Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Macon saw its jobs increase in September.

Additionally, Macon saw monthly increases in its labor force and number of employed residents for September.

“Although we saw some negative metrics in certain MSAs, a majority of the areas saw increases in jobs, employed residents, and labor force,” said Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “We really need to push the tens of thousands of jobs that we have on our online job listing page EmployGeorgia.com. The more we fill these jobs the more our state can regulate and show positive numbers throughout all MSAs.”

In Macon, the unemployment rate increased 0.3 percentage points in September, reaching 6.6 percent. A year ago, the rate was 3.3 percent.

The labor force increased in September by 1,411 and ended the month with 98,977. That number is down 3,754 when compared to September of 2019.

Macon finished the month with 92,429 employed residents.  That number increased by 1,010 over the month but is down by 6,865 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Macon ended September with 99,200. jobs. That number increased by 1,200 from August to September but was down by 3,500 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims went down by 9 percent in Macon. When compared to last September, claims were up by about 1,023 percent.

Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.comshowed about 2,530 active job postings in metro Macon for September.