Private sector jobs increase in U-S and S. Carolina

The U-S economy widened between August and September, an increase of 568 thousand private sector jobs.  For South Carolina, the latest figures available cover August, and they show a 3,394 increase in people at work when compared to July.  For Oconee County, according to the Department of Employment and Workforce, the August unemployment rate was 3.9%.  It was 4.4% in July.