aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Georgia jobs

A factory, one that’s been here for 34 years, is closing down at the end of the year. We can’t afford that:

Georgia’s job growth is ranked among the 10 worst in the country, and the industries adding jobs the fastest don’t pay enough to afford the median-priced home, according to a quarterly economic report released Tuesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

For April-June, payroll growth in Georgia was only 0.5 percent higher than the same period in 2004, and less than one-third of the nation’s tempo. Georgia’s pace is behind what it was before the 2001 recession even though more than 400,000 people have come to the state seeking work since then.

Five Georgia metro areas, Augusta, Columbus, Dalton, Macon and Warner Robins, have fewer jobs than before the recession.