For the second straight month, the number of employed in Sault Ste. Marie has come in at over 40-thousand.
Stats Canada is reporting that the number of employed last month remained at 41-thousand and the participation rate which measures both the number of employed and those unemployed but actively looking for work came in just over 64%.
The Sault’s unemployment rate last month came in at 4.2%—–below the 6.3% rate of a year ago.