In a press release sent out Thursday June 18th, the Georgia Department of Labor announced that the unemployment rate dropped by 2.9 percent for the month of may. The rate shifted from a high of 12.6 percent in April down to 9.7 percent.
Commissioner Mark Butler said in the release, “I think we are going to continue to see big drops in the unemployment rate as Georgia continues to open back up.” Butler continued, “We have to remember that the recent unemployment was not caused by an economic catalyst, but instead by a medical emergency. Those jobs are still out there for the most part.”
The total number of jobs in all sectors rose across the state. Rises in all sectors including Accommodation and Food Services, Health Care and Social Assistance, Administrative and Support Services, Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing, and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services totalled 94,300.