Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Northwest Georgia saw a decrease in its unemployment rate for April.

“We had another strong month in April,” said Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler. “We saw the unemployment rate decrease in every region and county, along with an over the month and over the year decrease in initial claims for nearly every region and country.”   

In Northwest Georgia, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points, bringing the rate to 3.2 percent. A year ago, the rate was 13 percent.

The labor force decreased in April by 1,051. The March total was 423,441. That number is up by 14,912 from the total from April 2020.

Northwest Georgia ended April with 410,072 employed residents.  The number decreased by 197 in April and was up 54,813 as compared to last year.

Initial claims for unemployment decreased by 12 percent in April. When compared to last April, claims were down by about 92 percent.

The GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed 5,724 active job postings in Northwest Georgia for April.

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DATA FOR THE METRO AREAS ARE ATTACHED. TABLES AND GRAPHS REFLECTING LABOR MARKET DATA ARE AVAILABLE AT: http://dol.georgia.gov/current-labor-force-data-and-graphs

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