South Carolina jobless amount soars to 12.1 percent for October; total number of unemployed rises by Ten thousand

The joblessness rate in South Carolina rose practically 1 / 2 a percentage point in October, coming back to a historical rate of 12.1 percent established earlier this year, the state agency which calculates the actual rate claimed Friday.

The Employment Security Commission also stated it had revised September’s rate upwards 0.1 percent points, to 11.7. Nationally, South Carolina’s unemployment yet again placed fifth-highest in the land, behind Michigan (15.1), Nevada (13.0), Rhode Island (12.9) and Colorado (12.5), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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