Georgia Jobs Lost, Unemployment Remains Flat

The bad news is that more Georgia jobs were lost last month, but the relatively good news is that the state's unemployment rate remained steady.

During September, Georgia's unemployment rate remained at 10.1 percent, which is slightly higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. This is a change from August, when the state's unemployment rate decreased from 10.3 percent to 10.1 percent.

Georgia had a total non-farm employment of 3,838,100 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 3,853,600 workers during August and a 6 percent decrease from last year.

Two industries saw an increase in employment from August to September, including financial activities by 2,400 jobs and education and health services by 700 jobs. The mining and logging industry employed 9,800 workers during August and September.

The education and health services industry was the only one able to add jobs when compared to last year, seeing a 3.2 percent increase in employment. The construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year, seeing a 19.1 percent decrease in jobs.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:

• mining and logging by 3.9 percent
• manufacturing by 13.8 percent
• trade, transportation and utilities by 6.9 percent
• information by 6.3 percent
• financial activities by 5.5 percent
• professional and business services by 8.6 percent
• leisure and hospitality by 3.5 percent
• other services by 5 percent
• government by 2.5 percent