The monthly press release from the GDOL offices showed in northeast Georgia that the unemployment rate was down seven-tenths to 3.1% over-the-month. The rate was 3.1% one year ago at the same time ...

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that unemployment dropped across Georgia’s 12 regional commissions in December. “In December, more Georgians were working and unemployment dropped ...

While many analysts consider the U.S. labor market to be going through a downturn, the reality is not uniform—with certain states seeing their unemployment rates improve, and others experiencing ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 6,067 ...

Georgia’s unemployment rate continues to hover below the national average. The state of Georgia ended 2025 with an unemployment rate of 3.6% for the month of December. The Georgia Department of Labor ...

Republican Barbara Rivera Holmes has only held her position as the head of the Georgia Department of Labor since April, and now she’ll have to defend her tenure leading an agency fraught with ...

Georgia's November 2025 unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, significantly lower than the 4.6% national rate. October data was skipped due to a federal government shutdown. Health care and ...

January 6, 2026 - The Georgia Department of Labor recently announced that unemployment fell across Georgia’s 12 regional commissions in September. The three-county Savannah Metropolitan Statistical ...

Americans filed fewer new claims for jobless benefits last week in a surprise dip, signaling layoffs remain low — but don’t pop the champagne yet. The unemployment rate likely remained stubbornly high ...