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GDOL: Gainesville unemployment rate drops to 5.9% in June

By AccessWDUN Staff
Posted 5:21AM on Thursday 23rd July 2020 ( 4 years ago )

Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit Georgia's economy, there is some good news in June's unemployment report from the Georgia Department of Labor. 

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Gainesville metro's unemployment rate decreased by 1.7 percentage points, reaching 5.9% for June. A year ago, the jobless rate was 3.1%.

"June continued to show positive growth across all MSAs,” said Butler in his monthly report. “We saw almost all major indicators head in the right direction but continue to work to support Georgia businesses and get Georgians back to work.” 

Other numbers for June in the Gainesville metro:

Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed about 1,226 active job postings in metro Gainesville for June.

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