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

Additionally, Warner Robins 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 Warner Robins, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points in September, reaching 4.9 percent. A year ago, the rate was 3 percent.

The labor force increased in September by 334 and ended the month with 80,442. That number is down 5,744 when compared to September of 2019.

Warner Robins finished the month with 76,491 employed residents.  That number increased by 212 over the month but is down by 7,102 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Warner Robins ended September with 73,400. jobs. That number increased by 200 from August to September but decreased by 4,100 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims went down by 9 percent in Warner Robins. When compared to last September, claims were up by about 576 percent.