Jackson Madison Elbert 
 
Polk 
 
Cobb 
 
Gwinnett Barrow Clarke 
 
D I M E N S I O N S Paulding 
Haralson Douglas 
 
DeKalb Rock- 
 
Walton 
 
Oconee Oglethorpe Wilkes 
 
Lincoln 
 
EdgefieSlCd, 
 
Carroll 
 
Fulton Clayton 
 
dale Newton 
 
Morgan Greene Taliaferro 
 
Columbia 
 
Fayette Henry 
 
McDuffie Warren 
 
Heard 
 
Coweta 
 
Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam Hancock 
 
Glascock 
 
Richmond 
 
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Jefferson 
 
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November 2023 Employment Situation Marion Chattahoo- 
 
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Pierce 
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Jan-23 Feb-23 Mar-23 Apr-23 
 
Glynn 
May-23 Jun-23 
 
Jul-23 
 
Aug-23 
 
Sep-23 
 
Oct-23 
 
Nov-23 
 
sioSneamli,nsocleientific, and technical services gained 2,000 Clinch nonfarm wDeocraktuerrs, eGmrapdlyoymTehonmt ains adBmroionkisstratLivowenadneds support and waste management and remediation servEiccheosls increased by 1,100 jobs, and management of companies 
 
Camden 
ChaGrletoonrgia Unemployment Rate 
(Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
and enterprises rose by 1,000 new positions. Employ- 
 
ment in private education and health services increased 
 
by 3,100 jobs in November, following an addition of 
 
3,000 jobs in October. Both the manufacturing and 
 
government sectors each gained 2,400 additional jobs in November after losing jobs in October. 
 
3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4% 3.4% 
 
Trade, transportation and utilities contracted by 3,000 jobs in November following a loss of 1,000 in October. Information lost 400 jobs over the month, this sector has experienced a downtrend for the last five months in a row. The mining and logging sector also contracted over the month, losing 100 nonfarm workers in November following a gain of 100 in October. 
 
Nov-22 Dec-22 Jan-23 Feb-23 Mar-23 Apr-23 May-23 Jun-23 Jul-23 Aug-23 Sep-23 Oct-23 Nov-23 
 
Over the year, employment in Georgia is up 103,700, or 2.1 percent. Private education and health services (+36,700 jobs), leisure and hospitality (+33,300 jobs), government (+18,600 jobs), financial activities (+8,600 jobs), and other services (+6,800 jobs), added the most jobs from November 2022 to November 2023. 
In November 2023, Georgia's unemployment (seasonally adjusted) rate held steady at 3.4 percent over the month. Georgia's rate remains below the 3.7 percent national average. Over the year, the unemployment rate is up from 3.1 percent in November 2022. 
 
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 Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net  % 
 
Total Nonfarm 
 
4,952.4 
 
4,938.1 
 
4,848.7 
 
14.3 0.3 
 
103.7 2.1 
 
Total Private 
 
4,251.3 
 
4,239.4 
 
4,166.2 
 
11.9 0.3 
 
85.1 2.0 
 
Goods Producing 
 
652.5 
 
650.2 
 
641.9 
 
2.3 0.4 
 
10.6 1.7 
 
Service-Providing 
 
4,299.9 
 
4,287.9 
 
4,206.8 
 
12.0 0.3 
 
93.1 2.2 
 
Private Service-Providing 
 
3,598.8 
 
3,589.2 
 
3,524.3 
 
9.6 0.3 
 
74.5 2.1 
 
Mining and Logging 
 
10.0 
 
10.1 
 
10.0 
 
-0.1 -1.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
Mining, Logging and Construction 
 
232.3 
 
232.4 
 
227.8 
 
-0.1 0.0 
 
4.5 2.0 
 
Construction 
 
222.3 
 
222.3 
 
217.8 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
4.5 2.1 
 
Manufacturing 
 
420.2 
 
417.8 
 
414.1 
 
2.4 0.6 
 
6.1 1.5 
 
Durable Goods 
 
217.3 
 
216.0 
 
210.7 
 
1.3 0.6 
 
6.6 3.1 
 
 Non-Durable Goods 
 
202.9 
 
201.8 
 
203.4 
 
1.1 0.5 
 
-0.5 -0.2 
 
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
1,020.1 
 
1,023.1 
 
1,025.7 
 
-3.0 -0.3 
 
-5.6 -0.5 
 
 Wholesale Trade 
 
225.6 
 
225.8 
 
223.9 
 
-0.2 -0.1 
 
1.7 0.8 
 
 Retail Trade 
 
516.3 
 
517.1 
 
513.9 
 
-0.8 -0.2 
 
2.4 0.5 
 
 Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 
 
278.2 
 
280.2 
 
287.9 
 
-2.0 -0.7 
 
-9.7 -3.4 
 
Information 
 
127.8 
 
128.2 
 
130.9 
 
-0.4 -0.3 
 
-3.1 -2.4 
 
Financial Activities 
 
284.8 
 
282.8 
 
276.2 
 
2.0 0.7 
 
8.6 3.1 
 
 Finance and Insurance 
 
199.7 
 
197.6 
 
197.2 
 
2.1 1.1 
 
2.5 1.3 
 
 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 
 
85.1 
 
85.2 
 
79.0 
 
-0.1 -0.1 
 
6.1 7.7 
 
Professional and Business Services 
 
778.7 
 
774.6 
 
780.9 
 
4.1 0.5 
 
-2.2 -0.3 
 
 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 
 
326.9 
 
324.9 
 
326.4 
 
2.0 0.6 
 
0.5 0.2 
 
 Management of Companies and Enterprises 
 
100.2 
 
99.2 
 
95.1 
 
1.0 1.0 
 
5.1 5.4 
 
 Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 
 
351.6 
 
350.5 
 
359.4 
 
1.1 0.3 
 
-7.8 -2.2 
 
Private Education and Health Services 
 
677.7 
 
674.6 
 
641.0 
 
3.1 0.5 
 
36.7 5.7 
 
 Private Educational Services 
 
101.3 
 
100.5 
 
96.1 
 
0.8 0.8 
 
5.2 5.4 
 
 Health Care and Social Assistance 
 
576.4 
 
574.1 
 
544.9 
 
2.3 0.4 
 
31.5 5.8 
 
Leisure and Hospitality 
 
534.1 
 
532.6 
 
500.8 
 
1.5 0.3 
 
33.3 6.6 
 
 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 
 
64.8 
 
65.0 
 
61.6 
 
-0.2 -0.3 
 
3.2 5.2 
 
 Accommodation and Food Services 
 
469.3 
 
467.6 
 
439.2 
 
1.7 0.4 
 
30.1 6.9 
 
Other Services 
 
175.6 
 
173.3 
 
168.8 
 
2.3 1.3 
 
6.8 4.0 
 
Government 
 
701.1 
 
698.7 
 
682.5 
 
2.4 0.3 
 
18.6 2.7 
 
 Federal Government 
 
111.6 
 
111.2 
 
106.4 
 
0.4 0.4 
 
5.2 4.9 
 
 State Government 
 
161.1 
 
160.7 
 
156.5 
 
0.4 0.2 
 
4.6 2.9 
 
Local Government 
 
428.4 
 
426.8 
 
419.6 
 
1.6 0.4 
 
8.8 2.1 
 
?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 
 
2 
 
 GEORGIA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary 
 
Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net   % 
 
Total Nonfarm 
 
4,990.0 
 
4,955.9 
 
4,886.9 
 
34.1 0.7 
 
103.1 2.1 
 
Total Private 
 
4,279.5 
 
4,250.5 
 
4,196.0 
 
29.0 0.7 
 
83.5 2.0 
 
Goods Producing 
 
653.2 
 
650.1 
 
643.3 
 
3.1 0.5 
 
9.9 1.5 
 
Service-Providing 
 
4,336.8 
 
4,305.8 
 
4,243.6 
 
31.0 0.7 
 
93.2 2.2 
 
Private Service-Providing 
 
3,626.3 
 
3,600.4 
 
3,552.7 
 
25.9 0.7 
 
73.6 2.1 
 
Mining and Logging 
 
10.0 
 
10.1 
 
10.0 
 
-0.1 -1.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
Mining, Logging and Construction 
 
233.0 
 
233.2 
 
228.3 
 
-0.2 -0.1 
 
4.7 2.1 
 
Construction 
 
223.0 
 
223.1 
 
218.3 
 
-0.1 0.0 
 
4.7 2.2 
 
Construction of Buildings 
 
47.8 
 
46.7 
 
49.5 
 
1.1 2.4 
 
-1.7 -3.4 
 
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 
 
36.5 
 
37.5 
 
34.4 
 
-1.0 -2.7 
 
2.1 6.1 
 
Specialty Trade Contractors 
 
138.7 
 
138.9 
 
134.4 
 
-0.2 -0.1 
 
4.3 3.2 
 
Manufacturing 
 
420.2 
 
416.9 
 
415.0 
 
3.3 0.8 
 
5.2 1.3 
 
Durable Goods 
 
217.5 
 
215.8 
 
210.8 
 
1.7 0.8 
 
6.7 3.2 
 
 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 
 
57.1 
 
56.9 
 
55.1 
 
0.2 0.4 
 
2.0 3.6 
 
Non-Durable Goods 
 
202.7 
 
201.1 
 
204.2 
 
1.6 0.8 
 
-1.5 -0.7 
 
Food Manufacturing 
 
71.2 
 
70.7 
 
68.5 
 
0.5 0.7 
 
2.7 3.9 
 
Textile Mills 
 
15.5 
 
15.6 
 
16.4 
 
-0.1 -0.6 
 
-0.9 -5.5 
 
 Textile Product Mills 
 
26.1 
 
25.9 
 
26.4 
 
0.2 0.8 
 
-0.3 -1.1 
 
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
1,036.4 
 
1,024.6 
 
1,045.3 
 
11.8 1.2 
 
-8.9 -0.9 
 
Wholesale Trade 
 
226.3 
 
226.7 
 
224.8 
 
-0.4 -0.2 
 
1.5 0.7 
 
 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 
 
119.8 
 
119.8 
 
118.8 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
1.0 0.8 
 
 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 
 
65.7 
 
65.6 
 
64.4 
 
0.1 0.2 
 
1.3 2.0 
 
 Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers 
 
40.8 
 
41.3 
 
41.6 
 
-0.5 -1.2 
 
-0.8 -1.9 
 
Retail Trade 
 
525.6 
 
515.6 
 
524.3 
 
10.0 1.9 
 
1.3 0.3 
 
 Food and Beverage Retailers 
 
102.0 
 
99.8 
 
99.9 
 
2.2 2.2 
 
2.1 2.1 
 
 General Merchandise Retailers 
 
125.1 
 
120.4 
 
121.2 
 
4.7 3.9 
 
3.9 3.2 
 
 Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instr, Book, & Misc Retailers 
 
42.0 
 
41.6 
 
42.1 
 
0.4 1.0 
 
-0.1 -0.2 
 
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 
 
284.5 
 
282.3 
 
296.2 
 
2.2 0.8 
 
-11.7 -4.0 
 
Utilities 
 
20.2 
 
20.1 
 
20.5 
 
0.1 0.5 
 
-0.3 -1.5 
 
 Transportation and Warehousing 
 
264.3 
 
262.2 
 
275.7 
 
2.1 0.8 
 
-11.4 -4.1 
 
Air Transportation 
 
36.0 
 
35.9 
 
34.5 
 
0.1 0.3 
 
1.5 4.4 
 
Truck Transportation 
 
61.9 
 
62.5 
 
65.3 
 
-0.6 -1.0 
 
-3.4 -5.2 
 
Couriers and Messengers 
 
32.0 
 
29.6 
 
33.9 
 
2.4 8.1 
 
-1.9 -5.6 
 
Warehousing and Storage 
 
84.9 
 
84.8 
 
90.7 
 
0.1 0.1 
 
-5.8 -6.4 
 
Information 
 
129.7 
 
128.8 
 
132.2 
 
0.9 0.7 
 
-2.5 -1.9 
 
Telecommunications 
 
33.1 
 
33.4 
 
35.9 
 
-0.3 -0.9 
 
-2.8 -7.8 
 
 Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (expt Satellite) 
 
26.4 
 
26.6 
 
28.6 
 
-0.2 -0.8 
 
-2.2 -7.7 
 
Computing Infra Providers, Data Processing, Web, & Related Svcs 
 
23.6 
 
23.7 
 
23.8 
 
-0.1 -0.4 
 
-0.2 -0.8 
 
Financial Activities 
 
286.5 
 
283.9 
 
276.9 
 
2.6 0.9 
 
9.6 3.5 
 
Finance and Insurance 
 
200.5 
 
198.6 
 
198.1 
 
1.9 1.0 
 
2.4 1.2 
 
 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 
 
103.4 
 
101.5 
 
100.9 
 
1.9 1.9 
 
2.5 2.5 
 
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 
 
86.0 
 
85.3 
 
78.8 
 
0.7 0.8 
 
7.2 9.1 
 
Professional and Business Services 
 
785.8 
 
779.5 
 
785.6 
 
6.3 0.8 
 
0.2 0.0 
 
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 
 
327.2 
 
324.7 
 
325.9 
 
2.5 0.8 
 
1.3 0.4 
 
 Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services 
 
39.7 
 
39.6 
 
38.1 
 
0.1 0.3 
 
1.6 4.2 
 
 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 
 
53.4 
 
52.9 
 
50.2 
 
0.5 1.0 
 
3.2 6.4 
 
 Computer Systems Design and Related Services 
 
78.2 
 
77.2 
 
83.0 
 
1.0 1.3 
 
-4.8 -5.8 
 
 Management and Technical Consulting Services 
 
57.3 
 
57.4 
 
58.3 
 
-0.1 -0.2 
 
-1.0 -1.7 
 
Management of Companies and Enterprises 
 
100.2 
 
99.3 
 
94.7 
 
0.9 0.9 
 
5.5 5.8 
 
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 
 
358.4 
 
355.5 
 
365.0 
 
2.9 0.8 
 
-6.6 -1.8 
 
Employment Services 
 
171.2 
 
171.0 
 
182.4 
 
0.2 0.1 
 
-11.2 -6.1 
 
Private Education and Health Services 
 
682.9 
 
679.7 
 
646.2 
 
3.2 0.5 
 
36.7 5.7 
 
Private Educational Services 
 
104.5 
 
103.2 
 
99.4 
 
1.3 1.3 
 
5.1 5.1 
 
 Private Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 
 
49.7 
 
49.5 
 
46.0 
 
0.2 0.4 
 
3.7 8.0 
 
Health Care and Social Assistance 
 
578.4 
 
576.5 
 
546.8 
 
1.9 0.3 
 
31.6 5.8 
 
 Ambulatory Health Care Services 
 
265.7 
 
263.7 
 
253.7 
 
2.0 0.8 
 
12.0 4.7 
 
Hospitals 
 
169.5 
 
168.7 
 
160.4 
 
0.8 0.5 
 
9.1 5.7 
 
 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 
 
60.1 
 
60.2 
 
56.2 
 
-0.1 -0.2 
 
3.9 6.9 
 
Social Assistance 
 
83.1 
 
83.9 
 
76.5 
 
-0.8 -1.0 
 
6.6 8.6 
 
Leisure and Hospitality 
 
530.0 
 
530.3 
 
499.0 
 
-0.3 -0.1 
 
31.0 6.2 
 
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 
 
63.0 
 
65.0 
 
60.8 
 
-2.0 -3.1 
 
2.2 3.6 
 
 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries 
 
45.1 
 
46.0 
 
42.8 
 
-0.9 -2.0 
 
2.3 5.4 
 
Accommodation and Food Services 
 
467.0 
 
465.3 
 
438.2 
 
1.7 0.4 
 
28.8 6.6 
 
Accommodation 
 
45.9 
 
46.7 
 
46.4 
 
-0.8 -1.7 
 
-0.5 -1.1 
 
 Food Services and Drinking Places 
 
421.1 
 
418.6 
 
391.8 
 
2.5 0.6 
 
29.3 7.5 
 
Other Services 
 
175.0 
 
173.6 
 
167.5 
 
1.4 0.8 
 
7.5 4.5 
 
Repair and Maintenance 
 
48.7 
 
48.5 
 
44.9 
 
0.2 0.4 
 
3.8 8.5 
 
Personal and Laundry Services 
 
45.0 
 
43.7 
 
41.4 
 
1.3 3.0 
 
3.6 8.7 
 
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar 
 
81.3 
 
81.4 
 
81.2 
 
-0.1 -0.1 
 
0.1 0.1 
 
Government 
 
710.5 
 
705.4 
 
690.9 
 
5.1 0.7 
 
19.6 2.8 
 
Federal Government 
 
112.9 
 
111.2 
 
107.5 
 
1.7 1.5 
 
5.4 5.0 
 
 Department of Defense 
 
46.0 
 
45.6 
 
44.0 
 
0.4 0.9 
 
2.0 4.6 
 
State Government 
 
164.4 
 
164.1 
 
159.3 
 
0.3 0.2 
 
5.1 3.2 
 
 State Government Educational Services 
 
99.4 
 
99.5 
 
95.7 
 
-0.1 -0.1 
 
3.7 3.9 
 
 State Government excluding Educational Services 
 
65.0 
 
64.6 
 
63.6 
 
0.4 0.6 
 
1.4 2.2 
 
Local Government 
 
433.2 
 
430.1 
 
424.1 
 
3.1 0.7 
 
9.1 2.2 
 
 Local Government Educational Services 
 
254.3 
 
253.0 
 
248.4 
 
1.3 0.5 
 
5.9 2.4 
 
 Local Government excluding Educational Services 
 
178.9 
 
177.1 
 
175.7 
 
1.8 1.0 
 
3.2 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 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 
3 
 
 ALBANY MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
(In thousands) 
 
Preliminary 
 
Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net  % 
 
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 
 
64.6 
 
63.9 
 
63.2 
 
52.9 
 
52.3 
 
51.6 
 
7.2 
 
7.2 
 
7.1 
 
0.7 1.1 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 
 
1.4 2.2 1.3 2.5 0.1 1.4 
 
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
57.4 
 
56.7 
 
56.1 
 
45.7 
 
45.1 
 
44.5 
 
13.8 
 
13.5 
 
13.7 
 
0.7 1.2 0.6 1.3 0.3 2.2 
 
1.3 2.3 1.2 2.7 0.1 0.7 
 
Retail Trade Government 
Federal Government 
 
7.7 
 
7.5 
 
7.6 
 
11.7 
 
11.6 
 
11.6 
 
2.6 
 
2.5 
 
2.3 
 
0.2 2.7 0.1 0.9 0.1 4.0 
 
0.1 1.3 0.1 0.9 0.3 13.0 
 
State Government Local Government 
 
2.6 
 
2.6 
 
2.5 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
6.5 
 
6.5 
 
6.8 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.1 4.0 -0.3 -4.4 
 
?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 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 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net  % 
 
Total Nonfarm 
 
103.6 
 
103.0 
 
101.0 
 
0.6 0.6 
 
2.6 2.6 
 
Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing 
 
74.1 
 
73.5 
 
72.5 
 
0.6 0.8 
 
10.6 
 
10.7 
 
10.6 
 
-0.1 -0.9 
 
93.0 
 
92.3 
 
90.4 
 
0.7 0.8 
 
1.6 2.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.9 
 
Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
Retail Trade 
 
63.5 
 
62.8 
 
61.9 
 
18.2 
 
17.8 
 
17.5 
 
11.4 
 
11.2 
 
11.0 
 
0.7 1.1 0.4 2.3 0.2 1.8 
 
1.6 2.6 0.7 4.0 0.4 3.6 
 
Professional and Business Services Leisure and Hospitality Government 
 
9.1 
 
9.1 
 
9.1 
 
12.0 
 
12.0 
 
11.9 
 
29.5 
 
29.5 
 
28.5 
 
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
 
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.0 3.5 
 
Federal Government State Government Local Government 
 
1.3 
 
1.2 
 
1.2 
 
0.1 8.3 
 
20.1 
 
20.2 
 
19.1 
 
-0.1 -0.5 
 
8.1 
 
8.1 
 
8.2 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.1 8.3 1.0 5.2 -0.1 -1.2 
 
?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 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 
 
4 
 
 ATLANTA MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net  % 
 
Total Nonfarm 
 
3,123.2 
 
3,097.2 
 
3,046.7 
 
26.0 0.8 
 
76.5 2.5 
 
Total Private 
 
2,768.6 
 
2,745.7 
 
2,704.0 
 
22.9 0.8 
 
64.6 2.4 
 
Goods Producing 
 
323.7 
 
321.6 
 
319.1 
 
2.1 0.7 
 
4.6 1.4 
 
Service-Providing 
 
2,799.5 
 
2,775.6 
 
2,727.6 
 
23.9 0.9 
 
71.9 2.6 
 
Private Service-Providing 
 
2,444.9 
 
2,424.1 
 
2,384.9 
 
20.8 0.9 
 
60.0 2.5 
 
Mining and Logging 
 
1.9 
 
1.9 
 
1.9 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
Mining, Logging and Construction 
 
147.4 
 
147.2 
 
142.8 
 
0.2 0.1 
 
4.6 3.2 
 
Construction 
 
145.5 
 
145.3 
 
140.9 
 
0.2 0.1 
 
4.6 3.3 
 
Construction of Buildings 
 
31.9 
 
31.4 
 
32.6 
 
0.5 1.6 
 
-0.7 -2.2 
 
Specialty Trade Contractors 
 
91.9 
 
92.7 
 
89.0 
 
-0.8 -0.9 
 
2.9 3.3 
 
Manufacturing 
 
176.3 
 
174.4 
 
176.3 
 
1.9 1.1 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
Durable Goods 
 
94.3 
 
93.6 
 
94.7 
 
0.7 0.8 
 
-0.4 -0.4 
 
 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 
 
17.4 
 
17.3 
 
16.2 
 
0.1 0.6 
 
1.2 7.4 
 
Non-Durable Goods 
 
82.0 
 
80.8 
 
81.6 
 
1.2 1.5 
 
0.4 0.5 
 
Food Manufacturing 
 
24.5 
 
24.1 
 
23.5 
 
0.4 1.7 
 
1.0 4.3 
 
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
663.5 
 
657.2 
 
666.8 
 
6.3 1.0 
 
-3.3 -0.5 
 
Wholesale Trade 
 
163.8 
 
165.7 
 
160.5 
 
-1.9 -1.2 
 
3.3 2.1 
 
 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 
 
89.0 
 
90.1 
 
86.9 
 
-1.1 -1.2 
 
2.1 2.4 
 
 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 
 
41.6 
 
42.0 
 
40.8 
 
-0.4 -1.0 
 
0.8 2.0 
 
 Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers 
 
33.2 
 
33.6 
 
32.8 
 
-0.4 -1.2 
 
0.4 1.2 
 
Retail Trade 
 
305.9 
 
298.9 
 
307.4 
 
7.0 2.3 
 
-1.5 -0.5 
 
 Food and Beverage Retailers 
 
61.8 
 
61.2 
 
61.6 
 
0.6 1.0 
 
0.2 0.3 
 
 General Merchandise Retailers 
 
65.9 
 
63.0 
 
66.9 
 
2.9 4.6 
 
-1.0 -1.5 
 
 Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instr, Book, & Misc Retailers 
 
27.1 
 
26.9 
 
27.7 
 
0.2 0.7 
 
-0.6 -2.2 
 
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 
 
193.8 
 
192.6 
 
198.9 
 
1.2 0.6 
 
-5.1 -2.6 
 
Utilities 
 
10.8 
 
10.7 
 
10.8 
 
0.1 0.9 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
 Transportation and Warehousing 
 
183.0 
 
181.9 
 
188.1 
 
1.1 0.6 
 
-5.1 -2.7 
 
Air Transportation 
 
35.3 
 
35.3 
 
33.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
1.9 5.7 
 
Truck Transportation 
 
36.1 
 
36.5 
 
39.3 
 
-0.4 -1.1 
 
-3.2 -8.1 
 
Couriers and Messengers 
 
23.9 
 
22.3 
 
25.3 
 
1.6 7.2 
 
-1.4 -5.5 
 
Information 
 
113.4 
 
113.0 
 
117.6 
 
0.4 0.4 
 
-4.2 -3.6 
 
Telecommunications 
 
27.8 
 
28.0 
 
30.2 
 
-0.2 -0.7 
 
-2.4 -8.0 
 
 Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (expt Satellite) 
 
21.1 
 
21.4 
 
23.1 
 
-0.3 -1.4 
 
-2.0 -8.7 
 
Computing Infra Providers, Data Processing, Web, & Related Svcs 
 
23.4 
 
23.5 
 
23.4 
 
-0.1 -0.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
Financial Activities 
 
212.0 
 
210.0 
 
201.3 
 
2.0 1.0 
 
10.7 5.3 
 
Finance and Insurance 
 
146.2 
 
144.8 
 
143.0 
 
1.4 1.0 
 
3.2 2.2 
 
 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 
 
76.3 
 
75.0 
 
72.8 
 
1.3 1.7 
 
3.5 4.8 
 
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 
 
65.8 
 
65.2 
 
58.3 
 
0.6 0.9 
 
7.5 12.9 
 
Professional and Business Services 
 
599.6 
 
594.4 
 
594.5 
 
5.2 0.9 
 
5.1 0.9 
 
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 
 
274.0 
 
272.0 
 
266.9 
 
2.0 0.7 
 
7.1 2.7 
 
 Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services 
 
28.8 
 
28.9 
 
28.6 
 
-0.1 -0.4 
 
0.2 0.7 
 
 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 
 
40.5 
 
40.1 
 
38.5 
 
0.4 1.0 
 
2.0 5.2 
 
 Computer Systems Design and Related Services 
 
68.6 
 
67.7 
 
72.3 
 
0.9 1.3 
 
-3.7 -5.1 
 
 Management and Technical Consulting Services 
 
51.4 
 
51.5 
 
52.1 
 
-0.1 -0.2 
 
-0.7 -1.3 
 
Management of Companies and Enterprises 
 
86.9 
 
86.1 
 
81.9 
 
0.8 0.9 
 
5.0 6.1 
 
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 
 
238.7 
 
236.3 
 
245.7 
 
2.4 1.0 
 
-7.0 -2.9 
 
Employment Services 
 
117.4 
 
117.7 
 
125.1 
 
-0.3 -0.3 
 
-7.7 -6.2 
 
Private Education and Health Services 
 
426.6 
 
424.7 
 
398.4 
 
1.9 0.5 
 
28.2 7.1 
 
Private Educational Services 
 
75.3 
 
74.6 
 
71.2 
 
0.7 0.9 
 
4.1 5.8 
 
Health Care and Social Assistance 
 
351.3 
 
350.1 
 
327.2 
 
1.2 0.3 
 
24.1 7.4 
 
 Ambulatory Health Care Services 
 
172.7 
 
171.4 
 
162.6 
 
1.3 0.8 
 
10.1 6.2 
 
Hospitals 
 
94.6 
 
94.2 
 
88.4 
 
0.4 0.4 
 
6.2 7.0 
 
Social Assistance 
 
54.1 
 
54.7 
 
48.0 
 
-0.6 -1.1 
 
6.1 12.7 
 
Leisure and Hospitality 
 
320.4 
 
315.7 
 
300.2 
 
4.7 1.5 
 
20.2 6.7 
 
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 
 
41.0 
 
41.6 
 
41.0 
 
-0.6 -1.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
Accommodation and Food Services 
 
279.4 
 
274.1 
 
259.2 
 
5.3 1.9 
 
20.2 7.8 
 
Accommodation 
 
23.2 
 
23.5 
 
22.8 
 
-0.3 -1.3 
 
0.4 1.8 
 
 Food Services and Drinking Places 
 
256.2 
 
250.6 
 
236.4 
 
5.6 2.2 
 
19.8 8.4 
 
Other Services 
 
109.4 
 
109.1 
 
106.1 
 
0.3 0.3 
 
3.3 3.1 
 
Repair and Maintenance 
 
27.9 
 
27.9 
 
26.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
1.9 7.3 
 
Personal and Laundry Services 
 
32.0 
 
31.1 
 
29.2 
 
0.9 2.9 
 
2.8 9.6 
 
Government 
 
354.6 
 
351.5 
 
342.7 
 
3.1 0.9 
 
11.9 3.5 
 
Federal Government 
 
55.2 
 
54.0 
 
52.6 
 
1.2 2.2 
 
2.6 4.9 
 
State Government 
 
75.8 
 
75.6 
 
73.5 
 
0.2 0.3 
 
2.3 3.1 
 
Local Government 
 
223.6 
 
221.9 
 
216.6 
 
1.7 0.8 
 
7.0 3.2 
 
?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 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 
5 
 
 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary 
 
Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs 
 
from OCT 2023 
 
Net 
 
% 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 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 
 
245.0 200.4 
43.9 201.1 156.5 
18.4 25.5 41.7 
5.3 27.3 
9.1 2.0 7.1 33.5 36.9 25.8 9.5 44.6 9.6 13.0 22.0 
 
244.8 200.3 
44.2 200.6 156.1 
18.8 25.4 41.4 
5.4 27.2 
8.8 2.0 7.1 33.6 36.8 25.8 9.4 44.5 9.6 13.0 21.9 
 
246.0 202.1 
42.9 203.1 159.2 
17.9 25.0 43.4 
5.3 28.5 
9.6 2.1 7.0 34.8 36.7 26.2 9.0 43.9 9.5 12.6 21.8 
 
0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.4 -2.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.7 -0.1 -1.9 0.1 0.4 0.3 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 
 
-1.0 -0.4 -1.7 -0.8 1.0 2.3 -2.0 -1.0 -2.7 -1.7 0.5 2.8 0.5 2.0 -1.7 -3.9 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -4.2 -0.5 -5.2 -0.1 -4.8 0.1 1.4 -1.3 -3.7 0.2 0.5 -0.4 -1.5 0.5 5.6 0.7 1.6 0.1 1.1 0.4 3.2 0.2 0.9 
 
?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 Septembera-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 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 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 
 
48.5 
 
48.2 
 
46.9 
 
39.8 
 
39.6 
 
38.3 
 
4.5 
 
4.5 
 
4.3 
 
44.0 
 
43.7 
 
42.6 
 
35.3 
 
35.1 
 
34.0 
 
9.3 
 
9.1 
 
9.2 
 
5.7 
 
5.5 
 
5.8 
 
8.7 
 
8.6 
 
8.6 
 
2.1 
 
2.1 
 
2.1 
 
1.7 
 
1.7 
 
1.7 
 
4.9 
 
4.8 
 
4.8 
 
0.3 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.2 2.2 0.2 3.6 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 
 
1.6 3.4 1.5 3.9 0.2 4.7 1.4 3.3 1.3 3.8 0.1 1.1 -0.1 -1.7 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 
 
6 
 
 COLUMBUS MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary 
 
Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 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 
 
127.6 101.9 
15.3 112.3 86.6 
4.9 10.4 18.8 
2.9 13.2 
2.7 1.2 11.7 9.7 3.6 16.8 18.3 15.2 4.6 25.7 7.0 4.1 14.6 
 
126.9 101.3 
15.4 111.5 85.9 
5.1 10.3 18.5 
2.9 13.0 
2.6 1.2 11.6 9.6 3.6 16.8 18.2 15.1 4.5 25.6 7.0 4.0 14.6 
 
124.4 99.4 15.2 
109.2 84.2 4.9 10.3 18.7 2.9 13.0 2.8 1.2 11.5 9.6 3.6 16.3 17.4 14.7 4.4 25.0 6.5 4.1 14.4 
 
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.1 -0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 -0.2 -3.9 0.1 1.0 0.3 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.1 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.1 2.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.5 0.0 0.0 
 
3.2 2.6 2.5 2.5 0.1 0.7 3.1 2.8 2.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 -0.1 -3.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.1 0.9 5.2 0.5 3.4 0.2 4.6 0.7 2.8 0.5 7.7 0.0 0.0 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 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net  % 
 
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 
 
69.1 
 
68.9 
 
67.5 
 
0.2 0.3 
 
61.9 
 
61.8 
 
60.3 
 
0.1 0.2 
 
25.1 
 
25.2 
 
24.6 
 
-0.1 -0.4 
 
1.6 2.4 1.6 2.7 0.5 2.0 
 
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing 
 
44.0 
 
43.7 
 
42.9 
 
0.3 0.7 
 
36.8 
 
36.6 
 
35.7 
 
0.2 0.6 
 
23.5 
 
23.6 
 
23.2 
 
-0.1 -0.4 
 
1.1 2.6 1.1 3.1 0.3 1.3 
 
Textile Mills Textile Product Mills Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
3.7 
 
3.7 
 
3.8 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
13.3 
 
13.4 
 
13.4 
 
-0.1 -0.8 
 
14.5 
 
14.4 
 
14.5 
 
0.1 0.7 
 
-0.1 -2.6 -0.1 -0.8 0.0 0.0 
 
Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Professional and Business Services 
 
6.5 
 
6.5 
 
6.5 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
3.7 
 
3.6 
 
3.9 
 
0.1 2.8 
 
7.2 
 
7.1 
 
7.0 
 
0.1 1.4 
 
0.0 0.0 -0.2 -5.1 0.2 2.9 
 
Government Federal Government State Government 
 
7.2 
 
7.1 
 
7.2 
 
0.1 1.4 
 
0.3 
 
0.3 
 
0.3 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
1.0 
 
1.0 
 
1.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
 
Local Government 
 
5.9 
 
5.8 
 
5.9 
 
0.1 1.7 
 
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 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 
 
7 
 
 GAINESVILLE MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary 
 
Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net % 
 
Total Nonfarm 
 
106.0 
 
105.6 
 
102.7 
 
0.4 0.4 
 
3.3 3.2 
 
Total Private 
 
94.9 
 
94.5 
 
92.0 
 
0.4 0.4 
 
2.9 3.2 
 
Goods Producing 
 
28.5 
 
28.5 
 
27.9 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.6 2.2 
 
Service-Providing 
 
77.5 
 
77.1 
 
74.8 
 
0.4 0.5 
 
2.7 3.6 
 
Private Service-Providing 
 
66.4 
 
66.0 
 
64.1 
 
0.4 0.6 
 
2.3 3.6 
 
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
19.8 
 
19.2 
 
19.5 
 
0.6 3.1 
 
0.3 1.5 
 
Retail Trade 
 
10.0 
 
9.7 
 
9.6 
 
0.3 3.1 
 
0.4 4.2 
 
Government 
 
11.1 
 
11.1 
 
10.7 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.4 3.7 
 
Federal Government 
 
0.5 
 
0.5 
 
0.5 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
State Government 
 
2.6 
 
2.7 
 
2.5 
 
-0.1 -3.7 
 
0.1 4.0 
 
Local Government 
 
8.0 
 
7.9 
 
7.7 
 
0.1 1.3 
 
0.3 3.9 
 
?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 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 NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net % 
 
Total Nonfarm Total Private 
 
22.5 
 
22.5 
 
22.3 
 
14.7 
 
14.6 
 
14.4 
 
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 
 
0.2 0.9 0.3 2.1 
 
Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 
 
2.7 
 
2.7 
 
2.6 
 
19.8 
 
19.8 
 
19.7 
 
12.0 
 
11.9 
 
11.8 
 
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 
 
0.1 3.9 0.1 0.5 0.2 1.7 
 
Government Federal Government State Government 
 
7.8 
 
7.9 
 
7.9 
 
-0.1 -1.3 
 
3.8 
 
3.9 
 
3.8 
 
-0.1 -2.6 
 
0.4 
 
0.4 
 
0.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
-0.1 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
 
Local Government 
 
3.6 
 
3.6 
 
3.7 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
-0.1 -2.7 
 
?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 
 
8 
 
 MACON-BIBB COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary 
 
Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net % 
 
Total Nonfarm 
 
104.3 
 
103.6 
 
102.5 
 
0.7 0.7 
 
1.8 1.8 
 
Total Private 
 
89.9 
 
89.2 
 
88.1 
 
0.7 0.8 
 
1.8 2.0 
 
Goods Producing 
 
10.8 
 
10.8 
 
10.9 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
-0.1 -0.9 
 
Service-Providing 
 
93.5 
 
92.8 
 
91.6 
 
0.7 0.8 
 
1.9 2.1 
 
Private Service-Providing 
 
79.1 
 
78.4 
 
77.2 
 
0.7 0.9 
 
1.9 2.5 
 
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
20.2 
 
19.9 
 
21.0 
 
0.3 1.5 
 
-0.8 -3.8 
 
Retail Trade 
 
12.1 
 
11.9 
 
12.5 
 
0.2 1.7 
 
-0.4 -3.2 
 
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 
 
4.8 
 
4.7 
 
5.2 
 
0.1 2.1 
 
-0.4 -7.7 
 
Financial Activities 
 
9.1 
 
9.0 
 
8.9 
 
0.1 1.1 
 
0.2 2.3 
 
Professional and Business Services 
 
12.0 
 
12.0 
 
11.9 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.1 0.8 
 
Private Education and Health Services 
 
22.7 
 
22.5 
 
21.5 
 
0.2 0.9 
 
1.2 5.6 
 
Leisure and Hospitality 
 
10.4 
 
10.4 
 
10.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.4 4.0 
 
Government 
 
14.4 
 
14.4 
 
14.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
Federal Government 
 
1.1 
 
1.1 
 
1.1 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
State Government 
 
4.0 
 
3.9 
 
4.1 
 
0.1 2.6 
 
-0.1 -2.4 
 
Local Government 
 
9.3 
 
9.4 
 
9.2 
 
-0.1 -1.1 
 
0.1 1.1 
 
?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 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 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net % 
 
Total Nonfarm Total Private 
 
45.4 
 
45.1 
 
44.0 
 
39.8 
 
39.5 
 
38.3 
 
0.3 0.7 0.3 0.8 
 
1.4 3.2 1.5 3.9 
 
Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 
 
7.8 
 
7.8 
 
7.7 
 
37.6 
 
37.3 
 
36.3 
 
32.0 
 
31.7 
 
30.6 
 
0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.3 1.0 
 
0.1 1.3 1.3 3.6 1.4 4.6 
 
Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
Retail Trade 
 
6.9 
 
6.9 
 
6.8 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
7.7 
 
7.5 
 
7.6 
 
0.2 2.7 
 
4.6 
 
4.5 
 
4.6 
 
0.1 2.2 
 
0.1 1.5 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 
 
Private Education and Health Services Government 
Federal Government 
 
11.3 
 
11.2 
 
10.7 
 
5.6 
 
5.6 
 
5.7 
 
0.2 
 
0.2 
 
0.2 
 
0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
 
0.6 5.6 -0.1 -1.8 0.0 0.0 
 
State Government Local Government 
 
1.4 
 
1.4 
 
1.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
4.0 
 
4.0 
 
4.1 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
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 
 
9 
 
 SAVANNAH MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net % 
 
Total Nonfarm 
 
205.7 
 
204.0 
 
202.5 
 
1.7 0.8 
 
3.2 1.6 
 
Total Private 
 
181.2 
 
179.6 
 
178.9 
 
1.6 0.9 
 
2.3 1.3 
 
Goods Producing 
 
29.4 
 
29.2 
 
28.9 
 
0.2 0.7 
 
0.5 1.7 
 
Service-Providing 
 
176.3 
 
174.8 
 
173.6 
 
1.5 0.9 
 
2.7 1.6 
 
Private Service-Providing 
 
151.8 
 
150.4 
 
150.0 
 
1.4 0.9 
 
1.8 1.2 
 
Mining, Logging and Construction 
 
9.4 
 
9.3 
 
9.3 
 
0.1 1.1 
 
0.1 1.1 
 
Manufacturing 
 
20.0 
 
19.9 
 
19.6 
 
0.1 0.5 
 
0.4 2.0 
 
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
48.9 
 
47.8 
 
49.7 
 
1.1 2.3 
 
-0.8 -1.6 
 
Wholesale Trade 
 
7.2 
 
7.2 
 
7.1 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.1 1.4 
 
Retail Trade 
 
23.3 
 
22.7 
 
23.7 
 
0.6 2.6 
 
-0.4 -1.7 
 
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 
 
18.4 
 
17.9 
 
18.9 
 
0.5 2.8 
 
-0.5 -2.7 
 
Information 
 
1.7 
 
1.7 
 
1.8 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
-0.1 -5.6 
 
Financial Activities 
 
7.0 
 
7.0 
 
6.9 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.1 1.5 
 
Professional and Business Services 
 
28.0 
 
27.4 
 
26.3 
 
0.6 2.2 
 
1.7 6.5 
 
Private Education and Health Services 
 
29.8 
 
29.5 
 
28.5 
 
0.3 1.0 
 
1.3 4.6 
 
Leisure and Hospitality 
 
28.0 
 
28.6 
 
28.6 
 
-0.6 -2.1 
 
-0.6 -2.1 
 
Other Services 
 
8.4 
 
8.4 
 
8.2 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
0.2 2.4 
 
Government 
 
24.5 
 
24.4 
 
23.6 
 
0.1 0.4 
 
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 
 
16.5 
 
16.4 
 
15.8 
 
0.1 0.6 
 
0.7 4.4 
 
?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 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 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net % 
 
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 
 
57.4 
 
57.2 
 
57.1 
 
0.2 0.4 
 
45.0 
 
44.9 
 
44.5 
 
0.1 0.2 
 
8.3 
 
8.4 
 
8.2 
 
-0.1 -1.2 
 
0.3 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.1 1.2 
 
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 
 
49.1 
 
48.8 
 
48.9 
 
36.7 
 
36.5 
 
36.3 
 
0.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 
 
0.2 0.4 0.4 1.1 
 
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 
 
12.7 
 
12.7 
 
12.9 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
-0.2 -1.6 
 
Retail Trade Government 
 
7.2 
 
7.1 
 
7.2 
 
12.4 
 
12.3 
 
12.6 
 
0.1 1.4 0.1 0.8 
 
0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.6 
 
Federal Government 
 
1.2 
 
1.1 
 
1.1 
 
0.1 9.1 
 
0.1 9.1 
 
State Government Local Government 
 
2.9 
 
2.9 
 
3.1 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
8.3 
 
8.3 
 
8.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
-0.2 -6.5 -0.1 -1.2 
 
?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 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 
 
10 
 
 WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonfarm Employment 
 
(In thousands) 
 
(Not Seasonally Adjusted) 
 
Preliminary Revised 
 
Revised 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 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 
 
81.5 
 
81.8 
 
80.3 
 
-0.3 -0.4 
 
53.6 
 
53.5 
 
52.5 
 
0.1 0.2 
 
10.6 
 
10.7 
 
10.6 
 
-0.1 -0.9 
 
70.9 
 
71.1 
 
69.7 
 
-0.2 -0.3 
 
43.0 
 
42.8 
 
41.9 
 
0.2 0.5 
 
12.6 
 
12.5 
 
12.7 
 
0.1 0.8 
 
9.8 
 
9.7 
 
9.8 
 
0.1 1.0 
 
27.9 
 
28.3 
 
27.8 
 
-0.4 -1.4 
 
15.6 
 
15.8 
 
15.3 
 
-0.2 -1.3 
 
2.3 
 
2.5 
 
2.3 
 
-0.2 -8.0 
 
10.0 
 
10.0 
 
10.2 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
1.2 1.5 1.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.7 1.1 2.6 -0.1 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -2.0 
 
?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 
 
NOV 2023 OCT 2023 NOV 2022 
 
Change in Jobs from OCT 2023 
Net  % 
 
Change in Jobs from NOV 2022 
Net  % 
 
Albany MSA 
 
64.0 
 
63.8 
 
62.8 
 
0.2 0.3 
 
1.2 1.9 
 
Athens-Clarke County MSA 
 
101.9 
 
101.9 
 
99.8 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
2.1 2.1 
 
Atlanta MSA 
 
3,100.6 
 
3,087.1 
 
3,026.0 
 
13.5 0.4 
 
74.6 2.5 
 
Augusta-Richmond County MSA 
 
244.8 
 
245.2 
 
245.2 
 
-0.4 -0.2 
 
-0.4 -0.2 
 
Brunswick MSA 
 
48.5 
 
48.4 
 
47.0 
 
0.1 0.2 
 
1.5 3.2 
 
Columbus MSA 
 
126.8 
 
126.7 
 
123.8 
 
0.1 0.1 
 
3.0 2.4 
 
Dalton MSA 
 
69.0 
 
69.0 
 
67.4 
 
0.0 0.0 
 
1.6 2.4 
 
Gainesville MSA 
 
105.0 
 
104.9 
 
101.6 
 
0.1 0.1 
 
3.4 3.3 
 
Hinesville MSA 
 
22.3 
 
22.4 
 
22.0 
 
-0.1 -0.4 
 
0.3 1.4 
 
Macon-Bibb County MSA 
 
103.7 
 
103.6 
 
101.6 
 
0.1 0.1 
 
2.1 2.1 
 
Rome MSA 
 
45.1 
 
45.0 
 
43.7 
 
0.1 0.2 
 
1.4 3.2 
 
Savannah MSA 
 
204.3 
 
204.2 
 
201.2 
 
0.1 0.0 
 
3.1 1.5 
 
Valdosta MSA 
 
56.8 
 
56.9 
 
56.4 
 
-0.1 -0.2 
 
0.4 0.7 
 
Warner Robins MSA 
 
81.0 
 
81.4 
 
79.8 
 
-0.4 -0.5 
 
1.2 1.5 
 
?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 
 
11 
 
 Georgia Statewide Hours and Earnings 
 
All Employee 
 
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) 
 
Preliminary NOV 2023 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
 
Total Private..................................................................................................$1,060.54......................... $1,090.20....................$1,040.60 Goods Producing....................................................................................... $1,297.44.......................... $1,292.14.................... $1,214.40 Private Service Providing........................................................................... $1,020.47.......................... $1,055.11....................$1,009.68 Construction............................................................................................$1,339.06......................... $1,343.08....................$1,239.77 Manufacturing.........................................................................................$1,236.47......................... $1,222.30.................... $1,153.60 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities............................................................$916.65.............................$921.63.......................$881.33 Financial Activities..................................................................................$1,326.50.......................... $1,367.31.................... $1,370.82 Professional and Business Services......................................................$1,369.37..........................$1,402.88.................... $1,351.66 Educational and Health Services............................................................ $1,122.59...........................$1,152.16.....................$1,171.30 Leisure and Hospitality............................................................................... $493.17............................ $500.85...................... $480.24 Other Services.......................................................................................... $868.08............................ $895.02...................... $834.00 
 
Average Weekly Hours (AWH) 
 
Preliminary NOV 2023 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
 
Total Private...........................................................................................................34.2.................................. 34.5.............................34.4 Goods Producing................................................................................................40.8...................................40.8.............................40.0 Private Service Providing.................................................................................... 33.1...................................33.4.............................33.4 Construction..................................................................................................... 41.0................................... 41.3.............................39.8 Manufacturing..................................................................................................40.5...................................40.3.............................40.0 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..................................................................33.2.................................. 33.2.............................33.6 Financial Activities........................................................................................... 37.9.................................. 38.8.............................36.4 Professional and Business Services............................................................... 37.0................................... 37.5.............................36.8 Educational and Health Services.....................................................................33.5...................................32.9.............................34.0 Leisure and Hospitality.....................................................................................26.5................................... 27.0.............................26.3 Other Services.................................................................................................32.5.................................. 33.8.............................33.4 
 
Average Hourly Earnings (AHE) 
 
Preliminary NOV 2023 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
 
Total Private.......................................................................................................$31.01...............................$31.60.........................$30.25 Goods Producing............................................................................................$31.80...............................$31.67.........................$30.36 Private Service Providing............................................................................... $30.83...............................$31.59.........................$30.23 Construction................................................................................................ $32.66.............................. $32.52......................... $31.15 Manufacturing............................................................................................. $30.53.............................. $30.33.........................$28.84 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities.............................................................. $27.61............................... $27.76.........................$26.23 Financial Activities...................................................................................... $35.00.............................. $35.24......................... $37.66 Professional and Business Services........................................................... $37.01............................... $37.41.........................$36.73 Educational and Health Services.................................................................$33.51.............................. $35.02.........................$34.45 Leisure and Hospitality.................................................................................$18.61...............................$18.55.........................$18.26 Other Services.............................................................................................$26.71.............................. $26.48.........................$24.97 
 
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 
12 
 
 Georgia MSA Hours and Earnings 
 
All Employee  Total Private 
 
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) 
 
Preliminary NOV 2023 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
 
Albany MSA .................................................................................................... $741.31............................ $755.30.......................$750.89 Athens-Clarke County MSA .......................................................................... $830.22.............................$809.17....................... $827.26 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................$1,137.26.......................... $1,172.59.....................$1,131.90 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. $980.38............................ $988.43....................... $882.12 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. $737.92............................. $730.13.......................$768.43 Columbus MSA ............................................................................................. $930.22.............................$931.35.......................$822.95 Dalton MSA ...................................................................................................$927.05............................ $909.68.......................$784.50 Gainesville MSA .......................................................................................... $1,057.40.......................... $1,067.18.....................$1,120.78 Hinesville MSA ...............................................................................................$510.54.............................$513.57....................... $475.74 Macon-Bibb County MSA ..............................................................................$901.28.............................$869.71.......................$875.44 Rome MSA .....................................................................................................$791.82............................ $799.29........................$717.81 Savannah MSA ..............................................................................................$849.72............................ $833.23.......................$865.73 Valdosta MSA .................................................................................................$871.46............................ $904.53....................... $815.14 Warner Robins MSA .......................................................................................$841.39............................ $842.40...................... $844.52 
 
Average Weekly Hours (AWH) 
 
Preliminary NOV 2023 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
 
Albany MSA ..........................................................................................................32.4...................................32.5.............................33.9 Athens-Clarke County MSA .................................................................................30.3...................................30.5............................. 31.1 Atlanta MSA ........................................................................................................34.4...................................34.6.............................34.3 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .........................................................................34.1.................................. 34.5.............................33.2 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................................32.0...................................32.8.............................33.6 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................................34.3...................................34.7.............................32.8 Dalton MSA .........................................................................................................36.1.................................. 35.8.............................33.8 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................................36.2.................................. 36.2.............................35.3 Hinesville MSA .....................................................................................................25.4...................................28.5............................. 27.0 Macon-Bibb County MSA ....................................................................................35.4.................................. 34.9.............................35.4 Rome MSA ...........................................................................................................31.8...................................32.1.............................30.9 Savannah MSA .................................................................................................... 31.6...................................31.9............................. 31.7 Valdosta MSA .......................................................................................................32.7...................................33.0............................. 31.4 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................................32.2...................................32.5.............................34.4 
 
Average Hourly Earnings (AHE) 
 
Preliminary NOV 2023 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
 
Albany MSA ....................................................................................................... 22.88................................ 23.24........................... 22.15 Athens-Clarke County MSA ............................................................................... 27.40................................ 26.53...........................26.60 Atlanta MSA ..................................................................................................... 33.06................................ 33.89...........................33.00 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .......................................................................28.75................................ 28.65...........................26.57 Brunswick MSA .................................................................................................23.06................................ 22.26...........................22.87 Columbus MSA .................................................................................................. 27.12................................ 26.84...........................25.09 Dalton MSA .......................................................................................................25.68.................................25.41...........................23.21 Gainesville MSA .................................................................................................29.21................................ 29.48........................... 31.75 Hinesville MSA ................................................................................................... 20.10.................................18.02........................... 17.62 Macon-Bibb County MSA ..................................................................................25.46.................................24.92........................... 24.73 Rome MSA .........................................................................................................24.90.................................24.90...........................23.23 Savannah MSA ..................................................................................................26.89................................. 26.12........................... 27.31 Valdosta MSA .....................................................................................................26.65................................. 27.41...........................25.96 Warner Robins MSA ........................................................................................... 26.13.................................25.92...........................24.55 
 
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 
13 
 
 Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force 
Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S. 
8% 
 
6% 
 
4% 
 
2% 
 
0% Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 
 
Georgia 
 
U.S. 
 
WA 4.0 
 
OR 
 
3.6 
 
ID 
 
3.3 
 
NV 
 
5.4 
 
UT 
 
CA 
 
2.8 
 
4.9 
 
AZ 4.3 
 
AK 4.4 
 
StSattaeteuUnenmempploloyymmeenntt Rraatteess 
November 2023 
National Unemployment Rate: 3.7% Rates are seasonally adjusted 
 
MT 3.0 
WY 3.0 
CO 3.3 NM 3.9 
 
ND 1.9 SD 2.0 
NE 2.3 
KS 2.9 
 
MN 3.1 
WI 3.3 
IA 3.3 
IL 4.7 MO 3.2 
 
OK 3.3 TX 4.1 
 
AR 3.3 
MS 3.3 LA 3.5 
 
NH 
 
2.3 ME 
 
VT 
 
3.0 
 
2.1 
 
MI 4.3 
 
OH 
 
IN 
 
3.6 
 
3.7 
 
KY 4.3 TN 3.5 
 
PA 3.4 
 
WV 
 
4.2 
 
VA 
 
2.9 
 
NC 3.5 
 
SC 3.0 
 
AL 
 
GA 
 
2.4 
 
3.4 
 
FL 2.9 
 
MA 2.9 
NY 4.3 
RI 2.9 
 
CT 
 
NJ 4.7 
 
3.6 
 
DE 
 
4.2 
 
DC 5.0 
 
MD 1.8 
 
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 
 
2.9 
 
5.7 
 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division 
14 
 
 Georgia Labor Force Estimates 
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older 
 
Georgia 
(Seasonally adjusted) 
 
Employment Status 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
Preliminary NOV 2023 
5,360,517 5,176,059 
184,458 3.4 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
5,349,254 5,166,304 
182,950 3.4 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
5,233,554 5,071,494 
162,060 3.1 
 
Change From 
 
OCT 2023 
 
NOV 2022 
 
11,263 9,755 1,508 
 
126,963 104,565 
22,398 
 
Georgia 
(Not Seasonally adjusted) 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
5,369,278 5,206,114 
163,164 3.0 
 
5,360,611 5,174,646 
185,965 3.5 
 
5,231,596 5,085,347 
146,249 2.8 
 
8,667 31,468 -22,801 
 
137,682 120,767 
16,915 
 
Albany MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed 
Rate 
 
66,188 63,830 
2,358 3.6 
 
65,490 62,884 
2,606 4.0 
 
64,363 62,107 2,256 
3.5 
 
698 946 -248 
 
1,825 1,723 
102 
 
Athens-Clarke County MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
102,420 99,671 2,749 2.7 
 
102,304 98,877 3,427 3.3 
 
99,594 96,906 
2,688 2.7 
 
116 794 -678 
 
2,826 2,765 
61 
 
Atlanta MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed 
Rate 
 
3,272,188 3,171,948 
100,240 3.1 
 
3,268,829 3,156,179 
112,650 3.4 
 
3,186,153 3,100,899 
85,254 2.7 
 
3,359 15,769 -12,410 
 
86,035 71,049 14,986 
 
Augusta-Richmond County MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed 
Rate 
 
262,469 253,164 
9,305 3.5 
 
263,844 253,673 
10,171 3.9 
 
260,169 251,612 
8,557 3.3 
 
-1,375 -509 -866 
 
2,300 1,552 
748 
 
Brunswick MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed 
Rate 
 
55,248 53,751 
1,497 2.7 
 
55,051 53,294 
1,757 3.2 
 
53,325 51,836 
1,489 2.8 
 
197 457 -260 
 
1,923 1,915 
8 
 
Columbus MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
124,737 120,480 
4,257 3.4 
 
124,729 120,053 
4,676 3.7 
 
121,524 117,416 
4,108 3.4 
 
8 
 
3,213 
 
427 
 
3,064 
 
-419 
 
149 
 
Dalton MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
58,967 56,951 
2,016 3.4 
 
59,195 56,817 
2,378 4.0 
 
57,810 55,682 
2,128 3.7 
 
-228 134 -362 
 
1,157 1,269 
-112 
 
Gainesville MSA 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
110,430 107,964 
2,466 2.2 
 
110,384 107,424 
2,960 2.7 
 
107,212 104,871 
2,341 2.2 
 
46 540 -494 
 
3,218 3,093 
125 
 
?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 NOV 2023 
35,089 34,042 
1,047 3.0 
101,019 97,599 3,420 
3.4 
 
Revised OCT 2023 
35,166 33,965 
1,201 3.4 
101,050 97,147 3,903 3.9 
 
Revised NOV 2022 
34,729 33,708 
1,021 2.9 
99,120 95,924 
3,196 3.2 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
45,721 44,443 
1,278 2.8 
200,376 195,129 
5,247 2.6 
 
45,716 44,202 
1,514 3.3 
200,171 193,979 
6,192 3.1 
 
44,336 43,096 
1,240 2.8 
197,412 192,241 
5,171 2.6 
 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 
 
63,354 61,379 
1,975 3.1 
87,218 84,788 
2,430 2.8 
 
63,200 60,824 
2,376 3.8 
87,732 84,871 
2,861 3.3 
 
62,391 60,479 
1,912 3.1 
85,876 83,306 
2,570 3.0 
 
Change From 
 
OCT 2023 
 
NOV 2022 
 
-77 
 
360 
 
77 
 
334 
 
-154 
 
26 
 
-31 452 -483 
 
1,899 1,675 
224 
 
5 241 -236 
 
1,385 1,347 
38 
 
205 1,150 -945 
 
2,964 2,888 
76 
 
154 
 
963 
 
555 
 
900 
 
-401 
 
63 
 
-514 -83 -431 
 
1,342 1,482 
-140 
 
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 
 
NOV 2023 
168,260,000 161,969,000 
6,291,000 3.7 
167,977,000 162,149,000 
5,827,000 3.5 
 
OCT 2023 
167,728,000 161,222,000 
6,506,000 3.9 
167,774,000 161,676,000 
6,098,000 3.6 
 
NOV 2022 
164,527,000 158,527,000 
6,000,000 3.6 
164,272,000 158,749,000 
5,523,000 3.4 
 
Change From 
 
OCT 2023 
 
NOV 2022 
 
532,000 747,000 -215,000 
 
3,733,000 3,442,000 
291,000 
 
203,000 473,000 -271,000 
 
3,705,000 3,400,000 
304,000 
 
?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 
 
16 
 
 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) 
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older 
 
Georgia 
 
Preliminary November 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
5,369,278 5,206,114 163,164 3.0 
 
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 
 
9,761 4,480 5,044 1,177 18,652 
 
9,486 4,375 4,899 1,140 17,989 
 
275 2.8 105 2.3 145 2.9 
37 3.1 663 3.6 
 
Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 
 
11,424 11,184 
 
240 2.1 
 
44,243 43,111 1,132 2.6 
 
53,723 52,178 1,545 2.9 
 
5,645 5,432 
 
213 3.8 
 
8,009 7,732 
 
277 3.5 
 
Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 
 
66,263 63,849 2,414 3.6 
 
4,621 4,437 
 
184 4.0 
 
7,722 7,487 
 
235 3.0 
 
6,891 6,682 
 
209 3.0 
 
20,417 19,936 
 
481 2.4 
 
Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 
 
39,558 38,453 1,105 2.8 
 
9,021 8,542 
 
479 5.3 
 
11,635 11,319 
 
316 2.7 
 
2,349 2,285 
 
64 2.7 
 
22,709 22,083 
 
626 2.8 
 
Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 
 
6,478 6,340 
 
138 2.1 
 
58,902 57,047 1,855 3.1 
 
34,048 33,207 
 
841 2.5 
 
5,180 5,037 
 
143 2.8 
 
145,853 141,894 3,959 2.7 
 
Chattahoochee 1,962 1,888 
 
74 3.8 
 
Chattooga 
 
9,019 8,728 
 
291 3.2 
 
Cherokee 146,620 143,074 3,546 2.4 
 
Clarke 
 
60,319 58,570 1,749 2.9 
 
Clay 
 
849 
 
789 
 
60 7.1 
 
Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 
 
144,043 138,227 5,816 4.0 
 
3,165 3,076 
 
89 2.8 
 
443,571 431,345 12,226 2.8 
 
19,401 18,788 
 
613 3.2 
 
23,004 22,444 560 2.4 
 
Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 
 
75,319 73,217 2,102 2.8 
 
8,463 8,221 
 
242 2.9 
 
79,937 77,667 2,270 2.8 
 
5,468 5,305 
 
163 3.0 
 
10,104 9,751 
 
353 3.5 
 
Revised October 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
5,360,611 5,174,646 185,965 3.5 
 
9,410 4,389 4,945 1,120 18,711 
 
9,095 4,258 4,784 1,076 17,868 
 
315 3.3 131 3.0 161 3.3 44 3.9 843 4.5 
 
11,184 10,896 
 
288 2.6 
 
44,138 42,845 1,293 2.9 
 
53,563 51,820 1,743 3.3 
 
5,687 5,448 
 
239 4.2 
 
7,905 
 
7,585 
 
320 4.0 
 
66,364 63,630 2,734 4.1 
 
4,619 4,387 
 
232 5.0 
 
7,678 
 
7,406 
 
272 3.5 
 
6,749 6,509 
 
240 3.6 
 
20,406 19,817 589 2.9 
 
39,731 38,210 1,521 3.8 
 
9,024 8,471 553 6.1 
 
11,604 11,236 368 3.2 
 
2,197 2,126 
 
71 3.2 
 
22,753 22,003 
 
750 3.3 
 
6,370 6,207 
 
163 2.6 
 
58,894 56,717 2,177 3.7 
 
34,083 33,093 990 2.9 
 
5,130 4,969 
 
161 3.1 
 
145,761 141,097 4,664 3.2 
 
1,949 1,864 
 
85 4.4 
 
8,976 8,649 
 
327 3.6 
 
146,617 142,487 4,130 2.8 
 
60,356 58,114 2,242 3.7 
 
823 
 
758 
 
65 7.9 
 
143,784 137,392 6,392 4.4 
 
3,059 2,956 
 
103 3.4 
 
443,276 429,483 13,793 3.1 
 
19,306 18,611 695 3.6 
 
22,545 21,891 654 2.9 
 
75,856 73,393 2,463 3.2 
 
8,390 
 
8,104 
 
286 3.4 
 
79,870 77,214 2,656 3.3 
 
5,441 5,250 
 
191 3.5 
 
9,944 9,546 398 4.0 
 
Revised November 2022 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
5,231,596 5,085,347 146,249 2.8 
 
9,337 4,311 4,839 1,098 18,119 
 
9,031 4,218 4,708 1,062 17,442 
 
306 3.3 93 2.2 131 2.7 36 3.3 
677 3.7 
 
10,849 10,628 
 
221 2.0 
 
43,157 42,132 1,025 2.4 
 
52,340 50,949 1,391 2.7 
 
5,597 5,380 
 
217 3.9 
 
7,703 7,482 
 
221 2.9 
 
65,094 62,854 2,240 3.4 
 
4,491 4,319 
 
172 3.8 
 
7,400 7,161 
 
239 3.2 
 
6,625 6,428 
 
197 3.0 
 
20,116 19,617 
 
499 2.5 
 
38,450 8,913 
11,348 2,212 
21,933 
 
37,303 8,497 11,052 2,152 21,319 
 
1,147 3.0 416 4.7 296 2.6 60 2.7 614 2.8 
 
6,049 5,903 
 
146 2.4 
 
57,259 55,670 1,589 2.8 
 
33,473 32,656 
 
817 2.4 
 
5,065 4,917 
 
148 2.9 
 
143,687 139,818 3,869 2.7 
 
1,904 9,092 143,016 58,741 
804 
 
1,828 8,755 139,858 57,016 
747 
 
76 4.0 337 3.7 3,158 2.2 1,725 2.9 
57 7.1 
 
140,155 135,171 4,984 3.6 
 
2,969 2,893 
 
76 2.6 
 
432,073 421,765 10,308 2.4 
 
18,927 18,343 
 
584 3.1 
 
21,747 21,182 
 
565 2.6 
 
75,446 73,414 2,032 2.7 
 
8,196 7,957 
 
239 2.9 
 
77,802 75,909 1,893 2.4 
 
5,331 5,185 
 
146 2.7 
 
9,838 9,477 
 
361 3.7 
 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division 
17 
 
 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) 
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older 
 
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge 
 
Preliminary November 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
8,226 8,028 
 
198 2.4 
 
13,803 13,473 330 2.4 
 
12,073 11,709 364 3.0 
 
416,347 402,654 13,693 3.3 
 
6,922 6,660 
 
262 3.8 
 
Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 
 
5,144 4,979 
 
165 3.2 
 
37,141 35,621 1,520 4.1 
 
77,129 74,574 2,555 3.3 
 
4,522 4,382 
 
140 3.1 
 
1,953 1,899 
 
54 2.8 
 
Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin 
 
34,106 8,173 9,400 5,099 
12,548 
 
33,299 7,905 9,063 4,979 
12,230 
 
807 2.4 268 3.3 337 3.6 120 2.4 318 2.5 
 
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 
 
61,351 59,521 1,830 3.0 
 
45,721 44,443 1,278 2.8 
 
133,865 130,604 3,261 2.4 
 
10,118 9,827 
 
291 2.9 
 
592,385 571,980 20,405 3.4 
 
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 
 
12,724 12,361 363 2.9 
 
1,272 1,239 
 
33 2.6 
 
41,047 39,967 1,080 2.6 
 
29,433 28,689 
 
744 2.5 
 
11,320 10,992 
 
328 2.9 
 
Greene 
 
7,503 
 
7,251 
 
252 3.4 
 
Gwinnett 
 
514,543 500,565 13,978 2.7 
 
Habersham 19,484 18,957 
 
527 2.7 
 
Hall 
 
110,430 107,964 2,466 2.2 
 
Hancock 
 
2,699 2,556 
 
143 5.3 
 
Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 
 
13,354 12,968 386 2.9 
 
17,334 16,900 434 2.5 
 
12,893 12,534 359 2.8 
 
5,475 5,320 
 
155 2.8 
 
124,038 119,839 4,199 3.4 
 
Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 
 
71,091 69,224 1,867 2.6 
 
3,603 3,481 
 
122 3.4 
 
47,923 46,965 958 2.0 
 
7,435 7,228 
 
207 2.8 
 
6,337 6,097 
 
240 3.8 
 
Revised October 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
8,270 8,037 233 2.8 
 
13,785 13,410 
 
375 2.7 
 
11,912 11,500 
 
412 3.5 
 
415,791 400,810 14,981 3.6 
 
6,934 6,656 
 
278 4.0 
 
5,013 4,824 
 
189 3.8 
 
36,830 35,171 1,659 4.5 
 
77,135 74,239 2,896 3.8 
 
4,485 4,329 
 
156 3.5 
 
1,878 1,816 
 
62 3.3 
 
34,004 8,155 9,157 5,055 
12,560 
 
33,065 7,846 8,761 4,912 
12,217 
 
939 2.8 309 3.8 396 4.3 143 2.8 343 2.7 
 
61,347 59,204 2,143 3.5 45,716 44,202 1,514 3.3 133,698 129,907 3,791 2.8 9,999 9,645 354 3.5 591,262 569,104 22,158 3.7 
 
12,755 12,341 
 
414 3.2 
 
1,270 1,219 
 
51 4.0 
 
40,979 39,704 1,275 3.1 
 
29,488 28,600 888 3.0 
 
11,162 10,773 389 3.5 
 
7,469 7,206 263 3.5 
 
514,720 498,570 16,150 3.1 
 
19,348 18,719 629 3.3 
 
110,384 107,424 2,960 2.7 
 
2,632 2,482 
 
150 5.7 
 
13,369 12,918 
 
451 3.4 
 
17,302 16,805 
 
497 2.9 
 
12,808 12,392 
 
416 3.2 
 
5,452 5,277 
 
175 3.2 
 
123,775 119,052 4,723 3.8 
 
71,584 69,383 2,201 3.1 
 
3,532 3,396 
 
136 3.9 
 
47,214 46,112 1,102 2.3 
 
7,403 7,168 235 3.2 
 
6,254 5,992 262 4.2 
 
Revised November 2022 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
8,054 7,852 
 
202 2.5 
 
13,435 13,125 
 
310 2.3 
 
11,764 11,419 345 2.9 
 
405,514 393,902 11,612 2.9 
 
6,796 6,569 
 
227 3.3 
 
4,921 4,751 
 
170 3.5 
 
36,178 34,743 1,435 4.0 
 
75,166 72,940 2,226 3.0 
 
4,492 4,346 
 
146 3.3 
 
1,845 1,804 
 
41 2.2 
 
33,609 7,936 8,814 5,024 
12,097 
 
32,806 7,679 8,485 4,889 
11,801 
 
803 2.4 257 3.2 329 3.7 135 2.7 296 2.4 
 
59,656 58,218 1,438 2.4 
 
44,336 43,096 1,240 2.8 
 
130,431 127,624 2,807 2.2 
 
9,957 9,681 
 
276 2.8 
 
575,981 559,236 16,745 2.9 
 
12,261 1,254 39,718 
28,544 10,802 
 
11,902 1,218 
38,648 27,807 10,518 
 
359 2.9 36 2.9 
1,070 2.7 737 2.6 284 2.6 
 
7,350 
 
7,118 
 
232 3.2 
 
501,655 489,337 12,318 2.5 
 
18,747 18,215 
 
532 2.8 
 
107,212 104,871 2,341 2.2 
 
2,550 2,429 
 
121 4.7 
 
13,040 16,845 12,104 
5,322 120,785 
 
12,668 16,421 11,764 
5,183 117,269 
 
372 2.9 424 2.5 340 2.8 139 2.6 3,516 2.9 
 
70,177 68,140 2,037 2.9 
 
3,526 3,394 
 
132 3.7 
 
45,847 44,960 
 
887 1.9 
 
7,202 7,032 
 
170 2.4 
 
6,003 5,787 
 
216 3.6 
 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division 
 
18 
 
 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) 
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older 
 
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar 
 
Preliminary November 2023 
 
Labor Force 
6,851 3,516 4,070 13,530 8,595 
 
Employment 
6,574 3,365 3,959 13,150 8,331 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
277 4.0 151 4.3 111 2.7 380 2.8 264 3.1 
 
Revised October 2023 
 
Labor Force 
6,732 3,553 4,004 13,510 8,638 
 
Employment 
6,431 3,366 3,878 13,066 8,304 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
301 4.5 187 5.3 126 3.1 444 3.3 334 3.9 
 
Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 
 
3,818 19,374 15,323 26,448 3,541 
 
3,688 18,657 14,933 25,647 
3,407 
 
130 3.4 717 3.7 390 2.5 801 3.0 134 3.8 
 
3,815 19,234 15,180 26,548 
3,514 
 
3,661 18,389 14,738 25,639 
3,367 
 
154 4.0 845 4.4 442 2.9 909 3.4 147 4.2 
 
Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 
 
8,641 8,395 
 
246 2.8 
 
50,692 49,110 1,582 3.1 
 
19,411 19,002 409 2.1 
 
8,362 7,974 388 4.6 
 
6,479 6,297 
 
182 2.8 
 
8,618 8,326 292 3.4 
 
50,758 48,838 1,920 3.8 
 
19,550 18,998 
 
552 2.8 
 
8,418 7,974 444 5.3 
 
6,394 6,184 
 
210 3.3 
 
Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 
 
4,656 13,955 
3,341 9,232 3,063 
 
4,447 13,585 
3,242 8,910 2,995 
 
209 4.5 370 2.7 
99 3.0 322 3.5 
68 2.2 
 
4,546 13,912 3,340 9,236 
2,971 
 
4,336 13,495 3,222 
8,838 2,891 
 
210 4.6 417 3.0 118 3.5 398 4.3 80 2.7 
 
Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 
 
8,769 12,996 
4,161 10,017 15,534 
 
8,492 12,659 
4,029 9,761 14,966 
 
277 3.2 337 2.6 132 3.2 256 2.6 568 3.7 
 
8,563 12,990 
4,085 9,957 15,596 
 
8,243 12,590 
3,933 9,660 14,901 
 
320 3.7 400 3.1 152 3.7 297 3.0 695 4.5 
 
Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding 
 
77,528 74,556 2,972 3.8 
 
56,074 53,858 2,216 4.0 
 
20,880 20,446 434 2.1 
 
7,266 7,070 
 
196 2.7 
 
94,001 91,382 2,619 2.8 
 
77,677 74,362 3,315 4.3 
 
56,014 53,517 2,497 4.5 
 
20,860 20,308 
 
552 2.6 
 
7,176 6,960 
 
216 3.0 
 
93,758 90,818 2,940 3.1 
 
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 
 
12,040 16,348 
9,272 9,427 18,667 
 
11,615 15,914 9,047 
9,214 18,052 
 
425 3.5 434 2.7 225 2.4 213 2.3 615 3.3 
 
12,075 16,325 
9,128 9,466 18,738 
 
11,562 15,833 
8,859 9,157 18,043 
 
513 4.2 492 3.0 269 2.9 309 3.3 695 3.7 
 
Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 
 
4,087 9,130 
713 8,124 2,478 
 
3,949 8,806 
678 7,880 2,387 
 
138 3.4 324 3.5 
35 4.9 244 3.0 
91 3.7 
 
4,073 9,056 
714 8,139 2,462 
 
3,926 8,665 
675 7,907 2,361 
 
147 3.6 391 4.3 
39 5.5 232 2.9 101 4.1 
 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division 
 
Revised November 2022 
 
Labor Force 
6,779 3,345 3,955 13,264 8,396 
 
Employment 
6,557 3,208 3,856 12,894 8,139 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
222 3.3 137 4.1 99 2.5 370 2.8 257 3.1 
 
3,760 18,979 14,949 26,251 
3,476 
 
3,628 18,276 14,552 25,465 3,364 
 
132 3.5 703 3.7 397 2.7 786 3.0 112 3.2 
 
8,478 8,243 
 
235 2.8 
 
50,161 48,619 1,542 3.1 
 
18,562 18,159 
 
403 2.2 
 
8,349 7,995 354 4.2 
 
6,207 6,027 
 
180 2.9 
 
4,457 13,563 
3,258 8,971 2,925 
 
4,281 13,199 
3,143 8,664 2,856 
 
176 3.9 364 2.7 115 3.5 307 3.4 
69 2.4 
 
8,180 12,734 
3,910 9,681 15,184 
 
7,906 12,398 
3,776 9,448 14,601 
 
274 3.3 336 2.6 134 3.4 233 2.4 583 3.8 
 
75,624 72,719 2,905 3.8 
 
54,300 52,611 1,689 3.1 
 
20,286 19,865 
 
421 2.1 
 
7,004 6,826 
 
178 2.5 
 
91,564 89,329 2,235 2.4 
 
11,740 15,937 
8,914 9,213 18,412 
 
11,324 15,562 
8,686 8,980 17,872 
 
416 3.5 375 2.4 228 2.6 233 2.5 540 2.9 
 
3,959 8,745 
724 7,571 2,360 
 
3,842 8,463 
681 7,362 2,267 
 
117 3.0 282 3.2 
43 5.9 209 2.8 
93 3.9 
 
19 
 
 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) 
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older 
 
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole 
 
Preliminary November 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
82,104 78,434 3,670 4.5 
 
46,625 44,822 1,803 3.9 
 
2,264 2,206 
 
58 2.6 
 
5,169 4,954 
 
215 4.2 
 
3,171 3,064 
 
107 3.4 
 
Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot 
 
30,181 29,138 1,043 3.5 
 
10,839 10,498 
 
341 3.1 
 
2,751 2,666 
 
85 3.1 
 
13,045 12,504 
 
541 4.1 
 
2,878 2,789 
 
89 3.1 
 
Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell 
 
555 9,254 2,620 3,421 3,549 
 
532 8,985 2,513 3,221 3,409 
 
23 4.1 269 2.9 107 4.1 200 5.8 140 3.9 
 
Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen 
 
17,167 21,372 13,066 4,367 
2,783 
 
16,603 20,862 12,657 
4,222 2,690 
 
564 3.3 510 2.4 409 3.1 145 3.3 93 3.3 
 
Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson 
 
37,017 3,256 2,762 12,038 12,114 
 
36,048 3,136 2,636 
11,765 11,715 
 
969 2.6 120 3.7 126 4.6 273 2.3 399 3.3 
 
Walker 
 
31,854 30,982 
 
872 2.7 
 
Walton 
 
49,289 47,924 1,365 2.8 
 
Ware 
 
16,520 16,064 
 
456 2.8 
 
Warren 
 
2,738 2,624 
 
114 4.2 
 
Washington 
 
7,264 6,944 
 
320 4.4 
 
Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield 
 
12,426 12,054 
 
372 3.0 
 
999 
 
970 
 
29 2.9 
 
1,823 1,742 
 
81 4.4 
 
17,546 17,197 
 
349 2.0 
 
43,433 41,985 1,448 3.3 
 
Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson 
Worth 
 
2,778 3,789 4,024 
8,998 
 
2,691 3,659 3,912 
8,727 
 
87 3.1 130 3.4 112 2.8 
271 3.0 
 
Revised October 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
82,473 78,528 3,945 4.8 
 
46,537 44,606 1,931 4.1 
 
2,266 2,192 
 
74 3.3 
 
5,156 4,905 
 
251 4.9 
 
3,144 3,029 
 
115 3.7 
 
30,183 28,963 1,220 4.0 
 
10,808 10,405 
 
403 3.7 
 
2,720 2,626 
 
94 3.5 
 
12,977 12,374 
 
603 4.6 
 
2,868 2,764 
 
104 3.6 
 
551 9,148 2,634 3,419 3,518 
 
526 8,832 2,521 3,205 3,354 
 
25 4.5 316 3.5 113 4.3 214 6.3 164 4.7 
 
17,150 21,128 12,844 4,486 2,757 
 
16,490 20,499 12,384 
4,295 2,644 
 
660 3.8 629 3.0 460 3.6 191 4.3 113 4.1 
 
36,897 35,757 1,140 3.1 
 
3,212 3,076 
 
136 4.2 
 
2,745 
 
2,611 
 
134 4.9 
 
11,956 11,641 
 
315 2.6 
 
12,115 11,592 
 
523 4.3 
 
31,792 30,820 
 
972 3.1 
 
49,232 47,630 1,602 3.3 
 
16,274 15,733 
 
541 3.3 
 
2,709 2,587 
 
122 4.5 
 
7,258 6,906 
 
352 4.8 
 
12,436 12,003 
 
433 3.5 
 
992 
 
951 
 
41 4.1 
 
1,770 1,680 
 
90 5.1 
 
17,682 17,254 
 
428 2.4 
 
43,599 41,916 1,683 3.9 
 
2,728 3,749 4,047 
8,842 
 
2,625 3,597 3,909 
8,545 
 
103 3.8 152 4.1 138 3.4 
297 3.4 
 
Revised November 2022 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
82,106 78,819 3,287 4.0 
 
45,279 43,828 1,451 3.2 
 
2,186 2,115 
 
71 3.2 
 
5,025 4,814 
 
211 4.2 
 
3,036 2,937 
 
99 3.3 
 
29,396 10,552 
2,628 12,435 
2,830 
 
28,460 10,218 2,533 11,967 
2,742 
 
936 3.2 334 3.2 
95 3.6 468 3.8 
88 3.1 
 
540 9,150 2,612 3,396 3,450 
 
518 8,906 2,494 3,198 3,311 
 
22 4.1 244 2.7 118 4.5 198 5.8 139 4.0 
 
16,680 20,934 12,298 
4,190 2,677 
 
16,135 20,402 11,863 
4,039 2,571 
 
545 3.3 532 2.5 435 3.5 151 3.6 106 4.0 
 
36,106 3,119 2,697 
11,431 11,774 
 
35,153 3,009 2,593 11,154 11,438 
 
953 2.6 110 3.5 104 3.9 277 2.4 336 2.9 
 
31,280 48,079 15,914 
2,697 7,115 
 
30,414 46,838 15,449 
2,614 6,874 
 
866 2.8 1,241 2.6 
465 2.9 83 3.1 241 3.4 
 
12,110 11,778 332 2.7 
 
957 
 
925 
 
32 3.3 
 
1,654 1,580 
 
74 4.5 
 
17,039 16,661 
 
378 2.2 
 
42,626 41,081 1,545 3.6 
 
2,707 3,683 3,937 
8,688 
 
2,624 3,554 3,809 
8,439 
 
83 3.1 129 3.5 128 3.3 
249 2.9 
 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division 
 
20 
 
 City Labor Force Estimates 
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older 
 
Preliminary November 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
Albany 30,078 28,810 1,268 4.2 
 
Alpharetta 38,884 37,935 
 
949 2.4 
 
Athens 60,319 58,570 1,749 2.9 
 
Atlanta 280,043 269,139 10,904 3.9 
 
Dekalb Part 
 
25,780 24,925 
 
855 3.3 
 
Fulton Part 
 
254,263 244,214 10,049 4.0 
 
Augusta 82,104 78,434 3,670 4.5 
 
Brookhaven 
 
36,975 36,096 
 
879 2.4 
 
Canton 17,689 17,303 
 
386 2.2 
 
Carrollton 12,211 11,785 
 
426 3.5 
 
Chamblee 21,925 21,492 
 
433 2.0 
 
Columbus 77,528 74,556 2,972 3.8 
 
Dalton 13,683 13,178 
 
505 3.7 
 
Decatur 14,925 14,532 
 
393 2.6 
 
Douglasville 
 
17,821 17,213 
 
608 3.4 
 
Duluth 16,759 16,289 
 
470 2.8 
 
Dunwoody 28,486 27,699 
 
787 2.8 
 
East Point 
 
17,431 16,580 
 
851 4.9 
 
Gainesville 22,238 21,715 
 
523 2.4 
 
Hinesville 15,621 15,169 
 
452 2.9 
 
Johns Creek 46,993 45,845 1,148 2.4 
 
Kennesaw 
 
21,094 20,539 
 
555 2.6 
 
LaGrange 15,299 14,815 
 
484 3.2 
 
Lawrenceville 
 
15,393 14,944 
 
449 2.9 
 
McDonough 
 
13,149 12,575 
 
574 4.4 
 
Macon-Bibb 
 
66,263 63,849 2,414 3.6 
 
Marietta 36,809 35,797 1,012 2.7 
 
Milton 21,295 20,775 
 
520 2.4 
 
Newnan 20,575 19,923 
 
652 3.2 
 
Peachtree City 
 
19,707 19,260 
 
447 2.3 
 
P'tree Corners 
 
26,210 25,625 
 
585 2.2 
 
Pooler 14,570 14,219 
 
351 2.4 
 
Rome 15,916 15,439 
 
477 3.0 
 
Roswell 56,201 54,778 1,423 2.5 
 
Sandy Springs 
 
68,673 66,985 1,688 2.5 
 
Savannah 69,160 67,053 2,107 3.0 
 
Smyrna 36,447 35,292 1,155 3.2 
 
Statesboro 
 
14,838 14,313 
 
525 3.5 
 
Stockbridge 
 
15,188 14,617 
 
571 3.8 
 
Sugar Hill 
 
13,896 13,545 
 
351 2.5 
 
Tucker 20,904 20,323 
 
581 2.8 
 
Union City 
 
10,797 10,171 
 
626 5.8 
 
Valdosta 24,482 23,659 
 
823 3.4 
 
Warner Robins 
 
33,873 32,968 
 
905 2.7 
 
Woodstock 
 
18,841 18,292 
 
549 2.9 
 
 Revised October 2023 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
29,826 28,446 1,380 4.6 
 
38,837 37,745 1,092 2.8 
 
60,356 58,114 2,242 3.7 
 
279,490 267,797 11,693 4.2 
 
25,683 24,811 
 
872 3.4 
 
253,807 242,986 10,821 4.3 
 
82,473 78,528 3,945 4.8 
 
36,769 35,931 838 2.3 
 
17,700 17,232 468 2.6 
 
12,249 
 
11,717 
 
532 4.3 
 
21,910 21,394 
 
516 2.4 
 
77,677 74,362 3,315 4.3 
 
13,692 13,156 536 3.9 
 
14,874 14,465 409 2.7 
 
17,792 
 
17,135 
 
657 3.7 
 
16,767 16,224 543 3.2 
 
28,379 27,572 
 
807 2.8 
 
17,379 16,497 882 5.1 
 
22,258 21,606 
 
652 2.9 
 
15,683 15,164 
 
519 3.3 
 
46,972 45,615 1,357 2.9 
 
21,106 20,450 656 3.1 
 
15,231 14,695 536 3.5 
 
15,417 14,885 
 
532 3.5 
 
13,094 12,493 
 
601 4.6 
 
66,364 63,630 2,734 4.1 
 
36,846 35,642 1,204 3.3 
 
21,272 20,671 
 
601 2.8 
 
20,556 19,807 
 
749 3.6 
 
19,696 19,158 
 
538 2.7 
 
26,179 25,523 656 2.5 
 
14,498 14,139 359 2.5 
 
15,914 15,355 559 3.5 
 
56,021 54,502 1,519 2.7 
 
68,478 66,648 1,830 2.7 
 
69,227 66,677 2,550 3.7 
 
36,305 35,139 1,166 3.2 
 
15,004 14,223 
 
781 5.2 
 
15,155 14,521 634 4.2 
 
13,885 13,491 394 2.8 
 
20,808 20,230 
 
578 2.8 
 
10,736 10,120 
 
616 5.7 
 
24,585 23,528 1,057 4.3 
 
34,096 33,041 1,055 3.1 
 
18,750 18,217 
 
533 2.8 
 
Revised November 2022 
 
Labor Force 
 
Employment 
 
Unemployment Number Rate 
 
29,292 37,937 58,741 271,538 24,950 246,588 82,106 35,970 17,273 11,890 21,393 75,624 13,395 14,556 17,415 16,303 27,675 16,897 21,613 15,496 45,817 20,548 14,898 14,976 12,804 65,094 35,841 20,764 20,048 19,232 25,672 14,334 15,440 54,681 67,011 68,188 35,360 14,444 14,774 13,550 20,421 10,353 24,267 33,499 18,272 
 
28,099 37,090 57,016 263,155 24,383 238,772 78,819 35,311 16,914 11,500 21,025 72,719 12,894 14,216 16,835 15,923 27,097 16,211 21,092 15,061 44,824 20,083 14,447 14,609 12,306 62,854 35,002 20,312 19,472 18,839 25,050 14,011 14,971 53,557 65,492 66,072 34,508 13,885 14,304 13,242 19,881 9,944 23,422 32,448 17,880 
 
1,193 4.1 847 2.2 
1,725 2.9 8,383 3.1 
567 2.3 7,816 3.2 3,287 4.0 
659 1.8 359 2.1 390 3.3 368 1.7 2,905 3.8 501 3.7 340 2.3 580 3.3 380 2.3 578 2.1 686 4.1 521 2.4 435 2.8 993 2.2 465 2.3 451 3.0 367 2.5 498 3.9 2,240 3.4 839 2.3 452 2.2 576 2.9 393 2.0 622 2.4 323 2.3 469 3.0 1,124 2.1 1,519 2.3 2,116 3.1 852 2.4 559 3.9 470 3.2 308 2.3 540 2.6 409 4.0 845 3.5 1,051 3.1 392 2.1 
 
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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 UNEMGePorLgOia YUnMemEpNloyTmRenAt RTaEtesBbYy CCouOntUy NTIES NOVEMBER 2023 
November 2023 
 
Dade 2.4 
 
Catoosa 2.5 
 
Walker 
 
Whitfield 
 
Murray 3.7 
 
Fannin 2.5 
 
Union 2.3 
 
Towns 3.3 
 
Rabun 3.0 
 
2.7 
 
3.3 
 
Chattooga 3.2 
 
Gordon 2.5 
 
Floyd 2.8 
 
Bartow 2.9 
 
Gilmer 2.9 
Pickens 2.7 
Cherokee 2.4 
 
Lumpkin 2.1 
Dawson 2.4 
Forsyth 2.4 
 
White Habersham 
 
2.0 
 
2.7 
 
Stephens 
 
3.1 
 
Hall 
 
Banks Franklin 
 
2.1 
 
2.9 
 
2.2 
 
Jackson 2.0 
 
Madison 2.7 
 
Hart 2.8 
Elbert 3.3 
 
Polk 3.3 
 
Paulding 
 
Cobb 2.8 
 
Gwinnett 2.7 
 
Barrow 2.6 
 
Clarke 2.9 
 
Oglethorpe 2.7 
 
Haralson 2.9 
Carroll 3.1 
Heard 2.8 
 
2.8 Douglas 3.3 
Coweta 2.8 
 
Fulton 3.4 
 
DeKalb 3.3 Rockdale 
 
Walton 2.8 
 
Oconee 2.1 
 
Clayton 
 
4.0 
 
Fayette 3.0 
 
Henry 3.4 
 
3.9 Newton 4.0 
 
Morgan 2.6 
 
Spalding 3.5 
 
Butts 2.7 
 
Jasper 2.8 
 
Putnam 3.5 
 
Wilkes 3.4 
 
Lincoln 3.8 
 
Greene 3.4 
 
Taliaferro 
 
4.1 
 
McDuffie 
 
Warren 4.6 
 
Columbia 2.8 
 
4.2 
 
Richmond 
 
Hancock 
 
4.5 
 
5.3 
 
Glascock 
 
Troup 2.6 
 
Meriwether 3.5 
 
Pike 2.3 
 
Lamar 3.1 
 
Upson 
 
Monroe 2.6 
 
Jones 2.8 
 
Baldwin 3.6 
 
2.6 
 
Washington 4.4 
 
Jefferson 4.0 
 
Burke 5.3 
 
5.0% or greater 4 counties (3%) 
4.0% to 4.9% 18 counties (11%) 
3.0% to 3.9% 63 counties (40%) 
Less than 3.0% 74 counties (47%) 
Percentages of number of counties may not total 100 due to rounding 
 
Harris 2.5 
 
Talbot 3.1 
 
Muscogee 3.8 
Marion Chattahoochee 3.0 
 
3.3 
Taylor 4.1 
 
Crawford 3.0 
 
Bibb 3.6 
 
Twiggs 4.6 
 
Wilkinson 2.8 
 
Macon 4.5 
 
Peach 3.5 
Houston 2.6 
 
Bleckley 4.0 
 
Laurens 3.7 
 
Johnson 2.7 
 
Emanuel 3.6 
 
Jenkins 4.3 
 
Screven 4.2 
 
Treutlen 3.3 
 
Candler 2.1 
 
Bulloch 2.8 
 
Effingham 2.4 
 
3.8 
Stewart 3.1 
 
Schley 2.6 
 
Webster 2.9 
 
Sumter 4.1 
 
Quitman 
 
4.9 Randolph 3.7 
 
Terrell 3.9 
 
Lee 2.5 
 
Clay 7.1 
 
Calhoun 2.7 
 
Dougherty 4.1 
 
Early 3.1 
Miller 2.2 
 
Baker 3.1 
 
Mitchell 3.2 
 
Dooly 3.2 
 
Pulaski 3.4 
 
Dodge 3.8 
 
Crisp 3.5 
 
Wilcox 3.1 
 
Turner 3.7 
 
Ben Hill 3.8 
 
Montgomery 
 
Wheeler 4.4 
 
3.2 
 
Toombs 3.1 
 
Evans 2.4 
 
Tattnall 
 
Telfair 
 
2.9 
 
5.8 
 
Jeff Davis 3.8 
 
Appling 2.8 
 
Long 2.8 
 
Bryan 2.4 
Liberty 3.0 
 
Worth 3.0 
Colquitt 2.4 
 
Irwin 3.4 Tift 2.4 
 
Coffee 3.2 
 
Berrien 
 
Atkinson 
 
3.5 
 
2.3 
 
Cook 
 
2.9 Lanier 
 
Bacon 2.9 
 
Wayne 3.0 
 
Pierce 2.4 
Ware 2.8 
 
Brantley 3.0 
 
McIntosh 2.8 
Glynn 2.6 
 
Chatham 2.7 
 
Seminole 3.4 
 
Decatur 3.0 
 
Grady 2.9 
 
Thomas 3.3 
 
Brooks 3.0 
 
3.4 
Lowndes 3.1 Echols 
 
Clinch 2.8 
 
Charlton 2.8 
 
Camden 2.8 
 
2.8 
 
Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 3.0% 
Georgia's U(NnoteSemasopnalloly yAdmjusteedn) t Rate: 3.0% (not seasonally adjusted) 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics Division 
22 
 
 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County 
 
County 
 
November 2023 Initial 
Claims 
 
Average Weekly Benefit 
 
County 
 
November 2023 Initial 
Claims 
 
Average Weekly Benefit 
 
County 
 
November 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 
 
22,316.............. $332 
62.............. $281 10.............. $271 77.............. $287 
2.............. $349 65.............. $292 44.............. $266 117.............. $303 636.............. $186 67.............. $259 229.............. $291 258.............. $272 14.............. $236 17.............. $319 22.............. $288 37.............. $300 88.............. $299 56.............. $284 26.............. $316 
5.............. $297 30.............. $305 18.............. $279 191.............. $265 121.............. $283 
6.............. $339 345.............. $299 
9.............. $274 340.............. $237 280.............. $307 253.............. $293 
1.............. $260 699.............. $299 
7.............. $290 1,214.............. $310 
112.............. $267 52.............. $272 126.............. $304 61.............. $287 218.............. $287 12.............. $292 36.............. $265 13.............. $287 19.............. $308 46.............. $271 1,463.............. $307 25.............. $279 18.............. $292 145.............. $274 314.............. $312 14.............. $221 
3.............. $328 57.............. $307 
 
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 
 
68.............. $278 100.............. $232 
8.............. $273 22.............. $251 121.............. $310 553.............. $222 229.............. $321 68.............. $282 2,226.............. $311 30.............. $275 
6.............. $306 81.............. $296 504.............. $184 36.............. $322 20.............. $315 1,287.............. $310 64.............. $288 306.............. $295 24.............. $212 39.............. $276 40.............. $266 77.............. $241 27.............. $303 474.............. $312 206.............. $289 43.............. $294 151.............. $318 15.............. $309 28.............. $277 29.............. $301 11.............. $322 25.............. $230 34.............. $282 39.............. $235 26.............. $286 103.............. $221 28.............. $250 86.............. $276 
8.............. $325 15.............. $279 169.............. $290 29.............. $303 20.............. $281 52.............. $284 15.............. $226 54.............. $269 
8.............. $322 64.............. $235 
7.............. $308 20.............. $224 30.............. $326 17.............. $300 37.............. $314 463.............. $215 
 
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 
 
351.............. $280 200.............. $299 
17.............. $329 19.............. $328 285.............. $304 39.............. $314 27.............. $281 15.............. $297 43.............. $248 329.............. $254 14.............. $223 22.............. $322 
1.............. $259 38.............. $300 
8.............. $260 414.............. $264 209.............. $303 
6.............. $249 30.............. $309 
8.............. $310 159.............. $264 
66.............. $258 6.............. $145 
95.............. $238 15.............. $335 
3.............. $198 27.............. $286 15.............. $264 20.............. $267 13.............. $307 107.............. $294 66.............. $272 85.............. $269 
8.............. $268 12.............. $239 122.............. $284 17.............. $255 
9.............. $330 15.............. $262 139.............. $225 292.............. $254 105.............. $305 59.............. $283 14.............. $274 34.............. $253 37.............. $294 
3.............. $146 11.............. $285 19.............. $309 1,259.............. $200 12.............. $298 12.............. $278 11.............. $301 24.............. $255 
 
?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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