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GDOL: Gainesville metro unemployment rises, jobless claims decline

By AccessWDUN Staff
Posted 6:18AM on Thursday 23rd September 2021 ( 3 years ago )

The unemployment rate for the Gainesville metro last month increased a bit, but Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says the metro did see an increase in jobs and a drop in the number of unemployment claims in August. 

"Although we are seeing fewer unemployed individuals now than before the pandemic started, we are also still seeing a decreased total number of people in the workforce when compared to numbers recorded prior to the pandemic,” said Commissioner Mark Butler in his monthly area employment report. “This will continue to cause a hiring crunch until we can attract more people back to the workforce to fill the record number of job openings.”

Butler said Thursday the unemployment rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point to 2.2% from July 2021. A year ago, the rate was 4.5%.

Other data from the August report revealed:

Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed about 1,697 active job postings in Gainesville for August.

 

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