Nashville Jobs Added as Unemployment Declines

As the city's unemployment rate declined, more Nashville jobs TN were added last month.

During September, the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin area saw its unemployment rate decrease from 9.7 percent to 9.3 percent, which is slightly lower than the national unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. This is the first time the area's unemployment rate has decreased since July, when it went from 10 percent to 9.6 percent.

The area had a total non-farm employment of 728,300 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 727,700 workers during August, but a 4.2 percent decrease from last year.