NC unemployment rate rises

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September employment numbers are out.

The North Carolina seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.5 percent in September, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point over the month, and 0.5 of a percentage point higher than September 2010. Over the month, the number of persons unemployed grew by 4,498 (1.0%). The civilian labor force was relatively unchanged at 4,506,313.

Government jobs show the biggest decline with a loss in the past year of about 18K jobs over the past year.
Complete report here (pdf).

RALEIGH — The number of people employed in North Carolina increased slightly in September, but the unemployment rate ticked up by one tenth of one percent. Since September 2010, private sector jobs have increased by 28,400. In that same time frame, the government sector is down 18,700.
“The private sector has added jobs since September of last year,” said ESC Chairman Lynn R. Holmes. “Meanwhile, government jobs have declined, according to the seasonally adjusted data.”

We’ll see how this breaks down in the individual counties and municipalities next week when the local numbers are released.