Georgia unemployment rate again falls to new all-time low

Another month brought another all-time low for Georgia’s unemployment rate in December, as it dipped to 2.6%.

For the third month in a row, that’s the lowest level since current records began in 1976, falling from 2.8% in November and less than half the 5.3% reported in December 2021.

A record number of people reported having a job in Georgia — more than 5 million. But the state’s labor force barely grew, having been basically flat for months, as employer demand drains the pool of available workers.