The number of jobs lost statewide is up slightly and in most metro areas, including Gainesville.
The current adjusted state rate, which is two-tenths of one percent higher than the U.S. seasonally-adjusted rate of 5.5 percent, continued to top the national rate for the past five months.
Preliminary unadjusted data from May to June show Georgia lost 21,900 payroll jobs, a decrease of one-half of one percent. The job losses came across-the-board in manufacturing, construction, trade and services.
The metro areas of the state and their job changes include:
- Albany, down 100, or two-tenths of one percent, from 64,600 to 64,500.
- Athens, up 400, or one-half of one percent, from 83,200 to 83,600.
- Atlanta, down 10,900, or four-tenths of one percent, from 2,479,100 to 2,468,200.
- Augusta, down 1,100, or one-half of one percent, from 219,800 to 218,700.
- Columbus, down 200, or two-tenths of one percent, from 121,800 to 121,600.
- Dalton, unchanged at 78,000.
- Gainesville, down 300, or four-tenths of one percent, from 77,700 to 77,400.
- Macon, down 300, or three-tenths of one percent, from 100,700 to 100,400.
- Savannah, down 600, or four-tenths of one percent, from 163,400 to 162,800.
- Valdosta, down 700, or 1.2 percent, from 57,000 to 56,300.
- Warner Robins, down 400, or seven-tenths of one percent, from 59,700 to 59,300.
On the Net: Georgia Dept. of Labor. http://www.dol.state.ga.us
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