Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Holds Steady in December

Georgia’s December unemployment rate was 3 percent, unchanged from a revised 3 percent in November.

Georgia’s unemployment rate was five-tenths of a percent lower than the national December 2022 unemployment rate of 3.5 percent.

Initial claims for unemployment, however, were up 9% in December from November.

Additionally, job numbers reached another all-time high, increasing by almost 6,000 from November.

Jobs were up 0.1% over the month and up 3.5% over the year.

Job numbers were at an all-time high in Education and Health Service and Financial Activities.

In December, the number of employed Georgians, however, was down 5,933 over the past five months.

In December, there were over 108,000 jobs listed online at EmployGeorgia.com.

Market salaries for the jobs listed on Employ Georgia range from $23,000 to $99,500, showing a median salary of $42,400.