The Illinois Department of Employment Security has published its September statistics, revealing the following data for Wayne County:
Unemployment Rate: 4.6%, a decrease of 0.2%
Employment: 6,586 individuals
Labor Force: 6,903 individuals
It’s noteworthy that Wayne County’s unemployment rate peaked at 19.2% in April 2020.
In a positive trend, unemployment rates fell across the region in September.
In Clay County, the unemployment rate stood at 5.2%, down 0.3% from August.
Unemployment declined in every county in the region, with the most significant drops occurring in Fayette, Marion, and Richland Counties, each experiencing a 0.4% reduction.
Effingham County boasts the lowest unemployment rate in the area at 3.5%. Overall, Illinois’ unemployment rate for September is 5%, down 0.5% from August, yet still 1.1% higher than the national unemployment rate.
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