Georgia’s unemployment rate for March remains unchanged at 3.6%, six-tenths lower than the national rate of 4.2%, according to a press release on Thursday from the state Department of Labor.
The data shows a 6,900-job increase in March and a 23,100-job increase over the year.
“Georgia’s job market is full of opportunity, with nearly 5 million jobs and three openings for every Georgian,” said Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes in the release.
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