Jobless Rate in Sandy Springs Remains at 4.9 Percent

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By Scott Bernarde

Despite the slight uptick in unemployment rates throughout metro Atlanta, the jobless rate in Sandy Springs saw no change in June, according to data released on Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor.

The city’s rate held steady at 4.9 percent, the same figure reported in May. Sandy Springs’s rate in June 2014 was 5.8 percent.

Rates for surrounding cities that have a total population of 25,000 or more include: Alpharetta at 4.8 percent; Atlanta at 6.7 percent; Brookhaven at 2.8 percent; Dunwoody at 4.6 percent; Johns Creek at 4.9 percent; Marietta at 5.7 percent; Milton at 4.9 percent; Peachtree Corners at 5.3 percent; Roswell at 4.6 percent; Smyrna at 5.1 percent; and Woodstock at 5.6 percent.

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The labor department said metro Atlanta’s rate was up one-tenth of a point in June -- 6.0 percent, up from 5.9 in May, but considerably less than 7.3, the rate for June 2014.

The rate rose as the number of jobs declined and new layoffs, as measured by unemployment insurance claims, increased, the labor department said.

Metro Gainesville had the lowest area jobless rate at 5.3 percent. The Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region had the highest at 8.2.

Georgia’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for June was 6.1 percent, down from 6.3 in May. It was 7.3 percent in June 2014.

Click here to scroll through the attachment below for more unemployment information (note: local area unemployment data is not seasonally adjusted).

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