Georgia’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 3.6%, a half-percentage point below the national rate.
A positive sign for the state’s economy was a gain of 7,200 jobs over the month and an increase of 28,500 over the year.
“Georgia continues to drive business growth and opportunity,” said Louis DeBroux, the state’s interim commissioner of labor. “Our unemployment rate … (is) a reflection of Georgia’s resilient workforce and the intentional, focused efforts by Gov. Brian Kemp and the General Assembly, in participation with the business community, to expand access to high-quality jobs.”
The job sectors posting the most over-the-month gains in February were health care and social assistance, which gained 1,700 jobs, followed by administrative and support services with a gain of 1,300 jobs.
The sectors with by far the most losses last month was transportation and warehousing, which lost 2,600 jobs.
Georgia’s labor force decreased in February by 11,681 to just below 5.4 million.
The number of employed Georgians fell during the month by 10,772 to almost 5.2 million. On the plus side, the ranks of the unemployed also declined by 909 to 192,148.
Initial unemployment claims were down by 14,030 in February to 20,464.
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