- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- News release (Georgia Department of Labor)
- Title:
- News release, Sept. 28, 2006N
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor, 2006-09-28
- Date of Original:
- 2006-09-28
- Subject:
- Georgia. Department of Labor--Periodicals
Labor--Georgia--Periodicals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
Each issue also has a distinctive theme title - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200 .P1 N45 2006/9-28N
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2006-s9-h28n-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2006-s9-h28n-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia
Department of Labor
NEWS RELEASE
SUITE 642
(404) 232-3685
148 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, N.E.
ATLANTA, GA 30303-1751
FAX (404) 657-9996
Communications@dol.state.ga.us
Michael Thurmond
Commissioner
Sam Hall
Director of Communications
Sept. 28, 2006.........................................................FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Heart of Georgia's unemployment rate declines in August
ATLANTA -- The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that the unemployment rate in the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha area declined to 5.7 percent in August, down seven-tenths of one percent from 6.4 percent in July. The area's jobless rate was 6.3 percent in August of 2005.
Meanwhile, the state's unemployment rate declined to 4.6 percent in August, down one-half of one percent from 5.1 percent in July. The U.S. rate matched the Georgia rate at the 4.6 percent unadjusted level. During the preceding three months, the national rate was higher than Georgia's.
While unemployment declined in the state in August, Georgia added 47,300 non-farm jobs, with the bulk of those among seasonal workers in local education, as schools opened for the fall. Another factor in the decline in the jobless rate was a seasonal drop of 24,858 in the state's workforce, as some people gave up their search for temporary summer employment and left the job market.
Georgia labor market data are not seasonally adjusted and are available at www.dol.state.ga.us.
NEWS MEDIA NEEDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 232-3685. TABLE AND GRAPHS REFLECTING LABOR MARKET DATA ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.dol.state.ga.us/pr/current_data.htm
CY-06-390
