Wayne County’s Jobless Rate On The Rise

Wayne County’s unemployment rate takes a few small steps in the wrong direction.  According to the latest update from the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Wayne County’s seasonally unadjusted jobless rate increased to 6.1% in November, up from the 5.8% unemployment rate recorded in October.  This latest rate remains well above the 3.7% jobless rate in Wayne County in November of 2019.  Wayne County is now ranked as having the 40^th highest unemployment rate out of North Carolina’s 100 counties.  76 North Carolina counties saw their jobless rates increase in November.