Sunday, November 22, 2020

Jobless numbers
Tennessee employers added nearly 25,000 new jobs between September and October. Even with the creation of new jobs, the state’s unemployment rate inched upward for the first time in three months. The statewide unemployment rate for October 2020 is 7.4%, up from 6.5% in September. A year ago, the unemployment rate in Tennessee was 3.3%. The number of jobs increased by 24,600 during the month as Tennessee businesses rebound from COVID-19 business closures in the spring. Employers in the professional/business services sector created the most jobs during the month. The leisure/hospitality and manufacturing sectors experienced the next largest increases.The state still shows a decrease of 108,800 jobs since October 2019. The largest decreases occurred in the leisure and hospitality sector, along with the manufacturing and government sectors. In a related story, 6,182 Tennesseans filed for new unemployment benefits last week, bringing to nearly 54,000 the number of state residents who are collecting unemployment benefits.


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