The Department of Workforce and Development announced on Friday that the state's unemployment rate was still at 8 percent in May.
There were a net of 3,270 jobs in May as the number of unemployed fell by 1,773, while the number of people employed rose by 1,497.
It's the 11 month in a row that employment has improved in the Palmetto State.Â
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The national unemployment rate is 7.6. May is the closest South Carolina’s unemployment rate has been to the national rate since March 2008, when both rates were below 6.0 percent.
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