Rutherford County 3rd In State for Jobs

Apr 28, 2017 at 09:45 pm by bryan


In the past, officials have said that an unemployment rate of 6 per cent or less shows that all persons who want jobs have secured one. Figures just released show Rutherford County has the third lowest unemployment rate in the entire state. In March, 2017, 3.6 per cent of the local workforce were unemployed.

In fact, 34 of Tennessee's 95 counties have an unemployment rate of 5 per cent or less.

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Tennessee's TOP TEN

  1. Williamson 3.3%
  2. Davidson 3.4%
  3. Rutherford 3.6%
  4. Moore 3.6%
  5. Sumner 3.7%
  6. Wilson 3.7%
  7. Maury 3.9%
  8. Robertson 3.9%
  9. Cheatham 3.9%
  10. Knox 3.9%

Preliminary unemployment rates for Tennessee and the U.S. have fallen by two-tenths of a percentage point in March. The decline places rates at 5.1 and 4.5 percent, respectively.

For the month of March, Davidson County has the state's lowest major metropolitan rate at 3.4 percent, a decline from 3.6 percent of the prior month. Knox County is 3.9 percent, decreasing from February's 4.1 percent. Hamilton County declined from its previous month's rate of 4.8 to 4.5 percent and Shelby County has an unemployment rate of 5.4 percent rate, a decrease from the previous 5.5 percent in February.

The state and national unemployment rates are seasonally adjusted, while the county unemployment rates are not. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that eliminates the influences of weather, holidays, opening and closing of schools, and other recurring seasonal events from economic time series.

The Economic Analysis and Labor Force Estimates are prepared by the Employment Security division's labor market information specialists.

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