NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for March was 6.3 percent, three-tenths of one percentage point lower than the February revised rate of 6.6 percent. The U.S. preliminary rate for March was 5.5 percent, unchanged from the prior month.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for March was 6.3 percent, three-tenths of one percentage point lower than the February revised rate of 6.6 percent. The U.S. preliminary rate for March was 5.5 percent, unchanged from the prior month.
NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for February 2015, released today, show the rates decreased in 95 counties. Specific county information for February is available on the Internet here. Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in February at 4.8 percent, down from 5.4 percent in January. Knox County was 5.1 percent in February, down from 5.7 the previous month.
NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for January 2015, released today, show the rate increased in 95 counties. Specific county information for January is available here.
NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for December 2014, released today, show the rate decreased in 20 counties, increased in 64 counties, and remained the same in 11 counties.