Local Unemployment Numbers Drop Slightly in October

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region for October was 6.0 percent, down from 6.2 percent in September. There a number of reasons for the drop in October, according to State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “We saw more people become employed in the region,” Butler said. “That number increased by over a 1,000 people. But we also saw new […]

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Georgia 5th in Nation in Job Growth

Georgia moved up to fifth in the nation and second in the Southeast in over-the-year job creation in October, compared to sixth and third respectively in September. The state gained 96,000 non-seasonally-adjusted jobs between October 2013 and October 2014, for a growth rate of 2.4 percent. The comparable national job growth rate for the same period was 2.0 percent. The […]

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