Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Brunswick saw its jobs increase in September. 

Additionally, Brunswick saw monthly increases in its labor force for September.

“Although we saw some negative metrics in certain MSAs, a majority of the areas saw increases in jobs, employed residents, and labor force,” said Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “We really need to push the tens of thousands of jobs that we have on our online job listing page EmployGeorgia.com. The more we fill these jobs the more our state can regulate and show positive numbers throughout all MSAs.”

In Brunswick, the unemployment rate increased 0.3 percentage points in September, reaching 6.2 percent. A year ago, the rate was 3.5 percent.

The labor force increased in September by 95 and ended the month with 46,378. That number is down 6,706 when compared to September of 2019.

Brunswick finished the month with 43,522 employed residents.  That number decreased by 29 over the month and is down by 7,724 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Brunswick ended September with 38,900. jobs. That number increased by 200 from August to September but was down by 5,800 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims went down by 14 percent in Brunswick. When compared to last September, claims were up by about 322 percent.