Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Gainesville set a record for total jobs in August.
At the same time, the one-county metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in Georgia saw its unemployment rate fall and the number of claims shrink.
All indicators still remain positive for the year, according to statistics from the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL).
"Our communities across the state continue to thrive,” Butler said. “Local economies continue to add jobs and see other indicators like employment and labor force grow over time. It has become almost routine for some of our local areas set records.”
The August unemployment rate fell to 3 percent – lowest among all 14 MSAs in Georgia. That’s down 0.2 percent from the previous month and down from 4.1 percent one year ago.
The labor force decreased in August by 934 to reach 103,888 total members. The number has climbed by nearly 3,450 over the past 12 months.
Gainesville lost 667 employed residents in August, dropping its total to just under 101,000. That number has grown by about 4,500 over the past year.
Gainesville saw jobs increase by 1,100 in August to reach 94,500, a new record. This puts Gainesville up 4,200 jobs for the year.
Initial claims for unemployment down by about 39 percent for the month and are down by about 41 percent when compared to the same period a year ago.
Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed 782 active job postings in metro Gainesville for August.
The one-county MSA includes just Hall County.
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