Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Atlanta’s unemployment rate decreased in May.
“The fact that almost every single monthly indicator in May’s job market report was positive shows great promise to Georgia’s economy up ahead,” said Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler.
In Atlanta, the unemployment rate decreased 2.4 percentage points in May, reaching 10.3 percent.
The number of unemployment claims went down by 38 percent in May to 528,473.
Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed about 47,421 active job postings in metro Atlanta for May.
