Georgia’s Unemployment rate drops below National Average

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced that Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped another 0.1 percentage point to reach 4 percent in June, lower than the national rate of 5.9 percent and down eight and one-half percent from 12.5 percent in April 2020.

The labor force increased 3,000 over the month to over 5.1 million, up 178,000 since April 2020.

Georgia’s employed residents in June saw a monthly increase of 8,000, up 592,000 since April of last year to 4,956,857.

The number of unemployed dropped 5,000 from May to June to 208,033, down 414,000 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The number of jobs was up 32,800 in June, and up 464,000 since businesses began shutting their doors due to COVID 19.

The state’s labor force participation rate for June 2021 was 61.6%, the same as the national rate. The labor force participation rate is defined as the percentage of the population old enough to work currently counted in the labor force.

This rate measures how many Georgians are working or seeking work and is reflective of the total sum of unemployed and employed workers.

Those identified as unemployed, but not actively seeking work in the past month, are not considered to be in the workforce.

The jobs listed online at Employ Georgia exceed 193,000 job listings from a wide variety of sectors offering competitive wages and benefits.