It didn’t improve by much — dropping 0.1 percent to 12.7 percent — but it was only one of nine counties in the state in which the unemployment rate actually dropped.
Anderson County’s unemployment rate of 12.7 percent is still slightly higher than the state unemployment rate, which is 12.3 percent.
Pickens County’s unemployment rate is 11 percent, while Greenville’s is 10.5 percent, the lowest in the Upstate.
Statewide, the job count decreased by 1,500 in November, with most of the decreases in construction, leisure and hospitality. Job gains were in government, retail trade, professional and business services and manufacturing.
“We have seen an increase in the number of people returning to the workforce for the first time since May, and we will likely see the number of unemployed rise throughout the fall months,” said Sam Foster, interim executive director of the S.C. Employment Security Commission. “Going forward, extensive job creation in the private sector will be a key factor in lowering the state’s unemployment rate for the long term.”
The national unemployment rate was 10 percent in November, down from 10.2 percent in October.
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