The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce announced Sept. 17 the unemployment rate dropped for the eighth straight month – from 5.4% in July to 4.2% in August.
At the end of August, the number of jobs rose to 2,302,743, which exceeded the number of jobs the state saw in months before the pandemic, said SC DEW executive director Dan Ellzey.
“Even with all of the jobs added to the workforce in the past several months, there are still more than 100,000 jobs posted in the SC Works Online System,” he said. “This is another testament to the strength of the economy. Even with the dramatic increase in jobs over the past months, employers are still ready to hire 100,000 additional people.”
The agency is also working with employers to help find workers through services such as hosting individual employer programs, in-person and virtual job fairs and hiring event services.
