Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in December from a revised 7.6 percent in November, as employers continued to add to their payrolls, the state department of labor said Thursday.
“The rate dropped primarily because 4,020 more Georgians were employed in December, mostly due to seasonal hiring in retail trade, transportation and warehousing,” state Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said in a statement. “And, I’m particularly pleased that we had some 90,000 more jobs this December than last, which is the best December job growth in eight years.”
Georgia had 4,094,100 jobs in December, an increase of 2.3 percent from December 2012 when the jobless rate was 8.7 percent.
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