ATLANTA â The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that Georgiaâs unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage points to reach 5.6 percent in December while the state saw a significant increase in the number of jobs.
âDecember is yet another month where we have seen job growth throughout the state,â Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said in a news release. âWe more than doubled our job growth from November, which is very promising, considering how challenging of a year this has been. Georgia has gained back 82 percent of the jobs we lost at the beginning of the pandemic and continues to remain strong in economic growth and business development.â