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The unadjusted unemployment rate of the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas ticked up to 3.5 percent in February 2022, a slight increase from the 3.4 percent rate recorded in January, with 5,836 jobs created in February, and unemployment inching up by only 262 claims.
The unadjusted unemployment rate of the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas ticked up to 3.4 percent in January 2022, a slight increase from the 3.0 percent rate recorded in December 2021.
Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area announced the promotion of Nellie Reyes to the position of Director of Contracts, as well as the addition of Kelly Moreno as its new Director of Community Engagement, and Derek Grossenbacher as its new Executive Office Manager.
The nine-county Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area economy capped off another year of pandemic recovery in 2021, with 34,474 jobs created throughout the nine-county region since December 2020—an annual growth rate of 6.3 percent.
The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas continued its trend downward for a fifth consecutive month in November 2021, dropping to 3.3 percent, down from 3.5 percent in October.
Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area Chief Executive Officer Paul Fletcher today issued a statement in support of Samsung’s decision to expand its advanced chip-making operations in Central Texas with a new $17 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in the Rural Capital Area community of Taylor, which was announced today by Governor Greg Abbott.