Georgia's Jobless Rate Dips to 6.3 Percent in February

By Scott Bernarde

The Georgia unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in February, thanks to a record job count, the state department of labor said Thursday.

It was the lowest jobless rate since July 2008 (also 6.3 percent), and a full percentage point lower than in Feburary, 2014.

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“We hit a historical high for jobs in Georgia this February, which helped push our unemployment rate down to 6.3 percent,” said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler in a news release. “Our over-the-year job growth was the most we’ve had since the height of the Atlanta Summer Olympics in July 1996.”

Georgia had 4,245,800 seasonally–adjusted jobs in February, an increase of 25,400, or 0.6 percent, from 4,220,400 in January.