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November 22nd 2008
Greenville Employment Numbers 4th Best In SC
When you view a chart of the current Greenville Employment Statistics(xls) and compare them year over year, you still don’t get a true feeling of how desperate times have gotten for so many.
Of 23 industry sectors, this chart shows that employment rates for 15 of them have actually risen, 2 remained the same, but only 6 have fallen. Of course, that’s no comfort to those who’ve lost jobs in those 6 sectors, but it’s a more realistic look at Greenville’s jobs than what you may’ve heard otherwise.
As a matter of fact, of SC’s 46 counties, Greenville County has lower unemployment rates than 42 others, with the exception of:
- Charleston,
- Beaufort, and
- Lexington
One image that does show a sign of the times though is this trendline for ‘SC jobs‘ searches over the last few years - one that has been going up - and that’s what many people are waiting for now: a job.
