(Data courtesy of Workforce Solutions Alamo. Download the pdf version of this report.)
Kerr County’s unemployment rate increased in September according to labor market statistics released by Workforce Solutions Alamo. The county’s jobless rate for the month was 4.5 percent, up from 4.3 percent in August.
Kerr County’s unemployment rate, meanwhile, registered well below the overall jobless rate of 5.0 percent for the 12-county Alamo Area, which includes Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina and Wilson counties. Gillespie County registered the lowest unemployment rate in the Alamo Area in September at 3.4 percent.
The unadjusted unemployment rate for the San Antonio MSA in September registered 5.0 percent, the same rate registered in August. The Texas unadjusted unemployment rate for September, meanwhile, increased to 5.2 percent while the national rate decreased to 6.0 percent. Comparatively, the state and national seasonally adjusted unemployment rates registered 5.1 and 6.1 percent respectively in September.
