Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Macon saw a decrease in the unemployment rate for April.

“We had another strong month in April,” said Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler. “We saw the unemployment rate decrease in almost every MSA, along with an over the month and over the year decrease in initial claims for every MSA.”   

In Macon, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points in April, reaching 4.3 percent. A year ago, the rate was 11.2 percent.

The labor force decreased in Macon by 386 and ended the month with 103,996. That number is up 5,079 when compared to April of 2020.

Macon finished the month with 99,566 employed residents.  That number decreased by 62 over the month and is up by 11,754 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Macon ended April with 92,200 jobs. That number decreased by 400 from March to April and increased by 7,800 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims went down by 11 percent in Macon. When compared to last April, claims were down by about 89 percent.

Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed about 3,140 active job postings in metro Macon for April.