Marshall County’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in February, but it was still higher than it was during the same period last year. The county saw a four-percent unemployment rate last month, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
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Marshall County’s unemployment rate was up during the month of January. The county saw a 4.2-percent unemployment rate, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s 1.1-percent higher than the month before and eight-tenths of a percent higher than it was in January of 2018.
Continue readingMarshall County’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in December, but it was still higher than it was during the same period last year. The county saw a 3.2-percent unemployment rate last month, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
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Marshall County’s unemployment rate remains higher than it was last year. The county saw a 3.4-percent unemployment rate in November, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Unemployment is up in Marshall County. The county saw a 3.4-percent unemployment rate in October, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s up from 2.8 percent in September and 2.6 percent in October of 2017. The county’s labor force grew slightly from September, but it’s smaller than it was in October of last year.
Marshall County’s unemployment rate went down last month. The county saw a rate of 2.8 percent in September, down from 3.5 percent the month before, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. But that rate is unchanged when compared to the same period last year.
Marshall County’s unemployment rate went up slightly last month. The county saw an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent last month, up from 3.2 the month before, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. But that rate is unchanged when compared to the same period last year.
Marshall County’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.2 percent last month. That’s two-tenths of a percent lower than the previous month, but two-tenths of a percent higher than the same period last year.
Unemployment rates moved higher during the month of June. Marshall County’s unemployment rate stands at 3.4 percent, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
The most recent Indiana Department of Work Force Development unemployment report indicates that Marshall County’s labor force saw in increase in May, but unfortunately so did the county’s unemployment rate. Continue reading
Marshall County’s unemployment rate is moving lower. According to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Marshall County’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.1 percent in March.
The February unemployment figures released this week don’t show a lot of improvement from January.
In Starke County and La Porte County, the unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent which is two-tenths of an increase from January. The same increase was recorded in Marshall County where the rate went from 3.3 to 3.5 percent.
Pulaski County’s rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development released the final unemployment rates for 2017 and Indiana’s rate stayed steady at 3.4 percent, still coming in lower than the national average of 4.1 percent.
In Marshall County, the unemployment rate dropped from 3 percent to 2.7 percent. Compare that to December of 2016 when Marshall County’s unemployment was at 3.4 and it appears that Marshall County is seeing lower unemployment.
However, just because there is a lower unemployment rate, that doesn’t necessarily mean more people are working. Continue reading
Marshall County’s unemployment rate continues to drop. The county’s July rate was 3.6 percent, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s a decline of 0.3 percent from the same period last year and a 0.2-percent decline from June 2016. Continue reading
Marshall County and most of its neighbors are enjoying lower unemployment rates than the state average, according to March numbers released by the Department of Workforce Development. Continue reading
The state’s unemployment rate went up a tenth of a percent to 5.8 percent. Since December 2013, Indiana’s labor force has grown by over 83,000 people that is nearly twice of any neighboring state, according to Indiana Workforce Development. December was the first month where Indiana’s unemployment rate has exceeded the U.S. rate. The U.S. rate has declined by two-tenths of a percent to 5.6 percent, mainly due to a decrease of 273,000 in the national labor force.
The lowest point of employment in the state was July of 2009 and Indiana has grown to a total of 267,000 private sector jobs today.
Unemployment slipped a little in October for Starke County, but still remains low compared to previous reports. In all, 77 counties saw a slide in unemployment in October.
Starke County had an October unemployment rate of 6.1 percent. The percentage fell two points in October. Starke County is ranked 15th in the state.
