Georgia’s unemployment rate declines to 5.7 percent in October (Georgia Department of Labor)

(Source: Georgia Department of Labor) Release Date: Nov. 19, 2015 ATLANTA -- The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in October was 5.7 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.8 percent in September. The rate was 6.8 percent in October 2014. 'A strong over-the-month increase of 29,000 jobs helped push our unemployment rate to its lowest level in seven-and-a-half years,' said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. 'This year's September-to-October job growth is much...