By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 29,2011
The Charlotte-area unemployment rate rose in June to 11.2 percent from 10.4 percent in May, according to preliminary statistics released today from the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. Charlotte was not alone; unemployment rates increased in 91 of the state’s 100 counties in June. Rates decreased in six counties and remained the same in [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 24,2011
The unemployment rate rose in the Charlotte region to 10.4 percent in May from 10.3 percent in April, while Mecklenburg County’s rate jumped to 10.2 percent from 9.9 percent over the same period, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina said today. For the Charlotte region and Mecklenburg County, the unemployment rates are above the [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: June 17,2011
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s unemployment rate remains at 9.7 percent for the third straight month, as the state shed more than 7,000 jobs. The state Employment Security Commission reported today that the jobless rate for May remains the same as in March and April. The national unemployment rate in May was 9.1 percent. The biggest [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: May 27,2011
Unemployment in the Charlotte metro area dipped to 10.3 percent in April from 10.4 percent in March, keeping it above the state’s rate of 9.5 percent, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina said today. Mecklenburg County’s rate was 9.8 percent, down from 10 percent in March. The county had 44,924 people out of work in [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: May 20,2011
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s unemployment rate was unchanged in April at 9.7 percent as the state added nearly 3,000 jobs. The state Employment Security Commission reported Friday that the state’s unemployment rate was unchanged from March but noted that employers have added jobs every month this year. The national unemployment rate last month was 9 [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: May 3,2011
Dale Tobias started working when he was 13, learning to fix cars. But it wasn’t until he turned 15 that he got his first “real job,” he said. That gig involved delivering newspapers door to door for The Charlotte Observer. Now, the 40-year-old high school dropout and single father of two girls — they’re 10 [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: April 27,2011
The Charlotte-area’s unemployment rate fell to 10.4 percent in March from 10.9 percent in February, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina said today. But the area’s rate is still above the state’s March rate of 9.7 percent. The Charlotte-area rate is also down from 12.4 percent in March 2010. Mecklenburg County’s rate fell to [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: April 19,2011
North Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in March, marking the fifth straight month that the rate has remained below double digits. The Employment Security Commission said today the rate was 9.7 percent, compared with 9.8 percent in February and 11.3 percent in March of last year. The rate first dropped below 10 percent in November. [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: April 6,2011
Unemployment in the Charlotte area fell to 10.7 percent in February from 11.2 percent in January, while Mecklenburg County’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 10.2 percent, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina said today. Those rates are still higher than the state’s unadjusted rate of 10.1 percent for February. In the Charlotte area –Charlotte, Gastonia [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 18,2011
The Charlotte metropolitan area’s unemployment rate increased in January to 11.1 percent from 10.7 percent in December, according to data released today from the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. The biggest over-the-month job losses in the Charlotte metro area in January occurred in trade, transportation and utilities, which shed 3,400 jobs. Professional and business [...]
Sign up today to receive The Mecklenburg Times’ free E-Alerts and be the first to read breaking news.
Sign up or manage your alert.
