The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) says Georgia’s December unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, unchanged from a revised 3.7 percent in November. The unemployment rate was four-tenths lower than the national rate.
Jobs were up by 9,900 over the month and up by 60,400 over the year to 4,994,900, an all-time high.
The sectors with the most over-the-month job gains included Health Care and Social Assistance, 5,500, Information, which includes Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries, 3,300, Retail Trade, 2,900, Accommodation and Food Services, 2,200, and Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, 1,000.
Jobs were down in Durable Goods Manufacturing, -1,800, Local Government, -1,500, Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing, -1,400, Transportation and Warehousing, -900, and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, -600. Jobs were at an all-time high in Private Education and Health Services, 705,400, which broke the 700,000 job plateau, and Leisure and Hospitality, 539,900.