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- Dimensions (Georgia. Department of Labor)
- Title:
- Dimensions (Georgia. Department of Labor)
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- Georgia. Department of Labor.
Georgia. Workforce Information and Analysis. - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor,
- Date of Original:
- 2023-09
- Subject:
- Labor market--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals.
Wages--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals.
Hours of labor--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals.
Hours of labor.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00961863
Labor market.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00990036
Wages.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01169492
Georgia.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01204622
Georgia Government Documents--Serial - Location:
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- Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)-
Title from caption.
Issue no. 12 for each year called annual issue; includes revised estimates for the year.
Compiled by the Dept. of Labor's Workforce Information and Analysis.
Latest issue consulted: Vol. 31, no. 5 (May 2005). - External Identifiers:
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Jackson Madison Elbert
Polk
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Gwinnett Barrow Clarke
D I M E N S I O Paulding
Haralson Douglas
DeKalb Rock-
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Oconee Oglethorpe Wilkes
Lincoln
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Fulton Clayton
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Morgan Greene Taliaferro
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Georgia Unemployment Rate
(Seasonally Adjusted)
ing by 3,100 jobs in August. The over the month growth
in September comes as employment in health care and
social assistance was up 1,800, and private educational
services grew by 1,500 new positions. The leisure and
hospitality sector added 3,300 jobs over the month, with an additional 4,700 jobs in accommodation and food
3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.3% 3.4%
services outweighing a loss of 1,400 workers in arts,
entertainment and recreation.
Trade, transportation, and utilities cut 1,200 jobs in September continuing the downtrend in employment for the fourth consecutive month. Transportation, warehousing, and utilities contracted by 1,100 and wholesale trade declined by 600, overshadowing retail trade's gain of 500 positions over the month.
Sep-22 Oct-22 Nov-22 Dec-22 Jan-23 Feb-23 Mar-23 Apr-23 May-23 Jun-23 Jul-23 Aug-23 Sep-23
Over the year, employment in Georgia is up 96,100, or 2.0 percent. Leisure and hospitality (+35,700 jobs), private education and health services (+34,400 jobs), government (+21,700 jobs), construction (+10,700 jobs) and other services (+10,500 jobs) added the most jobs from September 2022 to September 2023.
In September 2023, Georgia's unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) increased to 3.4 percent over the month. Over the year, the state's rate is up from 3.1 percent in September a year ago.
Bruce Thompson, Commissioner
Workforce Statistics Division
For more information, contact
Corey Smith or Lindsey Adams at (404) 232-3875 Corey.Smith@gdol.ga.gov
Lindsey.Adams@gdol.ga.gov
Equal Opportunity Employer/ProgramAuxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities
GEORGIA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm
4,942.7
4,925.6
4,846.6
17.1 0.3
96.1 2.0
Total Private
4,242.3
4,226.5
4,167.9
15.8 0.4
74.4 1.8
Goods Producing
653.9
652.9
643.9
1.0 0.2
10.0 1.6
Service-Providing
4,288.8
4,272.7
4,202.7
16.1 0.4
86.1 2.0
Private Service-Providing
3,588.4
3,573.6
3,524.0
14.8 0.4
64.4 1.8
Mining and Logging
10.0
10.0
9.7
0.0 0.0
0.3 3.1
Mining, Logging and Construction
235.0
234.0
224.0
1.0 0.4
11.0 4.9
Construction
225.0
224.0
214.3
1.0 0.4
10.7 5.0
Manufacturing
418.9
418.9
419.9
0.0 0.0
-1.0 -0.2
Durable Goods
216.4
215.6
214.4
0.8 0.4
2.0 0.9
Non-Durable Goods
202.5
203.3
205.5
-0.8 -0.4
-3.0 -1.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,024.3
1,025.5
1,036.5
-1.2 -0.1
-12.2 -1.2
Wholesale Trade
224.1
224.7
226.7
-0.6 -0.3
-2.6 -1.1
Retail Trade
519.0
518.5
517.9
0.5 0.1
1.1 0.2
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
281.2
282.3
291.9
-1.1 -0.4
-10.7 -3.7
Information
128.7
128.6
126.2
0.1 0.1
2.5 2.0
Financial Activities
284.6
284.0
276.4
0.6 0.2
8.2 3.0
Finance and Insurance
200.8
200.8
198.0
0.0 0.0
2.8 1.4
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
83.8
83.2
78.4
0.6 0.7
5.4 6.9
Professional and Business Services
775.4
769.4
790.1
6.0 0.8
-14.7 -1.9
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
324.1
322.9
329.6
1.2 0.4
-5.5 -1.7
Management of Companies and Enterprises
97.4
97.2
94.8
0.2 0.2
2.6 2.7
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation
353.9
349.3
365.7
4.6 1.3
-11.8 -3.2
Private Education and Health Services
670.1
666.8
635.7
3.3 0.5
34.4 5.4
Private Educational Services
101.3
99.8
95.9
1.5 1.5
5.4 5.6
Health Care and Social Assistance
568.8
567.0
539.8
1.8 0.3
29.0 5.4
Leisure and Hospitality
529.6
526.3
493.9
3.3 0.6
35.7 7.2
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
62.8
64.2
58.1
-1.4 -2.2
4.7 8.1
Accommodation and Food Services
466.8
462.1
435.8
4.7 1.0
31.0 7.1
Other Services
175.7
173.0
165.2
2.7 1.6
10.5 6.4
Government
700.4
699.1
678.7
1.3 0.2
21.7 3.2
Federal Government
110.8
110.8
106.1
0.0 0.0
4.7 4.4
State Government
160.5
160.4
155.1
0.1 0.1
5.4 3.5
Local Government
429.1
427.9
417.5
1.2 0.3
11.6 2.8
?Note: These seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers throughout Georgia. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
Georgia Department of Labor, Bruce Thompson, Commissioner Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available Upon Request to Individuals With Disabilities
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GEORGIA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm
4,929.8
4,915.9
4,825.7
13.9 0.3
104.1 2.2
Total Private
4,225.7
4,219.0
4,142.6
6.7 0.2
83.1 2.0
Goods Producing
652.7
654.0
643.4
-1.3 -0.2
9.3 1.5
Service-Providing
4,277.1
4,261.9
4,182.3
15.2 0.4
94.8 2.3
Private Service-Providing
3,573.0
3,565.0
3,499.2
8.0 0.2
73.8 2.1
Mining and Logging
10.0
10.0
9.7
0.0 0.0
0.3 3.1
Mining, Logging and Construction
234.4
234.3
225.2
0.1 0.0
9.2 4.1
Construction
224.4
224.3
215.5
0.1 0.0
8.9 4.1
Construction of Buildings
47.9
47.4
48.9
0.5 1.1
-1.0 -2.0
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
38.2
36.6
33.8
1.6 4.4
4.4 13.0
Specialty Trade Contractors
138.3
140.3
132.8
-2.0 -1.4
5.5 4.1
Manufacturing
418.3
419.7
418.2
-1.4 -0.3
0.1 0.0
Durable Goods
217.5
217.3
213.5
0.2 0.1
4.0 1.9
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
57.2
57.1
54.8
0.1 0.2
2.4 4.4
Non-Durable Goods
200.8
202.4
204.7
-1.6 -0.8
-3.9 -1.9
Food Manufacturing
70.4
71.1
67.5
-0.7 -1.0
2.9 4.3
Textile Mills
15.6
15.8
16.5
-0.2 -1.3
-0.9 -5.5
Textile Product Mills
26.0
26.3
26.4
-0.3 -1.1
-0.4 -1.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,017.0
1,016.9
1,025.4
0.1 0.0
-8.4 -0.8
Wholesale Trade
224.2
224.9
226.6
-0.7 -0.3
-2.4 -1.1
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
119.3
119.6
119.7
-0.3 -0.3
-0.4 -0.3
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
65.1
65.2
64.5
-0.1 -0.2
0.6 0.9
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
39.8
40.1
42.4
-0.3 -0.8
-2.6 -6.1
Retail Trade
513.3
512.9
511.0
0.4 0.1
2.3 0.5
Food and Beverage Retailers
101.1
100.5
98.3
0.6 0.6
2.8 2.9
General Merchandise Retailers
118.3
117.7
114.3
0.6 0.5
4.0 3.5
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instr, Book, & Misc Retailers
41.5
41.5
40.8
0.0 0.0
0.7 1.7
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
279.5
279.1
287.8
0.4 0.1
-8.3 -2.9
Utilities
19.9
20.0
20.3
-0.1 -0.5
-0.4 -2.0
Transportation and Warehousing
259.6
259.1
267.5
0.5 0.2
-7.9 -3.0
Air Transportation
35.8
35.8
33.9
0.0 0.0
1.9 5.6
Truck Transportation
61.2
62.5
63.0
-1.3 -2.1
-1.8 -2.9
Couriers and Messengers
29.1
28.8
30.5
0.3 1.0
-1.4 -4.6
Warehousing and Storage
84.6
83.9
88.8
0.7 0.8
-4.2 -4.7
Information
127.9
127.4
125.9
0.5 0.4
2.0 1.6
Telecommunications
34.6
33.7
36.1
0.9 2.7
-1.5 -4.2
Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (expt Satellite)
26.5
27.0
28.8
-0.5 -1.9
-2.3 -8.0
Computing Infra Providers, Data Processing, Web, & Related Svcs
24.4
23.8
23.7
0.6 2.5
0.7 3.0
Financial Activities
282.9
283.3
275.3
-0.4 -0.1
7.6 2.8
Finance and Insurance
199.7
200.4
197.4
-0.7 -0.4
2.3 1.2
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
102.9
102.6
98.2
0.3 0.3
4.7 4.8
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
83.2
82.9
77.9
0.3 0.4
5.3 6.8
Professional and Business Services
775.6
768.4
780.1
7.2 0.9
-4.5 -0.6
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
322.0
322.6
325.7
-0.6 -0.2
-3.7 -1.1
Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services
37.9
37.2
38.9
0.7 1.9
-1.0 -2.6
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
53.0
53.0
49.5
0.0 0.0
3.5 7.1
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
77.0
78.1
83.1
-1.1 -1.4
-6.1 -7.3
Management and Technical Consulting Services
57.0
57.3
57.4
-0.3 -0.5
-0.4 -0.7
Management of Companies and Enterprises
97.5
97.7
94.3
-0.2 -0.2
3.2 3.4
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation
356.1
348.1
360.1
8.0 2.3
-4.0 -1.1
Employment Services
169.2
164.4
178.3
4.8 2.9
-9.1 -5.1
Private Education and Health Services
667.3
663.2
636.1
4.1 0.6
31.2 4.9
Private Educational Services
101.2
96.7
96.7
4.5 4.7
4.5 4.7
Private Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
48.0
44.2
45.0
3.8 8.6
3.0 6.7
Health Care and Social Assistance
566.1
566.5
539.4
-0.4 -0.1
26.7 5.0
Ambulatory Health Care Services
260.1
259.3
250.0
0.8 0.3
10.1 4.0
Hospitals
167.0
166.9
159.6
0.1 0.1
7.4 4.6
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
59.4
58.6
55.7
0.8 1.4
3.7 6.6
Social Assistance
79.6
81.7
74.1
-2.1 -2.6
5.5 7.4
Leisure and Hospitality
527.6
532.3
491.4
-4.7 -0.9
36.2 7.4
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
61.4
65.4
57.7
-4.0 -6.1
3.7 6.4
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
43.8
47.8
41.6
-4.0 -8.4
2.2 5.3
Accommodation and Food Services
466.2
466.9
433.7
-0.7 -0.2
32.5 7.5
Accommodation
48.2
48.7
44.7
-0.5 -1.0
3.5 7.8
Food Services and Drinking Places
418.0
418.2
389.0
-0.2 -0.1
29.0 7.5
Other Services
174.7
173.5
165.0
1.2 0.7
9.7 5.9
Repair and Maintenance
48.9
47.7
43.4
1.2 2.5
5.5 12.7
Personal and Laundry Services
44.0
43.9
40.3
0.1 0.2
3.7 9.2
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar
81.8
81.9
81.3
-0.1 -0.1
0.5 0.6
Government
704.1
696.9
683.1
7.2 1.0
21.0 3.1
Federal Government
111.0
110.4
106.4
0.6 0.5
4.6 4.3
Department of Defense
45.3
44.7
43.7
0.6 1.3
1.6 3.7
State Government
162.9
156.9
157.9
6.0 3.8
5.0 3.2
State Government Educational Services
98.1
92.2
94.5
5.9 6.4
3.6 3.8
State Government excluding Educational Services
64.8
64.7
63.4
0.1 0.2
1.4 2.2
Local Government
430.2
429.6
418.8
0.6 0.1
11.4 2.7
Local Government Educational Services
252.7
252.0
244.9
0.7 0.3
7.8 3.2
Local Government excluding Educational Services
177.5
177.6
173.9
-0.1 -0.1
3.6 2.1
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers throughout Georgia. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the
twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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ALBANY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
(In thousands)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing
63.4
63.2
62.5
0.2 0.3
51.8
51.7
50.9
0.1 0.2
7.1
7.2
7.0
-0.1 -1.4
0.9 1.4 0.9 1.8 0.1 1.4
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
56.3
56.0
55.5
0.3 0.5
44.7
44.5
43.9
0.2 0.5
13.4
13.5
13.4
-0.1 -0.7
0.8 1.4 0.8 1.8 0.0 0.0
Retail Trade Government
Federal Government
7.5
7.5
7.5
11.6
11.5
11.6
2.6
2.5
2.3
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 4.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 13.0
State Government Local Government
2.6
2.5
2.5
0.1 4.0
6.4
6.5
6.8
-0.1 -1.5
0.1 4.0 -0.4 -5.9
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell and Worth counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid familyworkers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm
102.5
100.9
98.6
1.6 1.6
3.9 4.0
Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing
73.3
72.1
70.6
10.7
10.6
10.4
91.8
90.3
88.2
1.2 1.7 0.1 0.9 1.5 1.7
2.7 3.8 0.3 2.9 3.6 4.1
Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Retail Trade
62.6
61.5
60.2
17.2
17.1
17.1
11.0
10.7
11.0
1.1 1.8 0.1 0.6 0.3 2.8
2.4 4.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0
Professional and Business Services Leisure and Hospitality Government
9.1
9.1
9.1
12.1
11.8
11.6
29.2
28.8
28.0
0.0 0.0 0.3 2.5 0.4 1.4
0.0 0.0 0.5 4.3 1.2 4.3
Federal Government State Government Local Government
1.1
1.0
1.0
20.1
19.8
19.1
8.0
8.0
7.9
0.1 10.0 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.0
0.1 10.0 1.0 5.2 0.1 1.3
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers in the Athens-Clarke County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Clarke, Madison, Oconee and Oglethorpe counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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ATLANTA MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm
3,072.8
3,063.3
3,006.0
9.5 0.3
66.8 2.2
Total Private
2,721.3
2,718.4
2,667.1
2.9 0.1
54.2 2.0
Goods Producing
321.9
322.0
317.3
-0.1 0.0
4.6 1.5
Service-Providing
2,750.9
2,741.3
2,688.7
9.6 0.4
62.2 2.3
Private Service-Providing
2,399.4
2,396.4
2,349.8
3.0 0.1
49.6 2.1
Mining and Logging
1.9
1.9
1.8
0.0 0.0
0.1 5.6
Mining, Logging and Construction
147.8
147.2
140.4
0.6 0.4
7.4 5.3
Construction
145.9
145.3
138.6
0.6 0.4
7.3 5.3
Construction of Buildings
31.6
31.5
31.8
0.1 0.3
-0.2 -0.6
Specialty Trade Contractors
91.3
92.7
87.3
-1.4 -1.5
4.0 4.6
Manufacturing
174.1
174.8
176.9
-0.7 -0.4
-2.8 -1.6
Durable Goods
93.9
94.0
95.3
-0.1 -0.1
-1.4 -1.5
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
17.3
17.2
16.1
0.1 0.6
1.2 7.5
Non-Durable Goods
80.2
80.8
81.6
-0.6 -0.7
-1.4 -1.7
Food Manufacturing
23.8
23.9
23.3
-0.1 -0.4
0.5 2.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
649.8
650.9
654.0
-1.1 -0.2
-4.2 -0.6
Wholesale Trade
163.8
164.1
161.9
-0.3 -0.2
1.9 1.2
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
89.4
89.7
88.0
-0.3 -0.3
1.4 1.6
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
41.9
41.8
41.0
0.1 0.2
0.9 2.2
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
32.5
32.6
32.9
-0.1 -0.3
-0.4 -1.2
Retail Trade
295.8
297.0
299.1
-1.2 -0.4
-3.3 -1.1
Food and Beverage Retailers
61.8
61.7
60.6
0.1 0.2
1.2 2.0
General Merchandise Retailers
62.1
61.9
62.6
0.2 0.3
-0.5 -0.8
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instr, Book, & Misc Retailers
26.9
26.8
27.0
0.1 0.4
-0.1 -0.4
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
190.2
189.8
193.0
0.4 0.2
-2.8 -1.5
Utilities
10.7
10.8
10.6
-0.1 -0.9
0.1 0.9
Transportation and Warehousing
179.5
179.0
182.4
0.5 0.3
-2.9 -1.6
Air Transportation
35.2
35.3
33.3
-0.1 -0.3
1.9 5.7
Truck Transportation
35.5
36.1
38.6
-0.6 -1.7
-3.1 -8.0
Couriers and Messengers
22.0
21.7
23.1
0.3 1.4
-1.1 -4.8
Information
113.0
113.4
112.2
-0.4 -0.4
0.8 0.7
Telecommunications
28.7
28.3
30.1
0.4 1.4
-1.4 -4.7
Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (expt Satellite)
21.2
21.7
23.2
-0.5 -2.3
-2.0 -8.6
Computing Infra Providers, Data Processing, Web, & Related Svcs
23.9
23.6
23.1
0.3 1.3
0.8 3.5
Financial Activities
208.5
208.5
199.5
0.0 0.0
9.0 4.5
Finance and Insurance
144.3
145.1
142.1
-0.8 -0.6
2.2 1.6
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
75.5
75.4
71.3
0.1 0.1
4.2 5.9
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
64.2
63.4
57.4
0.8 1.3
6.8 11.9
Professional and Business Services
588.7
585.2
593.2
3.5 0.6
-4.5 -0.8
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
269.4
270.0
266.2
-0.6 -0.2
3.2 1.2
Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services
27.8
27.9
29.2
-0.1 -0.4
-1.4 -4.8
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
40.2
39.9
37.9
0.3 0.8
2.3 6.1
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
67.3
68.4
72.2
-1.1 -1.6
-4.9 -6.8
Management and Technical Consulting Services
51.1
51.5
51.1
-0.4 -0.8
0.0 0.0
Management of Companies and Enterprises
84.3
84.4
81.5
-0.1 -0.1
2.8 3.4
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation
235.0
230.8
245.5
4.2 1.8
-10.5 -4.3
Employment Services
115.7
112.6
123.8
3.1 2.8
-8.1 -6.5
Private Education and Health Services
416.4
413.0
393.5
3.4 0.8
22.9 5.8
Private Educational Services
73.1
69.6
69.8
3.5 5.0
3.3 4.7
Health Care and Social Assistance
343.3
343.4
323.7
-0.1 0.0
19.6 6.1
Ambulatory Health Care Services
168.5
168.3
160.3
0.2 0.1
8.2 5.1
Hospitals
93.4
93.2
88.5
0.2 0.2
4.9 5.5
Social Assistance
51.2
52.8
46.8
-1.6 -3.0
4.4 9.4
Leisure and Hospitality
312.5
315.9
293.8
-3.4 -1.1
18.7 6.4
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
40.7
43.2
39.9
-2.5 -5.8
0.8 2.0
Accommodation and Food Services
271.8
272.7
253.9
-0.9 -0.3
17.9 7.1
Accommodation
24.1
24.0
22.2
0.1 0.4
1.9 8.6
Food Services and Drinking Places
247.7
248.7
231.7
-1.0 -0.4
16.0 6.9
Other Services
110.5
109.5
103.6
1.0 0.9
6.9 6.7
Repair and Maintenance
28.5
27.5
25.2
1.0 3.6
3.3 13.1
Personal and Laundry Services
30.8
30.9
28.2
-0.1 -0.3
2.6 9.2
Government
351.5
344.9
338.9
6.6 1.9
12.6 3.7
Federal Government
53.9
53.6
51.9
0.3 0.6
2.0 3.9
State Government
74.9
70.1
72.5
4.8 6.9
2.4 3.3
Local Government
222.7
221.2
214.5
1.5 0.7
8.2 3.8
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth,
Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton counties. The estimates include all full- and
part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed
persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs
from AUG 2023
Net
%
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Mining, Logging and Construction Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional and Business Services Private Education and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government
243.7 199.1
43.9 199.8 155.2
18.5 25.4 41.6
5.3 27.5
8.8 2.0 7.1 33.0 35.8 26.3 9.4 44.6 9.7 13.0 21.9
243.2 199.4
44.1 199.1 155.3
18.5 25.6 41.5
5.3 27.4
8.8 2.1 7.1 32.4 36.0 26.9 9.3 43.8 9.6 12.7 21.5
243.7 200.2
42.5 201.2 157.7
17.6 24.9 42.0
5.3 27.5
9.2 2.1 7.0 34.9 36.6 26.3 8.8 43.5 9.6 12.4 21.5
0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 0.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -4.8 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.9 -0.2 -0.6 -0.6 -2.2 0.1 1.1 0.8 1.8 0.1 1.0 0.3 2.4 0.4 1.9
0.0 0.0 -1.1 -0.6 1.4 3.3 -1.4 -0.7 -2.5 -1.6 0.9 5.1 0.5 2.0 -0.4 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -4.4 -0.1 -4.8 0.1 1.4 -1.9 -5.4 -0.8 -2.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 6.8 1.1 2.5 0.1 1.0 0.6 4.8 0.4 1.9
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by se-
lected employers in the Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
BRUNSWICK MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Retail Trade Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government
47.7
48.2
46.5
-0.5 -1.0
39.2
39.6
37.9
-0.4 -1.0
4.5
4.5
4.3
0.0 0.0
43.2
43.7
42.2
-0.5 -1.1
34.7
35.1
33.6
-0.4 -1.1
9.0
9.2
9.1
-0.2 -2.2
5.5
5.7
5.6
-0.2 -3.5
8.5
8.6
8.6
-0.1 -1.2
2.1
2.1
2.1
0.0 0.0
1.7
1.7
1.7
0.0 0.0
4.7
4.8
4.8
-0.1 -2.1
1.2 2.6 1.3 3.4 0.2 4.7 1.0 2.4 1.1 3.3 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.1
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Brunswick Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Brantley, Glynn and McIntosh counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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COLUMBUS MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Mining, Logging and Construction Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Information Financial Activities Finance and Insurance
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services Private Education and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government
126.1 100.6
15.3 110.8 85.3
5.0 10.3 18.3
2.9 12.8
2.6 1.2 11.6 9.6 3.6 16.7 17.9 15.0 4.6 25.5 7.1 4.0 14.4
126.5 100.9
15.4 111.1 85.5
5.0 10.4 18.3
2.9 12.8
2.6 1.2 11.6 9.7 3.6 16.6 17.9 15.4 4.5 25.6 7.0 4.0 14.6
122.8 98.2 15.3
107.5 82.9 5.0 10.3 18.4 3.0 12.7 2.7 1.2 11.5 9.6 3.6 16.2 16.9 14.4 4.3 24.6 6.5 3.9 14.2
-0.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -2.6 0.1 2.2 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.4
3.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -3.3 0.1 0.8 -0.1 -3.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.1 1.0 5.9 0.6 4.2 0.3 7.0 0.9 3.7 0.6 9.2 0.1 2.6 0.2 1.4
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
DALTON MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing
68.2
68.3
67.2
-0.1 -0.2
61.2
61.4
60.2
-0.2 -0.3
25.0
25.2
24.7
-0.2 -0.8
1.0 1.5 1.0 1.7 0.3 1.2
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing
43.2
43.1
42.5
0.1 0.2
36.2
36.2
35.5
0.0 0.0
23.4
23.6
23.2
-0.2 -0.9
0.7 1.7 0.7 2.0 0.2 0.9
Textile Mills Textile Product Mills Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
3.7
3.8
3.8
-0.1 -2.6
13.3
13.4
13.6
-0.1 -0.8
14.0
14.0
14.3
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -2.6 -0.3 -2.2 -0.3 -2.1
Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Professional and Business Services
6.4
6.4
6.5
0.0 0.0
3.6
3.7
3.8
-0.1 -2.7
7.2
7.2
7.0
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -1.5 -0.2 -5.3 0.2 2.9
Government Federal Government State Government
7.0
6.9
7.0
0.1 1.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.0 0.0
0.9
0.9
1.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -10.0
Local Government
5.8
5.7
5.7
0.1 1.8
0.1 1.8
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Murray and Whitfield counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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GAINESVILLE MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm
104.7
103.9
102.3
0.8 0.8
2.4 2.4
Total Private
93.8
93.0
91.5
0.8 0.9
2.3 2.5
Goods Producing
28.2
28.1
27.8
0.1 0.4
0.4 1.4
Service-Providing
76.5
75.8
74.5
0.7 0.9
2.0 2.7
Private Service-Providing
65.6
64.9
63.7
0.7 1.1
1.9 3.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
19.4
19.1
18.9
0.3 1.6
0.5 2.7
Retail Trade
9.7
9.6
9.4
0.1 1.0
0.3 3.2
Government
10.9
10.9
10.8
0.0 0.0
0.1 0.9
Federal Government
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
State Government
2.6
2.4
2.5
0.2 8.3
0.1 4.0
Local Government
7.8
8.0
7.8
-0.2 -2.5
0.0 0.0
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by se-
lected employers in the Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Hall county. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
HINESVILLE MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised Revised SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private
22.4
22.3
22.0
14.5
14.4
14.2
0.1 0.5 0.1 0.7
0.4 1.8 0.3 2.1
Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing
2.7
2.7
2.6
19.7
19.6
19.4
11.8
11.7
11.6
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.9
0.1 3.9 0.3 1.6 0.2 1.7
Government Federal Government State Government
7.9
7.9
7.8
0.0 0.0
3.9
3.8
3.8
0.1 2.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.0 0.0
0.1 1.3 0.1 2.6 0.0 0.0
Local Government
3.6
3.7
3.6
-0.1 -2.7
0.0 0.0
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Hinesville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Liberty and Long counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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MACON-BIBB COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm
102.7
102.8
100.7
-0.1 -0.1
2.0 2.0
Total Private
88.3
88.5
86.5
-0.2 -0.2
1.8 2.1
Goods Producing
11.0
10.9
10.7
0.1 0.9
0.3 2.8
Service-Providing
91.7
91.9
90.0
-0.2 -0.2
1.7 1.9
Private Service-Providing
77.3
77.6
75.8
-0.3 -0.4
1.5 2.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
19.8
20.0
20.2
-0.2 -1.0
-0.4 -2.0
Retail Trade
11.9
12.0
12.2
-0.1 -0.8
-0.3 -2.5
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
4.7
4.8
5.0
-0.1 -2.1
-0.3 -6.0
Financial Activities
8.9
8.9
8.8
0.0 0.0
0.1 1.1
Professional and Business Services
11.9
11.9
12.0
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -0.8
Private Education and Health Services
21.8
21.9
20.9
-0.1 -0.5
0.9 4.3
Leisure and Hospitality
10.3
10.4
10.0
-0.1 -1.0
0.3 3.0
Government
14.4
14.3
14.2
0.1 0.7
0.2 1.4
Federal Government
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.0 0.0
0.1 10.0
State Government
4.0
4.0
4.1
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -2.4
Local Government
9.3
9.2
9.1
0.1 1.1
0.2 2.2
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Macon-Bibb County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
ROME MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private
44.7
44.8
43.4
-0.1 -0.2
39.1
39.1
37.7
0.0 0.0
1.3 3.0 1.4 3.7
Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing
7.8
7.8
7.6
0.0 0.0
36.9
37.0
35.8
-0.1 -0.3
31.3
31.3
30.1
0.0 0.0
0.2 2.6 1.1 3.1 1.2 4.0
Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Retail Trade
6.9
6.9
6.6
0.0 0.0
7.6
7.5
7.3
0.1 1.3
4.5
4.5
4.4
0.0 0.0
0.3 4.6 0.3 4.1 0.1 2.3
Private Education and Health Services Government
Federal Government
10.9
10.9
10.2
0.0 0.0
5.6
5.7
5.7
-0.1 -1.8
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0 0.0
0.7 6.9 -0.1 -1.8 0.0 0.0
State Government Local Government
1.4
1.4
1.4
0.0 0.0
4.0
4.1
4.1
-0.1 -2.4
0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.4
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Floyd county. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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SAVANNAH MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm
203.3
204.4
199.1
-1.1 -0.5
4.2 2.1
Total Private
178.9
180.0
175.6
-1.1 -0.6
3.3 1.9
Goods Producing
29.2
29.5
28.6
-0.3 -1.0
0.6 2.1
Service-Providing
174.1
174.9
170.5
-0.8 -0.5
3.6 2.1
Private Service-Providing
149.7
150.5
147.0
-0.8 -0.5
2.7 1.8
Mining, Logging and Construction
9.3
9.5
9.2
-0.2 -2.1
0.1 1.1
Manufacturing
19.9
20.0
19.4
-0.1 -0.5
0.5 2.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
47.8
47.8
48.3
0.0 0.0
-0.5 -1.0
Wholesale Trade
7.1
7.1
7.2
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -1.4
Retail Trade
22.5
22.6
22.8
-0.1 -0.4
-0.3 -1.3
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
18.2
18.1
18.3
0.1 0.6
-0.1 -0.6
Information
1.7
1.7
1.6
0.0 0.0
0.1 6.3
Financial Activities
6.9
7.0
6.9
-0.1 -1.4
0.0 0.0
Professional and Business Services
26.7
26.8
26.9
-0.1 -0.4
-0.2 -0.7
Private Education and Health Services
29.2
29.3
27.8
-0.1 -0.3
1.4 5.0
Leisure and Hospitality
29.1
29.6
27.5
-0.5 -1.7
1.6 5.8
Other Services
8.3
8.3
8.0
0.0 0.0
0.3 3.8
Government
24.4
24.4
23.5
0.0 0.0
0.9 3.8
Federal Government
3.0
3.0
2.8
0.0 0.0
0.2 7.1
State Government
5.0
5.0
5.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
Local Government
16.4
16.4
15.7
0.0 0.0
0.7 4.5
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
VALDOSTA MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing
57.0
56.6
56.7
0.4 0.7
44.5
44.4
44.1
0.1 0.2
8.3
8.4
8.3
-0.1 -1.2
0.3 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing
48.7
48.2
48.4
36.2
36.0
35.8
0.5 1.0 0.2 0.6
0.3 0.6 0.4 1.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
12.4
12.4
12.9
0.0 0.0
-0.5 -3.9
Retail Trade Government
7.1
7.0
7.1
12.5
12.2
12.6
0.1 1.4 0.3 2.5
0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.8
Federal Government
1.2
1.2
1.1
0.0 0.0
0.1 9.1
State Government Local Government
2.9
2.7
3.1
0.2 7.4
8.4
8.3
8.4
0.1 1.2
-0.2 -6.5 0.0 0.0
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Brooks, Echols, Lanier and Lowndes counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Retail Trade Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government
81.7
81.4
79.5
0.3 0.4
53.4
53.2
51.9
0.2 0.4
10.8
10.8
10.5
0.0 0.0
70.9
70.6
69.0
0.3 0.4
42.6
42.4
41.4
0.2 0.5
12.4
12.3
12.3
0.1 0.8
9.6
9.5
9.6
0.1 1.1
28.3
28.2
27.6
0.1 0.4
15.7
15.8
15.2
-0.1 -0.6
2.4
2.2
2.3
0.2 9.1
10.2
10.2
10.1
0.0 0.0
2.2 2.8 1.5 2.9 0.3 2.9 1.9 2.8 1.2 2.9 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.5 0.5 3.3 0.1 4.4 0.1 1.0
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Warner Robins Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Houston, Peach and Pulaski counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Total Nonfarm Employment by Metro Statistical Area
(In thousands)
(Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
SEP 2023 AUG 2023 SEP 2022
Change in Jobs from AUG 2023
Net %
Change in Jobs from SEP 2022
Net %
Albany MSA
63.4
63.3
62.5
0.1 0.2
0.9 1.4
Athens-Clarke County MSA
102.1
101.4
97.5
0.7 0.7
4.6 4.7
Atlanta MSA
3,076.4
3,067.4
3,012.1
9.0 0.3
64.3 2.1
Augusta-Richmond County MSA
245.3
244.1
244.3
1.2 0.5
1.0 0.4
Brunswick MSA
48.0
47.9
46.5
0.1 0.2
1.5 3.2
Columbus MSA
126.6
126.6
122.9
0.0 0.0
3.7 3.0
Dalton MSA
68.1
68.1
67.4
0.0 0.0
0.7 1.0
Gainesville MSA
104.6
104.1
102.4
0.5 0.5
2.2 2.1
Hinesville MSA
22.4
22.2
22.2
0.2 0.9
0.2 0.9
Macon-Bibb County MSA
103.3
103.1
100.9
0.2 0.2
2.4 2.4
Rome MSA
44.8
44.9
43.6
-0.1 -0.2
1.2 2.8
Savannah MSA
204.6
204.3
201.4
0.3 0.1
3.2 1.6
Valdosta MSA
56.9
56.8
56.9
0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0
Warner Robins MSA
81.8
81.4
79.8
0.4 0.5
2.0 2.5
?Note: These seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers throughout Georgia. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Georgia Statewide Hours and Earnings
All Employee
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE)
Preliminary SEP 2023
Revised AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Total Private..................................................................................................$1,065.02..........................$1,061.93.................... $1,039.61 Goods Producing....................................................................................... $1,267.53..........................$1,262.25.................... $1,215.56 Private Service Providing...........................................................................$1,028.97..........................$1,023.78....................$1,006.99 Construction............................................................................................$1,304.62..........................$1,266.76....................$1,252.22 Manufacturing.........................................................................................$1,206.80......................... $1,228.64.................... $1,150.80 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities............................................................$918.75.............................$919.52.......................$890.21 Financial Activities..................................................................................$1,239.50.......................... $1,247.33....................$1,330.81 Professional and Business Services......................................................$1,358.29..........................$1,363.41....................$1,326.02 Educational and Health Services............................................................ $1,140.99.......................... $1,148.51.................... $1,168.04 Leisure and Hospitality...............................................................................$489.71.............................$487.08........................$471.17 Other Services...........................................................................................$875.46.............................$875.02...................... $850.98
Average Weekly Hours (AWH)
Preliminary SEP 2023
Revised AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Total Private...........................................................................................................34.4.................................. 34.3.............................34.7 Goods Producing................................................................................................40.6...................................40.6.............................40.6 Private Service Providing....................................................................................33.3...................................33.1.............................33.6 Construction..................................................................................................... 41.0...................................40.1............................. 41.3 Manufacturing..................................................................................................40.2...................................40.9.............................40.0 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..................................................................33.3...................................33.1.............................33.9 Financial Activities........................................................................................... 37.0...................................36.6.............................35.9 Professional and Business Services...............................................................36.8...................................36.7.............................36.6 Educational and Health Services.....................................................................34.1.................................. 34.5.............................33.7 Leisure and Hospitality.....................................................................................26.6...................................26.4.............................26.5 Other Services.................................................................................................33.3.................................. 33.5.............................34.3
Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)
Preliminary SEP 2023
Revised AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Total Private...................................................................................................... $30.96.............................. $30.96.........................$29.96 Goods Producing............................................................................................$31.22...............................$31.09.........................$29.94 Private Service Providing............................................................................... $30.90.............................. $30.93.........................$29.97 Construction.................................................................................................$31.82...............................$31.59.........................$30.32 Manufacturing..............................................................................................$30.02.............................. $30.04.........................$28.77 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..............................................................$27.59............................... $27.78.........................$26.26 Financial Activities...................................................................................... $33.50.............................. $34.08......................... $37.07 Professional and Business Services...........................................................$36.91............................... $37.15.........................$36.23 Educational and Health Services................................................................ $33.46.............................. $33.29.........................$34.66 Leisure and Hospitality................................................................................. $18.41...............................$18.45..........................$17.78 Other Services............................................................................................ $26.29............................... $26.12.........................$24.81
Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers throughout Georgia. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Georgia MSA Hours and Earnings
All Employee Total Private
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE)
Preliminary SEP 2023
Revised AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Albany MSA ....................................................................................................$746.54.............................$743.28.......................$740.33 Athens-Clarke County MSA ........................................................................... $813.74............................ $838.53.......................$800.97 Atlanta MSA ............................................................................................... $1,156.55.......................... $1,143.46.....................$1,137.81 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. $995.56............................ $945.88...................... $944.28 Brunswick MSA .............................................................................................$746.53............................. $739.14.......................$753.64 Columbus MSA .............................................................................................. $911.71............................ $902.88.......................$793.87 Dalton MSA .................................................................................................. $890.08.............................$881.92.......................$779.42 Gainesville MSA ..........................................................................................$1,022.04..........................$1,006.67.....................$1,141.55 Hinesville MSA .............................................................................................. $495.04............................ $500.64.......................$531.32 Macon-Bibb County MSA ..............................................................................$880.74............................ $883.91...................... $853.64 Rome MSA .....................................................................................................$818.26.............................$807.72....................... $759.78 Savannah MSA ..............................................................................................$823.41.............................$821.92.......................$870.42 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................ $925.44.............................$912.45....................... $806.13 Warner Robins MSA .......................................................................................$801.22.............................$778.75...................... $833.86
Average Weekly Hours (AWH)
Preliminary SEP 2023
Revised AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Albany MSA ..........................................................................................................32.6...................................32.6.............................32.7 Athens-Clarke County MSA .................................................................................30.5...................................31.5............................. 31.3 Atlanta MSA ........................................................................................................34.7.................................. 34.4.............................34.7 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .........................................................................34.2...................................34.0.............................36.0 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................................32.8...................................33.4.............................33.2 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................................34.6.................................. 34.2.............................33.3 Dalton MSA .........................................................................................................36.3.................................. 34.9.............................34.2 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................................36.0.................................. 36.5.............................36.6 Hinesville MSA .....................................................................................................28.0...................................28.0.............................29.9 Macon-Bibb County MSA ....................................................................................35.6.................................. 35.3.............................34.8 Rome MSA ...........................................................................................................32.6................................... 31.7.............................32.4 Savannah MSA ....................................................................................................31.5...................................31.6.............................32.6 Valdosta MSA .......................................................................................................33.8...................................33.0............................. 31.7 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................................31.2...................................31.2.............................34.4
Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)
Preliminary SEP 2023
Revised AUG 2023
Revised SEP 2022
Albany MSA ....................................................................................................... 22.90................................ 22.80...........................22.64 Athens-Clarke County MSA ...............................................................................26.68.................................26.62...........................25.59 Atlanta MSA ..................................................................................................... 33.33................................ 33.24...........................32.79 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ....................................................................... 29.11.................................27.82...........................26.23 Brunswick MSA .................................................................................................22.76................................. 22.13...........................22.70 Columbus MSA ..................................................................................................26.35................................ 26.40...........................23.84 Dalton MSA .......................................................................................................24.52................................ 25.27...........................22.79 Gainesville MSA .................................................................................................28.39.................................27.58........................... 31.19 Hinesville MSA ................................................................................................... 17.68................................. 17.88........................... 17.77 Macon-Bibb County MSA .................................................................................. 24.74................................ 25.04...........................24.53 Rome MSA ......................................................................................................... 25.10................................ 25.48...........................23.45 Savannah MSA .................................................................................................. 26.14.................................26.01...........................26.70 Valdosta MSA .....................................................................................................27.38.................................27.65...........................25.43 Warner Robins MSA ...........................................................................................25.68.................................24.96...........................24.24
Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm
?Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers throughout Georgia. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2022 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force
Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.
8%
6%
4%
2%
0% Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Georgia
U.S.
WA 3.6
OR
3.5
ID
3.1
NV
5.4
UT
CA
2.6
4.7
AZ 4.0
AK 4.1
StSattaeteuUnenmempploloyymmeenntt Rraatteess
September 2023
National Unemployment Rate: 3.8% Rates are seasonally adjusted
MT 2.7
WY 2.9
CO 3.2 NM 3.7
ND 1.9 SD 1.9
NE 2.1
KS 2.8
MN 3.1
WI 3.1
IA 3.0
IL 4.4 MO 2.9
OK 3.0 TX 4.1
AR 2.9
MS 3.2
LA 3.3
NH
2.0 ME
VT
2.7
1.9
MI 3.9
OH
IN
3.4
3.6
KY 4.1 TN 3.2
PA 3.4
WV
3.8
VA
2.5
NC 3.4
SC 2.9
AL
GA
2.2
3.4
FL 2.8
MA 2.6
NY 4.0
RI 2.6
CT
NJ 4.4
3.5
DE
4.1
DC 5.0
MD 1.6
Unemployment rate
4.0% or greater 3.5% to 3.9% 3.0% to 3.4% 2.5% to 2.9%
Less than 2.5%
HI
PR
2.8
6.0
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Georgia
(Seasonally adjusted)
Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Preliminary SEP 2023
5,339,329 5,160,306
179,023 3.4
Revised AUG 2023
5,322,057 5,147,951
174,106 3.3
Revised SEP 2022
5,232,374 5,069,852
162,522 3.1
Change From
AUG 2023
SEP 2022
17,272 12,355
4,917
106,955 90,454 16,501
Georgia
(Not Seasonally adjusted)
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
5,370,023 5,185,609
184,414 3.4
5,333,765 5,129,837
203,928 3.8
5,223,304 5,075,864
147,440 2.8
36,258 55,772 -19,514
146,719 109,745
36,974
Albany MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
65,546 62,976
2,570 3.9
64,895 62,073
2,822 4.3
64,453 62,144 2,309
3.6
651 903 -252
1,093 832 261
Athens-Clarke County MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
102,459 99,244 3,215 3.1
100,704 96,836
3,868 3.8
98,407 95,736
2,671 2.7
1,755 2,408 -653
4,052 3,508
544
Atlanta MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
3,274,690 3,162,707
111,983 3.4
3,251,337 3,129,964
121,373 3.7
3,179,073 3,093,120
85,953 2.7
23,353 32,743 -9,390
95,617 69,587 26,030
Augusta-Richmond County MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
264,486 254,528
9,958 3.8
263,606 253,061
10,545 4.0
261,282 252,456
8,826 3.4
880 1,467 -587
3,204 2,072 1,132
Brunswick MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
55,023 53,288
1,735 3.2
55,293 53,272
2,021 3.7
53,440 51,970
1,470 2.8
-270 16
-286
1,583 1,318
265
Columbus MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
124,655 119,999
4,656 3.7
125,017 119,845
5,172 4.1
121,395 117,230
4,165 3.4
-362 154 -516
3,260 2,769
491
Dalton MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
59,099 56,771
2,328 3.9
59,080 56,416 2,664
4.5
57,951 55,985
1,966 3.4
19 355 -336
1,148 786 362
Gainesville MSA
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
110,355 107,501
2,854 2.6
109,423 106,034
3,389 3.1
107,584 105,216
2,368 2.2
932 1,467 -535
2,771 2,285
486
?Note: MSA data are not seasonally adjusted. Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employment, unpaid family and private
household workers and agricultural workers. Persons in labor disputes are counted as employed. The use of unrounded data does not imply that the numbers are exact.
Albany MSA: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth counties. Athens-Clarke County MSA: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties. Atlanta MSA: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties.
Augusta-Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties. Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties. Gainesville MSA: Hall County. Hinesville MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon-Bibb County MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties. Rome MSA: Floyd County. Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties. Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties. Warner Robins MSA: Houston, Peach and Pulaski counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Hinesville MSA
Macon-Bibb County MSA Rome MSA Savannah MSA
Valdosta MSA Warner Robins MSA
Georgia Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Preliminary SEP 2023
35,304 34,076
1,228 3.5
101,094 97,185 3,909 3.9
Revised AUG 2023
35,144 33,775
1,369 3.9
100,930 96,577 4,353 4.3
Revised SEP 2022
34,671 33,618
1,053 3.0
98,645 95,374
3,271 3.3
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
45,743 44,245
1,498 3.3
201,282 195,208
6,074 3.0
45,771 44,005
1,766 3.9
201,681 194,705
6,976 3.5
44,065 42,857
1,208 2.7
196,563 191,308
5,255 2.7
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
63,460 61,099
2,361 3.7
88,196 85,395
2,801 3.2
62,687 60,058
2,629 4.2
87,780 84,482
3,298 3.8
62,507 60,667
1,840 2.9
85,946 83,298
2,648 3.1
Change From
AUG 2023
SEP 2022
160
633
301
458
-141
175
164 608 -444
2,449 1,811
638
-28 240 -268
1,678 1,388
290
-399 503 -902
4,719 3,900
819
773
953
1,041
432
-268
521
416 913 -497
2,250 2,097
153
Area United States
(Seasonally adjusted)
United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)
United States Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
SEP 2023
167,929,000 161,570,000
6,360,000 3.8
167,718,000 161,669,000
6,049,000 3.6
AUG 2023
167,839,000 161,484,000
6,355,000 3.8
168,049,000 161,427,000
6,623,000 3.9
SEP 2022
164,619,000 158,850,000
5,770,000 3.5
164,463,000 159,003,000
5,460,000 3.3
Change From
AUG 2023
SEP 2022
90,000 86,000
5,000
3,310,000 2,720,000
590,000
-331,000 242,000 -574,000
3,255,000 2,666,000
589,000
?Note: MSA data are not seasonally adjusted. Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employment, unpaid family and private
household workers and agricultural workers. Persons in labor disputes are counted as employed. The use of unrounded data does not imply that the numbers are exact.
Albany MSA: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth counties. Athens-Clarke County MSA: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties. Atlanta MSA: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Augusta-Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties. Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties. Gainesville MSA: Hall County. Hinesville MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon-Bibb County MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties. Rome MSA: Floyd County. Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties. Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties. Warner Robins MSA: Houston, Peach and Pulaski counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Georgia
Preliminary September 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
5,370,023 5,185,609 184,414 3.4
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin
9,547 4,400 4,952 1,106 18,800
9,218 4,267 4,790 1,062 18,016
329 3.4 133 3.0 162 3.3
44 4.0 784 4.2
Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien
11,091 10,826
265 2.4
44,201 42,931 1,270 2.9
53,667 51,910 1,757 3.3
5,718 5,466
252 4.4
7,839 7,518
321 4.1
Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan
66,414 63,686 2,728 4.1
4,584 4,374
210 4.6
7,656 7,381
275 3.6
6,738 6,484
254 3.8
20,481 19,932 549 2.7
Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden
39,423 38,062 1,361 3.5
9,072 8,490
582 6.4
11,619 11,255 364 3.1
2,174 2,105
69 3.2
22,858 22,145
713 3.1
Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham
6,356 6,192
164 2.6
58,877 56,797 2,080 3.5
34,409 33,448
961 2.8
5,129 4,967
162 3.2
146,602 141,998 4,604 3.1
Chattahoochee 1,951 1,864
87 4.5
Chattooga
9,085 8,748
337 3.7
Cherokee 146,767 142,768 3,999 2.7
Clarke
60,441 58,361 2,080 3.4
Clay
826
751
75 9.1
Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt
144,185 137,705 6,480 4.5
2,972 2,871
101 3.4
444,078 430,382 13,696 3.1
19,364 18,671
693 3.6
22,374 21,722
652 2.9
Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp
76,169 73,711 2,458 3.2
8,378 8,101
277 3.3
79,912 77,372 2,540 3.2
5,430 5,244
186 3.4
9,887 9,493
394 4.0
Revised August 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
5,333,765 5,129,837 203,928 3.8
9,498 4,343 4,873 1,076 18,603
9,121 4,194 4,701 1,027 17,747
377 4.0 149 3.4 172 3.5
49 4.6 856 4.6
10,932 10,628 304 2.8
43,962 42,492 1,470 3.3
53,345 51,355 1,990 3.7
5,664 5,377
287 5.1
7,713
7,332
381 4.9
66,376 63,343 3,033 4.6
4,538 4,294
244 5.4
7,656
7,323
333 4.3
6,583 6,307
276 4.2
20,522 19,862 660 3.2
39,282 37,590 1,692 4.3
8,970 8,382 588 6.6
11,564 11,137
427 3.7
2,103 2,025
78 3.7
22,957 22,110
847 3.7
6,291 6,092
199 3.2
58,494 56,150 2,344 4.0
34,253 33,110 1,143 3.3
5,122 4,933
189 3.7
146,856 141,639 5,217 3.6
1,959 1,853
106 5.4
9,057 8,660
397 4.4
145,876 141,246 4,630 3.2
59,480 56,987 2,493 4.2
809
732
77 9.5
142,991 136,351 6,640 4.6
2,937 2,830
107 3.6
440,838 425,906 14,932 3.4
19,107 18,367
740 3.9
22,078 21,317
761 3.4
75,789 72,954 2,835 3.7
8,307 8,005
302 3.6
79,412 76,577 2,835 3.6
5,410
5,197
213 3.9
9,793 9,383
410 4.2
Revised September 2022
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
5,223,304 5,075,864 147,440 2.8
9,152 4,352 4,915 1,103 17,993
8,818 4,245 4,786 1,064 17,321
334 3.6 107 2.5 129 2.6
39 3.5 672 3.7
10,808 10,595
213 2.0
42,996 42,001
995 2.3
52,155 50,800 1,355 2.6
5,622 5,396 226 4.0
7,730 7,512
218 2.8
64,751 62,470 2,281 3.5
4,483 4,300
183 4.1
7,456 7,214
242 3.2
6,666 6,471
195 2.9
20,015 19,537
478 2.4
38,353 8,941 11,302 2,185
22,026
37,221 8,502 11,016 2,122 21,415
1,132 3.0 439 4.9 286 2.5 63 2.9 611 2.8
6,007 5,873
134 2.2
57,141 55,572 1,569 2.7
33,545 32,745 800 2.4
5,056 4,904
152 3.0
143,148 139,148 4,000 2.8
1,905 9,222 142,728 57,987
807
1,823 8,847 139,599 56,273
755
82 4.3 375 4.1 3,129 2.2 1,714 3.0
52 6.4
139,760 134,704 5,056 3.6
2,916 2,845
71 2.4
431,263 420,834 10,429 2.4
18,915 18,303
612 3.2
21,932 21,354
578 2.6
75,640 73,584 2,056 2.7
8,196 7,967 229 2.8
77,574 75,687 1,887 2.4
5,309 5,156
153 2.9
9,773 9,343 430 4.4
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge
Preliminary September 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,324 8,098 226 2.7
13,787 13,417
370 2.7
11,901 11,463 438 3.7
417,074 401,738 15,336 3.7
6,968 6,679
289 4.1
Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols
4,988 4,810
178 3.6
36,932 35,252 1,680 4.5
77,360 74,404 2,956 3.8
4,475 4,311
164 3.7
1,855 1,803
52 2.8
Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin
34,199 8,177 9,156 5,091
12,561
33,278 7,868 8,722 4,952
12,212
921 2.7 309 3.8 434 4.7 139 2.7 349 2.8
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton
61,420 59,340 2,080 3.4
45,743 44,245 1,498 3.3
133,776 130,159 3,617 2.7
10,021 9,674
347 3.5
592,781 570,312 22,469 3.8
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady
12,709 12,305 404 3.2
1,263 1,217
46 3.6
40,983 39,739 1,244 3.0
29,580 28,704
876 3.0
11,097 10,727
370 3.3
Greene
7,477
7,216
261 3.5
Gwinnett
515,316 499,554 15,762 3.1
Habersham 19,464 18,790
674 3.5
Hall
110,355 107,501 2,854 2.6
Hancock
2,634 2,485
149 5.7
Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry
13,390 12,940 450 3.4
17,290 16,815
475 2.7
12,898 12,470
428 3.3
5,453 5,281
172 3.2
124,113 119,363 4,750 3.8
Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis
72,019 69,858 2,161 3.0
3,563 3,432
131 3.7
46,859 45,781 1,078 2.3
7,400 7,170 230 3.1
6,301 6,034
267 4.2
Revised August 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,250
7,977
273 3.3
13,689 13,243 446 3.3
11,755 11,281
474 4.0
413,871 397,732 16,139 3.9
6,874 6,547
327 4.8
4,912
4,714
198 4.0
36,556 34,785 1,771 4.8
76,703 73,650 3,053 4.0
4,393 4,210
183 4.2
1,809 1,746
63 3.5
34,303 33,204 1,099 3.2
8,132 7,802 330 4.1
8,974 8,541 433 4.8
5,066 4,877
189 3.7
12,529 12,095 434 3.5
61,015 58,753 2,262 3.7 45,771 44,005 1,766 3.9 132,993 128,784 4,209 3.2 9,863 9,469 394 4.0 588,057 564,467 23,590 4.0
12,629 12,126 503 4.0
1,248 1,194
54 4.3
41,245 39,806 1,439 3.5
29,585 28,522 1,063 3.6
10,958 10,547
411 3.8
7,494
7,175
319 4.3
511,834 494,228 17,606 3.4
19,181 18,448
733 3.8
109,423 106,034 3,389 3.1
2,572 2,426
146 5.7
13,313 12,794
519 3.9
17,306 16,732
574 3.3
12,706 12,278
428 3.4
5,423 5,219 204 3.8
123,308 118,268 5,040 4.1
71,743 69,175 2,568 3.6
3,497 3,336
161 4.6
46,338 45,061 1,277 2.8
7,335 7,077 258 3.5
6,246 5,941 305 4.9
Revised September 2022
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,116 7,924
192 2.4
13,430 13,128
302 2.2
11,793 11,412
381 3.2
404,727 392,824 11,903 2.9
6,925 6,697
228 3.3
4,764 4,585
179 3.8
36,242 34,759 1,483 4.1
75,042 72,753 2,289 3.1
4,463 4,305
158 3.5
1,849 1,810
39 2.1
33,400 7,782 8,758 5,075
11,989
32,623 7,527 8,422 4,939
11,692
777 2.3 255 3.3 336 3.8 136 2.7 297 2.5
59,474 58,036 1,438 2.4
44,065 42,857 1,208 2.7
130,085 127,313 2,772 2.1
9,941 9,653
288 2.9
574,809 557,763 17,046 3.0
12,354 12,002
352 2.8
1,245 1,206
39 3.1
39,770 38,718 1,052 2.6
28,822 28,106
716 2.5
10,787 10,483 304 2.8
7,404 7,179
225 3.0
500,862 488,447 12,415 2.5
18,881 18,353
528 2.8
107,584 105,216 2,368 2.2
2,529 2,413
116 4.6
13,017 12,652
365 2.8
16,842 16,419
423 2.5
12,018 11,680
338 2.8
5,317 5,172
145 2.7
120,230 116,766 3,464 2.9
70,189 68,103 2,086 3.0
3,519 3,393
126 3.6
45,672 44,800
872 1.9
7,188 7,023
165 2.3
6,059 5,852
207 3.4
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar
Preliminary September 2023
Labor Force
6,733 3,521 4,010 13,514 8,613
Employment
6,426 3,335 3,881 13,062 8,316
Unemployment Number Rate
307 4.6 186 5.3 129 3.2 452 3.3 297 3.4
Revised August 2023
Labor Force
6,663 3,484 3,955 13,468 8,567
Employment
6,371 3,277 3,817 12,963 8,222
Unemployment Number Rate
292 4.4 207 5.9 138 3.5 505 3.7 345 4.0
Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln
3,828 19,303 15,184 26,680
3,506
3,675 18,435 14,766 25,745
3,367
153 4.0 868 4.5 418 2.8 935 3.5 139 4.0
3,789 3,609
180 4.8
19,122 18,175
947 5.0
15,069 14,564 505 3.4
26,584 25,551 1,033 3.9
3,464
3,311
153 4.4
Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh
8,624 8,331
293 3.4
51,039 49,137 1,902 3.7
19,413 18,918 495 2.5
8,433 8,009
424 5.0
6,384 6,168
216 3.4
8,560 8,224 336 3.9
50,506 48,396 2,110 4.2
19,211 18,580
631 3.3
8,400 7,931 469 5.6
6,392
6,143
249 3.9
Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller
4,540 13,953
3,336 9,185 2,938
4,328 13,539
3,221 8,840 2,857
212 4.7 414 3.0 115 3.4 345 3.8 81 2.8
4,442 13,686
3,345 9,118 2,886
4,224 13,200
3,198 8,722 2,799
218 4.9 486 3.6 147 4.4 396 4.3
87 3.0
Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray
8,509 12,980
4,111 9,934 15,547
8,188 12,578 3,945 9,645 14,879
321 3.8 402 3.1 166 4.0 289 2.9 668 4.3
8,357 12,925
4,047 9,833 15,508
7,998 12,472 3,863 9,491 14,770
359 4.3 453 3.5 184 4.5 342 3.5 738 4.8
Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding
77,841 74,503 3,338 4.3
56,020 53,617 2,403 4.3
20,895 20,374
521 2.5
7,170 6,970 200 2.8
93,919 91,013 2,906 3.1
78,003 74,298 3,705 4.7
55,577 53,053 2,524 4.5
20,514 19,867
647 3.2
7,024 6,782
242 3.4
93,365 90,097 3,268 3.5
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk
12,090 16,339
9,175 9,435 18,723
11,601 15,868
8,900 9,166 18,103
489 4.0 471 2.9 275 3.0 269 2.9 620 3.3
11,990 16,262
9,098 9,363 18,661
11,432 15,707 8,779 9,053 17,941
558 4.7 555 3.4 319 3.5 310 3.3 720 3.9
Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph
4,087 9,029
718 8,162 2,445
3,936 8,657
682 7,930 2,334
151 3.7 372 4.1
36 5.0 232 2.8 111 4.5
4,047 8,917
720 8,221 2,396
3,875 8,498
676 7,923 2,276
172 4.3 419 4.7 44 6.1 298 3.6 120 5.0
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
Revised September 2022
Labor Force
6,601 3,303 3,969 13,194 8,367
Employment
6,357 3,171 3,862 12,827 8,131
Unemployment Number Rate
244 3.7 132 4.0 107 2.7 367 2.8 236 2.8
3,762 19,010 14,954 26,200 3,493
3,647 18,311 14,563 25,383 3,372
115 3.1 699 3.7 391 2.6 817 3.1 121 3.5
8,471 8,235
236 2.8
50,230 48,739 1,491 3.0
18,709 18,308
401 2.1
8,355 8,004
351 4.2
6,214 6,038
176 2.8
4,497 13,421 3,257
8,974 2,840
4,319 13,061
3,146 8,659 2,771
178 4.0 360 2.7 111 3.4 315 3.5
69 2.4
8,195 12,695
3,835 9,695 15,236
7,896 12,351
3,701 9,459 14,682
299 3.6 344 2.7 134 3.5 236 2.4 554 3.6
75,591 72,646 2,945 3.9
54,172 52,460 1,712 3.2
20,070 19,656
414 2.1
6,929 6,746
183 2.6
91,263 89,037 2,226 2.4
11,782 15,891
8,832 9,212 18,603
11,344 15,518 8,607 8,971 18,080
438 3.7 373 2.3 225 2.5 241 2.6 523 2.8
3,975 8,744
729 7,720 2,378
3,851 8,466
689 7,521 2,281
124 3.1 278 3.2
40 5.5 199 2.6
97 4.1
19
Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole
Preliminary September 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
83,048 78,932 4,116 5.0
46,632 44,703 1,929 4.1
2,271 2,202
69 3.0
5,165 4,913
252 4.9
3,118 2,993
125 4.0
Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot
30,165 10,846
2,702 13,010 2,866
29,014 10,464
2,611 12,424
2,759
1,151 3.8 382 3.5 91 3.4 586 4.5 107 3.7
Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell
545 9,107 2,678 3,465 3,512
525 8,800 2,561 3,227 3,357
20 3.7 307 3.4 117 4.4 238 6.9 155 4.4
Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen
17,163 21,052 12,896
4,473 2,788
16,491 20,436 12,411
4,299 2,657
672 3.9 616 2.9 485 3.8 174 3.9 131 4.7
Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson
36,934 3,196 2,756
11,903 12,078
35,823 3,065 2,615 11,570 11,642
1,111 3.0 131 4.1 141 5.1 333 2.8 436 3.6
Walker
32,070 31,131
939 2.9
Walton
49,272 47,727 1,545 3.1
Ware
16,371 15,822
549 3.4
Warren
2,726 2,591
135 5.0
Washington
7,239 6,876
363 5.0
Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield
12,458 12,020
438 3.5
980
940
40 4.1
1,766 1,679
87 4.9
17,744 17,318
426 2.4
43,552 41,892 1,660 3.8
Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
2,690 3,743 4,090 8,812
2,593 3,590 3,955 8,539
97 3.6 153 4.1 135 3.3 273 3.1
Revised August 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
82,677 78,240 4,437 5.4
46,253 44,245 2,008 4.3
2,233 2,152
81 3.6
5,129 4,813
316 6.2
3,073 2,936
137 4.5
29,978 28,705 1,273 4.2
10,665 10,226
439 4.1
2,676 2,579
97 3.6
12,751 12,139
612 4.8
2,852 2,734
118 4.1
546 9,014 2,664 3,418 3,474
520 8,653 2,529 3,169 3,305
26 4.8 361 4.0 135 5.1 249 7.3 169 4.9
17,108 20,803 12,697
4,417 2,759
16,352 20,077 12,149
4,198 2,621
756 4.4 726 3.5 548 4.3 219 5.0 138 5.0
36,876 35,590 1,286 3.5
3,168 3,030
138 4.4
2,751 2,602
149 5.4
11,731 11,334
397 3.4
11,930 11,476 454 3.8
31,951 30,793 1,158 3.6
48,998 47,240 1,758 3.6
16,224 15,629
595 3.7
2,698 2,566
132 4.9
7,135 6,791 344 4.8
12,396 11,902 494 4.0
959
916
43 4.5
1,746 1,632
114 6.5
17,433 16,922
511 2.9
43,572 41,646 1,926 4.4
2,617 3,713 4,107 8,720
2,503 3,552 3,949 8,392
114 4.4 161 4.3 158 3.8 328 3.8
Revised September 2022
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
82,223 78,856 3,367 4.1
45,186 43,716 1,470 3.3
2,175 2,106
69 3.2
4,999 4,805
194 3.9
3,098 2,991
107 3.5
29,284 10,514
2,617 12,365
2,821
28,387 10,183
2,518 11,893
2,727
897 3.1 331 3.1
99 3.8 472 3.8 94 3.3
546 9,344 2,624 3,507 3,463
522 9,082 2,506 3,305 3,313
24 4.4 262 2.8 118 4.5 202 5.8 150 4.3
16,891 21,058 12,072
4,275 2,625
16,345 20,518 11,649
4,123 2,523
546 3.2 540 2.6 423 3.5 152 3.6 102 3.9
36,370 3,165 2,696
11,467 11,654
35,409 3,047 2,570 11,184 11,284
961 2.6 118 3.7 126 4.7 283 2.5 370 3.2
31,374 30,497
877 2.8
47,929 46,692 1,237 2.6
15,713 15,287
426 2.7
2,671 2,574
97 3.6
6,880 6,628
252 3.7
11,885 975
1,672 17,148 42,715
11,552 943
1,590 16,768 41,303
333 2.8 32 3.3 82 4.9
380 2.2 1,412 3.3
2,691 3,724 3,991 8,691
2,584 3,583 3,871 8,445
107 4.0 141 3.8 120 3.0 246 2.8
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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City Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Preliminary September 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
Albany 29,909 28,511 1,398 4.7
Alpharetta 38,883 37,825 1,058 2.7
Athens 60,441 58,361 2,080 3.4
Atlanta 280,494 268,369 12,125 4.3
Dekalb Part
25,829 24,868
961 3.7
Fulton Part
254,665 243,501 11,164 4.4
Augusta 83,048 78,932 4,116 5.0
Brookhaven
36,919 36,014
905 2.5
Canton 17,745 17,266
479 2.7
Carrollton 12,259 11,733
526 4.3
Chamblee 21,962 21,443
519 2.4
Columbus 77,841 74,503 3,338 4.3
Dalton 13,701 13,149
552 4.0
Decatur 14,930 14,499
431 2.9
Douglasville
17,884 17,173
711 4.0
Duluth 16,824 16,256
568 3.4
Dunwoody
28,439 27,636
803 2.8
East Point
17,473 16,532
941 5.4
Gainesville
22,247 21,621
626 2.8
Hinesville 15,753 15,227
526 3.3
Johns Creek
47,035 45,712 1,323 2.8
Kennesaw
21,130 20,493
637 3.0
LaGrange 15,250 14,722
528 3.5
Lawrenceville
15,464 14,914
550 3.6
McDonough
13,169 12,525
644 4.9
Macon-Bibb
66,414 63,686 2,728 4.1
Marietta 36,836 35,717 1,119 3.0
Milton 21,283 20,715
568 2.7
Newnan 20,524 19,847
677 3.3
Peachtree City
19,698 19,202
496 2.5
P'tree Corners
26,230 25,574
656 2.5
Pooler 14,597 14,229
368 2.5
Rome 15,979 15,370
609 3.8
Roswell 56,096 54,618 1,478 2.6
Sandy Springs
68,540 66,789 1,751 2.6
Savannah 69,579 67,103 2,476 3.6
Smyrna 36,382 35,213 1,169 3.2
Statesboro
14,849 14,168
681 4.6
Stockbridge
15,143 14,559
584 3.9
Sugar Hill
13,890 13,518
372 2.7
Tucker 20,902 20,277
625 3.0
Union City
10,843 10,141
702 6.5
Valdosta 24,725 23,672 1,053 4.3
Warner Robins
34,300 33,266 1,034 3.0
Woodstock
18,793 18,253
540 2.9
Revised August 2023
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
29,585 28,133 1,452 4.9
38,627 37,437 1,190 3.1
59,480 56,987 2,493 4.2
278,036 265,626 12,410 4.5
25,600 24,620
980 3.8
252,436 241,006 11,430 4.5
82,677 78,240 4,437 5.4
36,626 35,655
971 2.7
17,615 17,082
533 3.0
12,176 11,599
577 4.7
21,826 21,229
597 2.7
78,003 74,298 3,705 4.7
13,711 13,072
639 4.7
14,800 14,354
446 3.0
17,752 16,999
753 4.2
16,687 16,082
605 3.6
28,193 27,361
832 3.0
17,273 16,363
910 5.3
22,056 21,326
730 3.3
15,692
15,112
580 3.7
46,705 45,243 1,462 3.1
20,954 20,280
674 3.2
15,233 14,627
606 4.0
15,339 14,755
584 3.8
13,081 12,410
671 5.1
66,376 63,343 3,033 4.6
36,604 35,346 1,258 3.4
21,187 20,502
685 3.2
20,437 19,643
794 3.9
19,627 19,012
615 3.1
26,060 25,301
759 2.9
14,618 14,193
425 2.9
15,965 15,287
678 4.2
55,723 54,058 1,665 3.0
68,190 66,105 2,085 3.1
69,705 66,933 2,772 4.0
36,134 34,847 1,287 3.6
14,851 13,992
859 5.8
15,027 14,426
601 4.0
13,823 13,374
449 3.2
20,754 20,074
680 3.3
10,640 10,037
603 5.7
24,433 23,315 1,118 4.6
34,188 32,939 1,249 3.7
18,651 18,058
593 3.2
Revised September 2022
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
29,366 37,803 57,987 271,125 24,905 246,220 82,223 35,895 17,228 11,875 21,342 75,591 13,431 14,477 17,396 16,281 27,619 16,863 21,671 15,463 45,683 20,480 15,009 15,017 12,707 64,751 35,783 20,727 19,945 19,164 25,591 14,268 15,374 54,571 66,872 67,889 35,316 14,365 14,726 13,525 20,302 10,369 24,313 33,522 18,261
28,112 36,993 56,273 262,461 24,317 238,144 78,856 35,215 16,883 11,480 20,967 72,646 12,964 14,177 16,792 15,894 27,023 16,168 21,162 15,012 44,706 20,038 14,552 14,583 12,253 62,470 34,925 20,259 19,415 18,780 25,005 13,944 14,888 53,416 65,320 65,756 34,432 13,854 14,242 13,217 19,827
9,918 23,480 32,431 17,847
1,254 4.3 810 2.1
1,714 3.0 8,664 3.2
588 2.4 8,076 3.3 3,367 4.1
680 1.9 345 2.0 395 3.3 375 1.8 2,945 3.9 467 3.5 300 2.1 604 3.5 387 2.4 596 2.2 695 4.1 509 2.3 451 2.9 977 2.1 442 2.2 457 3.0 434 2.9 454 3.6 2,281 3.5 858 2.4 468 2.3 530 2.7 384 2.0 586 2.3 324 2.3 486 3.2 1,155 2.1 1,552 2.3 2,133 3.1 884 2.5 511 3.6 484 3.3 308 2.3 475 2.3 451 4.3 833 3.4 1,091 3.3 414 2.3
Note: City estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. All cities listed have total population of 25,000 or more.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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UNEMGPeoLrOgiaYUMneEmNploTymReAntTREateBs bYy CCoOunUtyNTIES SEPTEMBER 2023 September 2023
Dade 2.7
Catoosa 2.8
Walker
Whitfield
Murray 4.3
Fannin 2.8
Union 2.8
Towns 3.9
Rabun 2.8
2.9
3.8
Chattooga 3.7
Gordon 3.0
Floyd 3.3
Bartow 3.3
Gilmer 3.2
Pickens 2.9
Cherokee 2.7
Lumpkin 2.5
Dawson 2.7
Forsyth 2.7
White Habersham
2.4
3.5
Stephens
3.5
Banks Franklin
Hall
2.4
3.5
2.6
Jackson 2.3
Madison 3.0
Hart 3.3
Elbert 3.8
5.0% or greater 11 counties (7%)
4.0% to 4.9% 36 counties (23%)
3.0% to 3.9% 82 counties (52%)
Polk 3.3
Paulding
Cobb 3.1
Gwinnett 3.1
Barrow 2.9
Clarke 3.4
Oglethorpe 2.8
Less than 3.0% 30 counties (19%)
Haralson 3.4
Carroll 3.5
Heard 3.2
3.1 Douglas 3.8
Coweta 3.2
Fulton 3.8
DeKalb 3.7 Rockdale
Walton 3.1
Oconee 2.5
Wilkes 4.1
Lincoln 4.0
Percentages of number of counties may not total 100 due to rounding
Clayton
4.5
Fayette 3.4
Henry 3.8
Spalding 3.8
4.1 Newton 4.3
Morgan 2.9
Butts 3.1
Jasper 3.1
Putnam 4.1
Greene 3.5
Taliaferro
3.7
McDuffie
Warren 5.0
Columbia 3.2
5.0
Richmond
Hancock
5.0
5.7
Glascock
3.6
Troup 3.0
Meriwether 3.8
Pike 2.9
Lamar 3.4
Monroe 3.1
Jones 3.3
Baldwin 4.2
Washington
Jefferson 4.6
Burke 6.4
Upson
5.0
Harris 2.7
Talbot 3.7
Muscogee 4.3
Marion Chattahoochee 3.4
3.6
Taylor 4.4
Crawford 3.4
Bibb 4.1
Twiggs 5.1
Wilkinson 3.3
Peach
4.0
Houston
Macon
3.0
4.7
Bleckley 4.6
Laurens 4.5
Johnson 3.2
Emanuel 4.7
Jenkins 5.3
Screven 4.9
Treutlen 4.7
Candler 2.6
Bulloch 3.5
Effingham 2.7
4.5
Stewart 3.4
Schley 3.0
Webster 4.1
Sumter 4.5
Quitman
5.0 Randolph
Terrell
Lee
4.5
4.4
2.8
Clay 9.1
Calhoun 3.2
Dougherty 4.5
Early 3.7
Miller 2.8
Baker 4.0
Mitchell 3.8
Dooly 3.6
Pulaski 3.7
Dodge 4.1
Crisp 4.0
Wilcox 3.6
Turner 4.1
Ben Hill 4.4
Montgomery
Wheeler 4.9
4.0
Toombs 3.8
Evans 2.7
Tattnall
Telfair
3.4
6.9
Jeff Davis 4.2
Appling 3.4
Long 3.4
Bryan 2.7
Liberty 3.5
Worth 3.1
Colquitt 2.9
Irwin 3.7 Tift 2.9
Coffee 3.6
Berrien
Atkinson
4.1
3.0
Cook
3.3 Lanier
Bacon 3.3
Wayne 3.5
Ware 3.4
Pierce 3.0
Brantley 3.6
McIntosh 3.4
Glynn 3.0
Chatham 3.1
Seminole 4.0
Decatur 3.7
Grady 3.3
Thomas 3.9
Brooks 3.8
4.0
Lowndes 3.7
Clinch 3.4
Charlton 3.2
Camden 3.1
Echols
2.8
Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 3.4%
Georgia's U(nNoet SmeasponlaollyyAmdjusetend)t Rate: 3.4% (not seasonally adjusted) Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County
County
September 2023 Initial
Claims
Average Weekly Benefit
County
September 2023 Initial
Claims
Average Weekly Benefit
County
September 2023 Initial
Claims
Average Weekly Benefit
Georgia
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham
20,965.............. $339
51.............. $278 8.............. $310
49.............. $306 4.............. $202
78.............. $290 30.............. $312 103.............. $310 197.............. $292 24.............. $291 21.............. $262 339.............. $262 18.............. $337 26.............. $313 30.............. $255 47.............. $308 186.............. $316 93.............. $308 28.............. $318
6.............. $320 42.............. $268 30.............. $293 258.............. $307 55.............. $283
7.............. $314 407.............. $297
6.............. $336 220.............. $305 298.............. $315 138.............. $299
4.............. $285 844.............. $301
19.............. $268 1,309.............. $312
101.............. $259 66.............. $246
172.............. $311 67.............. $248
215.............. $313 8.............. $303
52.............. $270 8.............. $276
21.............. $338 83.............. $288 1,715.............. $302 15.............. $259 40.............. $309 188.............. $270 343.............. $309 32.............. $240
6.............. $287 75.............. $311
Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray
57.............. $291 97.............. $240 21.............. $298 11.............. $294 150.............. $318 272.............. $281 220.............. $326 44.............. $311 2,597.............. $312 18.............. $307
1.............. $315 184.............. $289 228.............. $280
40.............. $297 19.............. $323 1,503.............. $314 96.............. $292 254.............. $300 18.............. $294 47.............. $273 40.............. $303 47.............. $262 17.............. $299 547.............. $311 228.............. $292 13.............. $239 91.............. $321 27.............. $292 22.............. $310 48.............. $271 23.............. $323 12.............. $257 26.............. $263 32.............. $312 14.............. $325 74.............. $297 30.............. $284 103.............. $277 12.............. $311 24.............. $307 416.............. $265 16.............. $309 30.............. $260 30.............. $303
8.............. $242 54.............. $288 28.............. $315 51.............. $274 15.............. $298 26.............. $232 33.............. $280 12.............. $298 18.............. $317 184.............. $269
Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
349.............. $289 285.............. $303
16.............. $308 16.............. $315 261.............. $319 36.............. $306 28.............. $315 13.............. $260 16.............. $313 92.............. $276
6.............. $220 32.............. $319
0.............. $310 10.............. $302
7.............. $293 414.............. $285 240.............. $316
8.............. $261 33.............. $336
8.............. $289 136.............. $280
52.............. $258 8.............. $127
97.............. $264 12.............. $279
1.................. $0 35.............. $302 10.............. $244 18.............. $255 22.............. $310 121.............. $259 53.............. $237 44.............. $303
5.............. $284 14.............. $293 151.............. $296 26.............. $283 14.............. $308 24.............. $199 54.............. $303 132.............. $293 123.............. $310 55.............. $290 16.............. $269 57.............. $296 51.............. $293
5.............. $321 3.............. $293 32.............. $308 484.............. $252 9.............. $266 10.............. $282 6.............. $293 17.............. $256
?Note: Initial claims include intrastate initial and additional claims, as well as agent state initial and additional claims for regular UI only. Average duration of benefits is represented in weeks.
Data does not include state or federal extended benefits. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division
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Bruce Thompson, Commissioner
148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751
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