Georgia Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate in Georgia fell to 13.3% in the third quarter of 2025 from 13.8% in the corresponding period of the previous year. This marked the lowest reading since the fourth quarter of 2003, as the number of unemployed persons dropped by 12.1 thousand to 213.7 thousand. The jobless rate for women edged down to 11.4% from 11.5% in Q3 2024, while the rate for men slipped to 14.7% from 15.6%. Meanwhile, the employment rate rose to 47.3% from 47.1% a year earlier, even as the number of employed persons declined by 11.7 thousand to 1,396 thousand. The labor force participation rate decreased to 54.5% from 54.7%.