{"id":34737,"date":"2021-07-16T03:58:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=34737"},"modified":"2021-07-25T20:58:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T00:58:13","slug":"jobless-rate-slightly-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/jobless-rate-slightly-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobless Rate Slightly Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nKentucky’s preliminary June 2021 jobless rate was down 0.1 percentage points from the revised 4.5% in May 2021 and down 1.3 percentage points from the 5.7% recorded for the state one year ago when restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 limited certain business operations.<\/p>\n

Employment at Kentucky’s manufacturers was down 800 jobs or 0.3% from May 2021 to June 2021. The durable goods subsector lost 1,000 jobs in June 2021 while non-durable goods gained 200 jobs. Kentucky’s manufacturing employment was up 10,100 positions or 4.3% since June 2020.<\/p>\n

The professional and business services sector dropped by 6,100 jobs or 2.9% in June 2021. The administrative and support and waste management subsector lost 5,000 positions; the management of companies subsector lost 100 jobs; and the professional, scientific and technical services subsector lost 1,000 positions. Employment in this sector was up 6,100 or 3.1% since June 2020.<\/p>\n

Kentucky’s educational and health services sector increased by 1,100 jobs in June 2021. The educational services subsector gained 500 positions and the health care and social assistance subsector added 600 jobs from May to June. Since last June, this sector has increased by 13,800 jobs or 5.2%.<\/p>\n

Locally, the latest unemployment numbers in Meade County are at 4.2%, Breckinridge County is 4.3%, Hancock County stands at 3.9%, Grayson County is at 4.6%, and Ohio County is at 4.5%. You can find more information on the Kentucky labor market by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kentucky’s preliminary June 2021 jobless rate was down 0.1 percentage points from the revised 4.5% in May 2021 and down 1.3 percentage points from the 5.7% recorded for the state one year ago when restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 limited certain business operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":11004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Unemployment-Rate.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-92h","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 23:18:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34738,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34737\/revisions\/34738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}