AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Georgia Department of Labor on Thursday announced the seven-county Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area saw record-breaking employment and labor force gains in April.
According to the GDOL, the unemployment rate stand at 3.3 percent last month. This time last year, it was 3.4 percent.
“Georgia has always been a state that rewards hard work, and right now, hard work is paying off in a big way,” said Georgia Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes. “Every single metro area in this state added jobs in April, more Georgians are earning mortgage-paying paychecks, and our workforce is more skilled and competitive than ever. That is what it looks like when Georgia, a Top State for Talent, goes to work.”…