![\"U.S.](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/U.S.-and-Tennessee-Unemployment-Rates-Jan.-2010-Jan.-2018-480x320.jpg\" "\\"U.S.")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 1.2 percent lower than the rate for the same month one year ago and has remained 3.3 percent since September 2017. Tennessee\u2019s statewide unemployment rate has been below 4 percent since May 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have this long stretch of low unemployment in Tennessee is a true testament to the economic climate in the state,\u201d Haslam said. \u201cMany employers continue to tap into the Tennessee\u2019s talented workforce, and Tennessee will lead in job creation by continuing to focus on workforce development.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wholesale trade sector in Tennessee saw the biggest gain in jobs during January. Health care and social assistance ranked second in job growth during the month.<\/p>\n
The national unemployment rate also remained steady in January, mirroring the December 2017 rate of 4.1 percent.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than 3.1 million Tennesseans are currently working, but the statistics show there are another 100,000 citizens who are looking for work,\u201d according to Phillips. \u201cThe state and its employment partners are working each and every day to help anyone who wants to work find a job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tennessee has a network of 22 comprehensive and 53 affiliated American Job Centers across the state. Job seekers can utilize job centers to search for employment, update their resumes and learn how to improve their job interview techniques. They can also find many of these resources on the state\u2019s workforce website.<\/p>\n
A complete analysis of the January 2018 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate can be found here.<\/p>\n
The county unemployment rates for January 2018 will be released on Thursday, March 15th. The statewide unemployment rate for February 2018 will be issued on Thursday, March 22 and the February county rates will be issued on Thursday, March 29th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
January 2018 Statewide Unemployment Rate is More Than a Percentage Point Lower than 2017 Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced that unemployment across Tennessee remained low at the start of 2018. Data released today revealed the preliminary statewide unemployment rate for January 2018 was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[3359,8032,3309,284,261,12030,11612,3350,5303,3694],"class_list":["post-13540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","tag-bill-haslam","tag-burns-phillips","tag-health-care","tag-nashville-tn","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-american-job-center","tag-tennessee-department-of-labor-and-workforce","tag-tennessee-governor","tag-tennessee-unemployment","tag-unemployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13541,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13540\/revisions\/13541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Tennessee](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tennessee-State-Government-2.jpg\" "\\"Tennessee")
Nashville, TN<\/strong> – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced that unemployment across Tennessee remained low at the start of 2018.<\/p>\n![\"U.S.](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/U.S.-and-Tennessee-Unemployment-Rates-Jan.-2010-Jan.-2018.jpg\" "\\"U.S.")
<\/a><\/p>\n