Slight dip in November jobless rates

First look at November jobless rates: a bit of relief vs. October

-The Georgia Department of Labor is releasing November jobless rates this morning. The first look shows as follows:

	Bartow	Chattooga	Floyd	Gordon	Polk	Georgia
November	12.7%	11.8%	10.6%	13.1%	10.6%	10.2%
October	12.9%	13.4%	10.9%	13.6%	10.7%	10.1%

-Statewide, the number of payroll jobs in November 2009 was 3,874,200, a decrease of 192,400, or 4.7 percent, from 4,066,600 in November 2008. The over-the-year losses came in trade, transportation and warehousing, manufacturing, professional and business services, and construction.

-On a positive note, educational and health services added 13,800 jobs over the year. Also, from October to November, a total of 8,500 jobs were added in retail trade, public and private education, and health care.   
-Meanwhile, the state 's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 10.2 percent in November, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 10.1 percent in October.