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

Additionally, Savannah saw monthly increases in its labor force and number of employed residents 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 Savannah, the unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points in September, reaching 6.7 percent. A year ago, the rate was 2.9 percent.

The labor force increased in September by 1,946 and ended the month with 182,747. That number is down 4,537 when compared to September of 2019.

Savannah finished the month with 170,458 employed residents.  That number increased by 1,461 over the month but is down by 11,346 when compared to the same time a year ago.

Savannah ended September with 179,300. jobs. That number increased by 1,900 from August to September but decreased by 4,800 when compared to this time last year.

The number of unemployment claims went down by 16 percent in Savannah. When compared to last September, claims were up by about 1,012 percent.