Georgia's Unemployment Rate Was Unchanged to Close Out 2022

Georgia's December unemployment rate was 3%, unchanged from November's modified rate.

Additionally, state authorities said task numbers increased by nearly 6,000 from November, hitting an all-time high. Georgia's unemployment rate stayed lower than the national unemployment rate of 3.5% in December.

" The end of 2022 saw Georgia's December joblessness rate drop five-tenths of a percent lower than the national unemployment rate, pointing to strong financial growth," Bruce Thompson, Georgia's newly minted labor commissioner, stated in an announcement. "Georgia's red-hot economy evidenced by our state is being recognized for the 9th year in a row as the # 1 place to do company."

In his inaugural address last week, Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, stated his approach to re-open the state as rapidly as possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic assisted place the state for its rosy labor position.

" We listened to the people of our state, not the Atlanta paper, the media, the pundits or the so-called specialists," the governor stated.

" We offered Georgians the chance to go back to work, to get their kids back in the classroom and safeguard liberty to live their lives without worry of more government lockdowns, mandates and overreach," Kemp included. "And because we did that, Georgia came roaring back.

" Georgia has the most people ever working, the most affordable unemployment rate in the history of our state."