The state’s summer job market saw an influx of graduates and a slight increase in unemployment in June. Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced the numbers Thursday. According to Thompson, the June unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, up one-tenth from a revised 3.2 in May. That rate was eight-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. Jobs were up by 8,900 over the month and by 64,200 over the year to 4,979,800, an all-time high.
The sectors with the most over-the-month job gains included Health Care and Social Assistance, Transportation and Warehousing, and State Government.
The sectors with the most over-the-year job gains included Health Care and Social Assistance, Accommodation and Food Services, and Local Government.
