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Initial Job Claims Continue to Drop in Macon for May

Friday, June 25th, 2021

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Macon saw its initial claims for unemployment drop over-the-month and over-the-year.

 
"This is a step in the right direction, but we need to continue to get Georgians back to work,” said Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler. “Increasing the amount of people in our labor force is critical for us to continue to improve.”

In Macon, the unemployment rate remained unchanged in May, staying at 4.3 percent. A year ago, the rate was 8.9 percent.

The labor force decreased in Macon by 487 and ended the month with 103,658. That number is up 3,066 when compared to May of 2020.

Macon finished the month with 99,199 employed residents.  That number decreased by 423 over the month and is up by 7,568 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Macon ended May with 99,900 jobs. That number increased by 700 from April to May and increased by 5,800 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims went down by 20 percent in May. When compared to last May, claims were down by about 86 percent.

Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed about 3,872 active job postings in metro Macon for May.

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