The job situation in Sault Ste Marie continues to go from bad to worse with the local employment rate now down to 45.2 per cent … meaning less than half of eligible workers are employed. The official unemployment rate has moved up to 9.5 per cent … the number of people working in town has dipped to 30,500 – down from 39,000 a year ago. 3200 people listed as being part of the local work force are not employed.