Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Brunswick recorded an unemployment rate of 3.1 percent in June, up three-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 4.2 percent.

“While the seasonally adjusted state unemployment rate went down in June, it is important to note that local area rates are not seasonally adjusted to take account for fluctuations due to seasonal events that include weather, harvests, major holidays, and school schedules,” said Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “The increase in local rates is typical for summer and Georgia is still leading the Southern Region and third in the nation in percentage increases in employment.”

Georgia had a seasonally adjusted percent change in employment of 5.4 percent from June 2021 to June 2022. Georgia ranked 3rd (out of 8) in the South Region and 18th nationally for lowest unemployment rate, with a preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.9 percent for June 2022 and had the second lowest unemployment rate among the top ten most populated states (Florida, 2.8%).

The labor force increased in Brunswick by 77 and ended the month with 53,600. That number is up 725 when compared to June of 2021.

Brunswick finished the month with 51,934 employed residents. That number decreased by 92 over the month and is up by 1,271 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Brunswick ended June with 45,700 jobs. That number went up by 500 from May to June and increased by 1,700 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims decreased by one percent in Brunswick in June. When compared to last June, claims were down by about 82 percent.

Employ Georgia, the GDOL’s online job listing service at employgeorgia.com showed about 599 active job postings in Brunswick for June.