No change in Oconee jobless rate (5.5%)
In the last full month of summer, no change was detected in Oconee County’s unemployment rate. The 5.5% August jobless rate reported by the state represented no change from July. In percentage comparisons, fewer Oconeeans are in the unemployment line than Pickens (5.6%,) but more than Anderson (5.2%.) Both the state and the country, however, recorded lower jobless percentages. The state was 5.1%; the nation, 4.9%. In numbers, 33,504 members of Oconee’s 35,457 workforce were gainfully employed. Out of work but looking to be hired were 1.953 county residents.