A falling jobless rate
The state is out with new figures that again show a falling Oconee County unemployment rate. For October, the estimate is that 3.8% of the county’s workforce was out of work but actively trying to nail down a job. September’s jobless rate was 3.9%. At 3.8%, Oconee is lower than the state (at 3.9%) and the nation (at 4.1%.) The report comes at a time when officials worry that a shrinking pool of job hunters means some jobs will be left unfilled.