Special to Iredell Free News

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.6 percent, decreasing 0.2 of a percentage point from May’s revised rate. The national rate increased 0.1 of a percentage point to 5.9 percent.

North Carolina’s June 2021 unemployment rate decreased 4.2 percentage points from a year ago.

The number of people employed increased 12,600 over the month to 4,769,929 and increased 365,146 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 8,422 over the month to 231,636 and decreased 192,329 over the year.

Seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, increased 41,900 to 4,502,400 in June. Major industries experiencing increases were Government, 19,800; Leisure & Hospitality Services, 7,300; Professional & Business Services, 4,700; Construction, 2,000; Education & Health Services, 1,800; Financial Activities, 1,700; Manufacturing, 1,700; Other Services, 1,400; Information, 900; and Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 600. Mining & Logging employment remained unchanged.

Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates since June 2020

Since June 2020, Total Nonfarm jobs increased 245,100 with the Total Private sector increasing by 228,600 and Government increasing by 16,500. Major industries experiencing increases were Leisure & Hospitality Services, 80,900; Professional & Business Services, 44,800; Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 41,100; Manufacturing, 18,100; Government, 16,500; Education & Health Services, 13,500; Construction, 11,000; Other Services, 7,200; Information, 6,800; Financial Activities, 5,100; and Mining & Logging, 100.