The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that Georgia’s labor force surged to an all-time high of 5.46 million, and that total employment also set a new record at 5.27 million in April.
Also, the April unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, which is 0.8 percentage point lower than the national unemployment rate and unchanged from Georgia’s March revised 3.5% unemployment rate. One year ago, the state’s unemployment rate was 3.3%.
The sectors with the most over-the-month job gains were wholesale trade, 2,600; real estate and rental and leasing, 2,000; health care and social assistance, 1,900; accommodation and food services, 1,300; and professional and technical services, 1,000.
Jobs were down over the month in transportation, warehousing, and utilities, 1,400; administrative and support services, 1,200; construction, 1,100; information, 500; and state government, 400.
The sectors with the most job gains over the past year were health care and social assistance, 26,500; local government, 3,700; other services; 2,100; arts, entertainment, and recreation, 1,500; wholesale trade, 1,000; and real estate and rental and leasing, 1,000.
Jobs were down over the year in federal government, 11,400; transportation, warehousing, and utilities, 5,000; accommodation and food services, 2,900; administrative and support services, 2,900; and retail trade, 2,900.