There are over 227,000 jobs listed online at, resulting in a minimum of over 300,000 unfilled positions. “Georgia ranks highest in the Southeast and third highest of the ten most populated states with a labor participation rate of 62.3 percent for May.” “The labor force has increased to its highest number ever as more Georgians are actively working or looking for work,” said Comm. The sectors with the most over-the-year job gains included Administrative and Support Services, 35,600, Accommodation and Food Services, 32,800, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, 22,800, Transportation and Warehousing, 22,000, Health Care and Social Assistance, 20,700, and Retail Trade, 20,200. The sectors with the most over-the-month job gains in June included Health Care and Social Assistance, 3,700, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, 2,900, Accommodation and Food Services, 2,400, Wholesale Trade, 2,200, State Government, 2,000, Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing, 1,800, Local Government, 1,500, and Finance and Insurance, 1,400. Job numbers were at an all-time high in Trade and Transportation, 1,015,000, including the Wholesale Trade sector, 226,000, in Financial Activities, 270,400, in Professional and Business Services, 791,200, including the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector, 319,900, and in Education and Health Services, 628,800, including the Health Care and Social Assistance sector, 534,200. The labor force was at an all-time high of 5,289,765, up 8,103 over the month, and the number of unemployed was down 2,317 to 155,199, the lowest figure since March 2001’s 152,974. The state saw a new all-time high number of employed Georgians of 5,134,566, up 10,420 in June. ![]() We are adding new job seekers and they are quickly finding employment.”
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