NEWS Release - COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Third Quarter 2016
From September 2015 to September 2016, employment increased in 307 of the 344 largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. York, S.C., had the largest percentage increase with a gain of 6.0 percent over the year, above the national job growth rate of 1.7 percent. Within York, the largest employment increase occurred in professional and business services, which gained 1,408 jobs over the year (15.0 percent).





