CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte metro area’s October unemployment rate of 3.2% tied with three other N.C. locales for third-lowest in the state, according to the most recent figures released by the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
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This region led the state’s 15 metro areas in largest net employment increase year over year, with its workforce posting a net gain of 27,900 and bringing its total nonfarm employment base to 1.25 million. On a percentage basis, the Charlotte metro’s 2.3% increase was fifth-highest in the state.
Check out this slideshow for a peek at which industries in the Charlotte metro area posted the biggest year-over-year job gains and losses in October.
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