Hiring nationwide in manufacturing was flat in October, while employment in professional and business services, health care, retail, food services and construction grew, according to the latest employment report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Nationwide, unemployment fell to 5 percent. South Carolina has not yet released October unemployment numbers, but the state’s unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, the lowest since February 2008.
Nationwide, average hourly earnings rose 9 cents to $25.20. The average workweek for all employees in private nonfarm jobs was 34.5 hours, while the manufacturing workweek rose 0.1 hour to 40.7 hours. Factory overtime was up slightly to 3.3 hours.
The report is available at bit.ly/BLS-report.
