7,500 find jobs in Triangle in October but jobless rate remains 8.4%
Raleigh-Cary adds 3,900 jobs, including 1,900 in government and 1,700 in professional and business services. Fayetteville, Goldsboro job picture also remains stable, but jobless rate ticks upward in Rocky Mount.
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The jobless rate was 8.4 percent, the same as in the previous month. In August, the rate was 8.6 percent.
Nearly 800,000 out of a workforce numbering more than 873,000 were working while the number of people seeking work increased by more than 400 to 73,502.
Statewide, unemployment is at 11 percent.
Unemployment remained flat in Fayetteville at 9 percent and in Goldsboro at 8.8 percent.
Rocky Mount’s unemployment increased to 13.7 percent, up two tenths of a percentage point.
In Raleigh-Cary, the number of people working increased by 3,900. Most of the new hires were in government (1,900). The professional and business services sector added 1,700 jobs while trade, transportation and utilities added 1,000.
Offsetting the good news was the loss of 1,000 jobs in construction, mining and natural resources.
Durham-Chapel Hill reported no net increase in jobs. An increase of 1,000 government jobs was offset by the loss of 400 manufacturing plus 600 professional and other services positions.
Jobless rates in the state’s major metropolitan areas for October:
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