The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) declined to 5.8 percent in September, down threetenths of one percent from 6.1 percent in August. The area's jobless rate was 6.5 percent in September 2005.

Meanwhile, the state's unemployment rate was unchanged from August to September at 4.6 percent, two-tenths of one percent higher than the U.S. unadjusted rate of 4.4 percent. For three out of the last four months, Georgia's jobless rate has been higher than the national rate.

Georgia lost 5,200 non-farm jobs in September: 2,600 in trade and services; 1,400 in construction; and 1,000 in manufacturing.