Rutherford County Unemployment at 2.3%

Jun 21, 2018 at 02:12 pm by bryan


Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today unemployment rates in nearly every Tennessee county remained under 5 percent during May 2018.

Ninety-three of Tennessee's 95 counties recorded a rate in May that was less than 5 percent. Unemployment in two counties was 5 percent or greater during the time period.

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Williamson County had the lowest unemployment in the state with a rate of 2.1 percent, which was 0.1 of a percentage point higher than it was in April.

At 2.2 percent, Davidson County followed with the second lowest rate in the state for May. That figure represented a 0.1 of a percentage point increase from the previous month.

Rutherford County had the 3rd lowest unemployment rate at 2.3%, which tied with Wilson County.

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