Georgia’s August 2025 unemployment rate was 3.4%, unchanged from July, and nine-tenths lower than the national rate.
Jobs increased by 1,900 over the month to nearly five million. Over the year, jobs rose by 32,300.
In August, the sectors reaching all-time highs included health care and social assistance, 627,200; and leisure and hospitality, 521,200.
The sectors with the most job gains in the past month were retail trade, 2,900; administrative and support services, 1,800; accommodation and food services, 1,600; state government, 1,500; and other services, 1,200.
Jobs declined over the month in construction, 3,000; information, 2,400; professional and technical services, 1,500; federal government, 1,200; and real estate and rental and leasing, 1,000.