County unemployment sees huge drop in September | - Pickens County Courier Newspaper

COUNTY — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw a significant decrease in September, according to the latest jobs report released by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW). The county’s unemployment rate fell from 4 percent in August to 3.2 percent in September. The decline comes one month after Pickens County’s jobless rate remained relatively steady, dropping slightly from 4.1 percent in July to 4 percent in August. DEW reported that 2,223 Pickens County residents were unemployed at the end of September, compared to 2,812 at the end of August. Pickens County tied for the third-lowest unemployment rate among South Carolina’s 46 counties, according to the report. The county has also seen improvement over the past year.