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Georgia Sets Record Employment Numbers

Georgia sets records once again in April as the state Department of Labor says the labor force and employed residents in the state continued to surge.

The state continues to approach the 5-million mark for employed residents. At the same time, the state posted more than 4.5 million jobs and a labor force of more than 5.1 million.

Commissioner Mark Butler says those numbers should continue to increase.

“We’re continuing to see individuals attracted to our very strong job market,” Butler said. “We actually have had more people join our workforce and more people become employed in the last two years than in the previous five years combined. “

He says the state has not yet reached full employment.

“I think we still have a long way to go because we still have a very strong job market.”

For the year, Georgia has added more than 10-thousand jobs in four sectors, education and health, trade, transportation and utilities, leisure and hospitality, and construction.

“Obviously transportation drives a lot of different things and because you are seeing for example, in 2016 2017, we have over 300-thousand people join our workforce. A lot of those are going to be coming from out of state, some of those are going to be new graduates.

According to Butler, that increase in workforce is having an impact throughout the state.

“That’s going to drive construction, because you’ve got to have a place for them to live so that’s going to drive that; and then from that you’re going to see all those other industries benefit. “

Butler urges both those looking for jobs and employers wanting to post jobs, to visit its job listing service, employgeorgia.com.

Credit Department of Labor
Labor Commissioner Mark Butler

There were 58,756 jobs posted on employgeorgia.com during April.

Georgia’s April unemployment rate came in at 4.3 percent, down from 4.4 percent last month. A year ago it was 4.9 percent.

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