Georgia’s April Unemployment Rate equals the All-Time Low 

The Georgia Department of Labor announces that Georgia’s April unemployment rate was equal to the all-time low set in March of 2022 at 3.1%.  Georgia’s unemployment rate was five-tenths of a percent lower than the national April 2022 unemployment rate of 3.6%.  The state set a new all-time high number of employed Georgians of 5,106,584, up 20,516 in April.  The labor force was at an all-time high of 5,267,469, up 16,337 over the month, and the number of unemployed was down 4,179 to 160,885, the lowest figure since June 2001.  Initial claims were down 1,659 (9%) from March to 17,423 in April.  Over the year initial claims were down 115,980 (87%).  Georgia’s number of jobs was at an all-time high of 4,765,500, up 19,000 from March to April and up 252,000 over the year.  In addition, there are over 227,000 jobs listed online at EmployGeorgia.com, resulting in a minimum of over 315,000 unfilled positions.