The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) declined to 6.1 percent in August, down two-tenths of one percent from 6.3 percent in July.

Meanwhile, the state's unemployment rate declined to 4.5 percent in August, down four-tenths of one percent from 4.9 percent in July. The state's rate was one-tenth of one percent lower than the U.S. unadjusted rate of 4.6 percent in August.

The state's rate declined because of two seasonal factors: students left the summer workforce to return to schools and the schools and some manufacturing industries re-hired workers who had been off their jobs during the summer months.

From July to August, Georgia added 46,600 payroll jobs, with better than two-thirds of those among seasonal workers in public and private schools.

Georgia labor market data are not seasonally adjusted and are available at www.dol.state.ga.us.