,900 people employed in the Moose Jaw-Swift Current labour region, an increase of 3,200 from last year.
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]
