Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Macon saw positive over-the-month measures in almost every key indicator in March.

“We had another strong month in March,” said Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler. “We saw the unemployment rate drop in every single MSA, along with an increase in jobs across the state and most importantly, a decrease in over-the-year initial claims for every MSA.”   

In Macon, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points in March, reaching 4.5 percent. A year ago, the rate was 3.9 percent.

The labor force decreased in Macon by 30 and ended the month with 104,320. That number is up 398 when compared to March of 2020.

Macon finished the month with 99,595 employed residents.  That number increased by 491 over the month and is down by 239 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Macon ended March with 99,600 jobs. That number increased by 400 from February to March and decreased by 3,200 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims went up by 18 percent in Macon. When compared to last March, claims were down by about 52 percent.

Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed about 3,608 active job postings in metro Macon for March.

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