South Carolina’s unemployment rate drops to 3.4 percent
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s unemployment rate again dropped slightly last month.
The Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday that the jobless rate in South Carolina in August was 3.4 percent. That’s down from 3.6 percent in July.
The agency says South Carolina also set a record with more than 2.2 million people working.
Officials say professional and business services added 4,000 jobs, while manufacturing lost 1,500 jobs.
The agency said in a news release that Bamberg County had the highest August unemployment rate at 7.7 percent. Charleston and Lexington counties had the lowest jobless rates at 3.0 percent.
The national unemployment rate was unchanged in August at 3.9 percent.
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