The August workforce report for Georgia shows a gain of 1,900 jobs, with the unemployment rate unchanged from July.
Nearly five million are employed in the state, according to numbers released Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor.
Health care and social assistance reached all-time highs, as did the leisure and hospitality sector. The biggest gainers for the month were retail trade, administrative and support services, accommodation and food services, and state government.
Decliners included construction, information, professional and technical services, real estate and rental and leasing, and federal government.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes pointed to growth during the first half of the year.
“With unemployment holding steady at 3.4% in August, nine-tenths below the national average, and Georgia adding workers seven months in a row, our workforce is strong and growing,” she said.