Metro Albany unemployment remains at 10.7 percent

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in metro Albany was unchanged at 10.7 percent from June to July. The preliminary June rate was 10.8 percent, but was revised down by one-tenth of a percentage point. The jobless rate in metro Albany in July a year ago was 11.2 percent.

The lowest area rates, at 7.9 percent, were recorded in Athens and Warner Robins, while the highest, at 12.8 percent, was in the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha area near Dublin.

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