Job numbers in Sweetwater County continue to look good as we head into the fall---According to the Wyoming Department of workforce services, Sweetwater counties un-employment dropped to 4.4 percent in August, compared to 4.6 percent in July. A year ago, the rate in August was 4.9 percent. Sweetwater County currently has 24,274 employed, and 1,114 un-employed. As for the state, the un-employment rate went up, from 5.6 percent in July to 5.7 percent in August. Nearby Sublette county has the lowest rate in Wyoming, 3.5 percent, while the highest un-employment rate in the state belongs to Fremont County, at 6.6 percent. The US unemployment rate in August stood at 8.2 percent.
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