Albany Continued to See Job Growth Through 2013
Friday, January 24th, 2014
Declining unemployment figures statewide indicate improved job growth for Georgia and Albany over the past year.
The Georgia Department of Labor released December unemployment numbers this week showing that not only had the state unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent for December 2013, down from 7.6 percent in November, the rate had also decreased from 8.7 percent for December of 2012.
The decrease is attributed to the growth of some 90,000 jobs, primarily in the areas of professional and business services, since the end of 2012. According to the DOL reports the state gained 25,100 jobs in those areas, 22,100 in trade and transportation, 18,500 in leisure and hospitality, 15,300 in education and health services and 9,900 in construction, despite a loss of 5,100 in government.
