For September, up, 0.6 percent from August and 2.3 percent from Sept. 2007, says an announcement today from the Tennessee Department of Labor. The national rate for September was 6.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From the press release:
From September 2007 to September 2008, educational and health services added 6,100 jobs. Local government educational services employment increased by 1,900. From 2007 manufacturing was down by 10,000. Professional and business services lost 6,800 jobs; leisure and hospitality lost 5,700.
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