Unemployment rates declined both in Gainesville and the Northeast Georgia area from October to November.
In the latest report released Thursday morning by the Georgia Department of Labor, the rate in Gainesville went from 2.5 percent in October to 2.2 percent in November. In the Georgia Mountain Regional Commission, an area encompassing Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties, the rate declined from 2.7 percent to 2.4.
Georgia State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said similar declines were seen across the state.
"We are seeing job numbers continue to rise across the state as Georgians secure employment,” Butler said. “Unemployment rates also dropped in all of our regional commissions in November as we entered the holiday employment period.”
While the overall unemployment rate decline, first-time claims for unemployment insurance rose in the area over the month and there are still high numbers of open jobs. Employ Georgia showed over 2,300 job listings in Gainesville alone in November.
