Politics & Government
SC Unemployment Holds at 8 Percent in May
Nearly 1,500 more people found jobs in May than the month before but South Carolina's unemployment rate remained unchanged.

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The Department of Workforce and Development announced on Friday that the state's unemployment rate was still at 8 percent in May.
There were a net of 3,270 jobs in May as the number of unemployed fell by 1,773, while the number of people employed rose by 1,497.
It's the 11 month in a row that employment has improved in the Palmetto State.Â
The national unemployment rate is 7.6. May is the closest South Carolina’s unemployment rate has been to the national rate since March 2008, when both rates were below 6.0 percent.
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The unemployment rate in Charleston County ticked up slightly from April to May, coming in at 6.2 percent, up from 5.7 in April. Nearly 3,000 people joined the labor force in Charleston County during that same time, and approximately 1,900 jobs were added according to DEW numbers.
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