Unemployment rates continue to drop in Starke and Pulaski counties. Starke County saw an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in May, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s down from 3.7 percent the month before and 3.8 percent during the same period last year.
Continue readingUnemployment Rates Drop in Starke, Pulaski Counties
Starke County saw a big drop in its unemployment rate. It went from 5.4 down to 3.7 percent between March and April, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Continue readingLocal Unemployment Rates Down from Previous Month, Up from Same Period Last Year
Local unemployment rates appear to be heading back down after their recent spike, but they’re still higher than they were at this time last year.
Continue readingMore Starke, Pulaski County Residents Working But Unemployment Rates Continue to Rise
Unemployment rates are up in Starke and Pulaski counties, but so is the actual number of people working. Starke County’s unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in February, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Continue readingUnemployment Rates Continue to Rise is Starke, Pulaski Counties
Unemployment rates continue to rise in Starke and Pulaski counties. Starke County saw an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent in January, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s an increase of a full percentage point from the month before and three-tenths of a percent from January of 2018.
Continue readingPulaski County Employers Still Struggling to Find Workers
Pulaski County industries are planning for expansion, but finding workers to fill the new jobs continues to be a challenge.
Continue readingStarke, Pulaski Counties See Increase in Unemployment Rates
Unemployment rates are up in Starke and Pulaski counties. Starke County saw a 4.6-percent unemployment rate in December, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s an increase of four-tenths of a percent from the month before and half a percent from December of 2017.
Continue readingStarke County’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.2 Percent
The unemployment rate continues to tick higher in Starke County. The county saw a 4.2-percent unemployment rate in November, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s up from 4.1-percent the month before and 3.8-percent in November of 2017.
Starke County’s Unemployment Rate Climbs to 4.1 Percent, Numbers Mixed in Pulaski County
Unemployment is up in Starke County. The county saw a 4.1-percent unemployment rate in October, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s up from 3.6 percent in September and 3.7 percent in October of 2017.
Unemployment Rates Drop in Starke, Pulaski Counties
Unemployment rates are down in Starke and Pulaski counties. Last month, Starke County saw an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent, while Pulaski County’s rate was 2.8 percent, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Unemployment Rates Up from Previous Month, Down from Last Year
Starke and Pulaski counties’ unemployment rates went up last month, but they were lower than the same period last year. According to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Starke County saw an unemployment rate of 4.4 percent last month. That’s a tenth of a percent higher than the July figure, but a tenth of a percent lower than it was in August of 2017.
Little Change in Starke, Pulaski County Unemployment Rates
Unemployment rates are largely unchanged in Starke and Pulaski counties. According to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Pulaski County’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 3.3 percent last month. That’s a tenth of a percent lower than it was the month before and in July of 2017.
Unemployment Up in Starke, Pulaski Counties
Unemployment rates moved higher during the month of June. Starke County’s unemployment rate stands at 4.3 percent, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s half a percent higher than the previous month and four-tenths of a percent higher than the same period last year.
Starke and Pulaski County Unemployment Statistics From May
The most recent Indiana Department of Workforce Development unemployment report reveals a growing labor forces in Starke and Pulaski counties and fairly consistent unemployment rates.
From April to May, the labor force in Pulaski gained 338 additional workers and 321 more people were described as employed. Conversely, there were 19 more people determined to be unemployed and the rate rose slightly from 2.9 to 3.0 percent.
Starke County’s rate remains higher than that of their neighbors to the south and west. However, the county did see a slight decrease from April to May, going from 3.9 to 3.8 percent unemployment. Continue reading
April Unemployment Rates Show Improvement
The state’s unemployment rate dropped slightly for the month of April and remains lower than the national rate. Indiana had a 2.9 percent unemployment rate in April while the U.S. has a rate of 3.7 percent.
Unemployment Rates Drop in Starke, Pulaski Counties
Unemployment rates are moving lower in Starke and Pulaski counties. According to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Starke County’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in March. That’s down from 5.4 percent the month before and 4.8 percent in March of 2017.
Two Starke County Residents Found Guilty of Unemployment Insurance Fraud
Two Starke County residents will have to pay back thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits they fraudulently collected, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. In a press release, the department says local courts have recently found three people guilty of unemployment insurance fraud.
Unemployment Goes up Slightly in Local Counties
The February unemployment figures released this week don’t show a lot of improvement from January.
In Starke County and La Porte County, the unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent which is two-tenths of an increase from January. The same increase was recorded in Marshall County where the rate went from 3.3 to 3.5 percent.
Pulaski County’s rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.
Final Unemployment Rates of 2017 for Starke and Pulaski Counties
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development released the final unemployment rates for 2017 and Indiana’s rate stayed steady at 3.4 percent, still coming in lower than the national average of 4.1 percent.
In Starke County, the unemployment rate stayed consistent with the national average, and November’s figure by staying at 4.1 percent. However, Starke County’s unemployment rate for December 2017 is down from the same month in 2016, when was 5.3 percent.
In Pulaski County, December’s unemployment rate dropped slightly from November, moving from 3.3 to 3.1 percent. That’s down almost a point and half from the same time in 2016, when Pulaski’s unemployment rate was 4.5 percent. Continue reading
Starke County Unemployment Largely Stays Flat
August unemployment rates have been released, and Starke County appears to have ticked up a bit from the previous month.