Georgia labor market trends, Vol. 22, no. 8 (Aug. 1996)

AUGUST 1996 DATA

Olympics responsible for

VOLUME XXll, NUMBER 8

most of decline in August employment

Georgia's August nonagricultural employment fell by 37,000 from its July level, with almost all of the job losses due to the end of the Summer Olympic Games early in the month. Many of the people who worked during the Olympics were not regularly employed in Georgia; either they did not ordinarily work for pay or else they came here from other states and now have returned home.
Subtracting a largely seasonal loss in government, private sector employment decreased by 33,000 in August. July's private sector gain was 50,100, so the private sector has gained 17,100jobs since June. Overthe-year employment growth now stands at 114,200, with the services and trade divisions combining for over eighty percent of that growth.

Construction division employment fell by 1,500, with all of the decrease occurring in special trade construction. The frenzied pace of Olympic-related construction projects has slowed dramatically, and the industry may be taking a breather before regular construction picks up again. The division has added 4,400 jobs over the past year, over half of them in the special trades.
Manufacturing division employment rose by 3,400. Durable goods manufacturing gained 2,400 jobs, as several major companies reopened after their normal summer conversion and retooling. Nondurable goods manufacturers added 1,000jobs, continuing to reverse their trend of the first part of the year, as the beleaguered textile and apparel industries combined to gain 1,300 jobs. Nondurable goods manufacturing has added
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HIGHLIGHTS
./ Olympic employment drop less than expected
./ All divisions increase employment over the year
./ Georgia's unemployment rate remains below national rate
./ Unemployment declines in most Georgia counties

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Georgia Department of Labor

David Poythress, Commissioner

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GEORGIA LABOR MARKET TRENDS

Olympics responsible ...
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Over-the-Year Change in Employment
Georgia Statewide

1,500 jobs since its low point in May 1996. Over the year, manufacturing employment

Thousands
200.--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

has risen by 1,700, with durable goods gain-

ing 7,400jobs and nondurable goods losing 5,700. All nine sectors of durable goods

150 .......... .

manufacturing are up for the year, led by

lumber and wood products and transporta-

100

tion equipment. Four of the seven major

nondurable sectors have lost employment

50

over the year, particularly apparel, paper

products and textiles.

The transportation, communications

and public utilities division gained 900jobs

in August, most of them in transportation, especially trucking and warehousing. The trend over the past year has been very simi-

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1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

lar, as the transportation sector has been re- 42,700jobs, with over three-quarters ofthem the end of the Games. Hotels and other lodg-

sponsible for over ninety percent of the in retail. The increase in wholesale trade em- ing places shed 2,200 jobs, dropping the

division's rise, and trucking and warehous- ployment has been heavily concentrated in industry's employment back to its April

ing has comprised almost seventy-five per- durable goods, while eating and drinking es- level, as extra staff added for the Olympics

cent of the increase in transportation.

tablishments have been responsible for al- was let go. Over the last twelve months, the

Employment in the trade division fell most half of retail's rise.

division's employment has increased by

by 13,900 in August, an expected post-

The finance, insurance and real estate 49,200, almost half of that in business ser-

Olympics decline. Some of the long-term division experienced a marginal increase in vices. All sectors within business services

weakness in nondurable goods manufactur- August employment, as a slight decrease in have experienced substantial growth over

ing seems to have spread to the wholesale insurance offset growth in finance, particu- the year, as have agricultural services, movie

trade of nondurable goods, as that industry larly in brokers and other securities dealers. theaters, video rental stores and other en-

lost 1,000 jobs. Retail trade dropped by This trend has remained fairly constant over tertainment centers.

13,000 jobs, 10,000 of those in eating and the past year, as a loss of 1,100 jobs in in-

Employment in the government divi-

drinking places. Restaurants opened specifi- surance has reduced the division's overall sion declined by 4,000, primarily due to the

cally for the Games closed, Olympic cater- gain to l,lOOjobs.

end of summer youth programs and sum-

ing ended and extra employees added for

The services division lost 22,200 jobs mer school sessions. Over the past year, gov-

anticipated Olympic crowds were let go. inAugust. Most of the loss occurred in busi- ernment has gained 5,300 jobs, including

Employment in miscellaneous retail de- ness services, as temporary help and secu- 5,200 jobs in local education. Georgia's

clined by 4,100, as vendors left Atlanta's rity personnel hired specifically to work at school-age population continues to grow

streets and Olympic-related merchandise Olympic venues were no longer needed. due to both in-migration and demograph-

stores shut down. Department and other gen- Employment in amusement and recreation ics, and most local school systems are ex-

eral merchandise stores increased employ- services fell by 2,300, also an Olympic-re- pected to increase in both enrollment and

ment, however, mostly due to back-to-school lated decline, as theme parks and other en- employment over the next few years.

sales. Over the year, the division has added tertainment-based businesses cut back after

Produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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INDUSTRY TRENDS

Total nonagricultural employment
Georgia
Thousands
3,700

3,600

3,500

3,400

3,300

3,200

3,100

3,000
JASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJA

1994

1995

1996

Employment by industry

Over-the-year change

Thousands 60.0

August 1996

50.0 40.0

42.7

49.2

30.0

20.0

10.0

1 .7

Manufacturing

Construction

Transportation, communications & public utilities

Wholesale & retail trade

1 .1
Finance, insurance & real estate

Services

Government

3

QE()RQIA NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (OOO'S)

CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996

Total nonagricultural employment ........................................ . GoC?d.s producing industries ........................................... . Mining .......................................................... . Contract construction .............................................. . Manufacturing .................................................... . Durable goods .................................................. . Lumber and wood products ....................................... . Logging camps, sawmills and planing mills ......................... . Furniture and fixtures ........................................... . Household furniture ............................................ . Stone, clay and glass products .................................... . Primary metal industries ......................................... . Fabricated metal products ........................................ . Industrial machinery, except electric ................................ . Electric and electronic equipment .................................. . Transportation equipment ........................................ . Other durable goods ............................................ . Nondurable goods ............................................... . Food and kindred products ....................................... . Meat products ................................................ . Bakery products .............................................. . Textile mill products ............................................. . Weaving mills, cotton .......................................... . Weaving mills, synthetic ........................................ . Knitting mills ................................................. . Floor covering mills ............................................ . Yarn and thread mills .......................................... . Apparel and other finished textiles ................................. . Men's and boys' clothing ........................................ . Women's and children's clothing .................................. . Paper and allied products ........................................ . Pulp, paper and paperboard mills ................................. . Paperboard containers and boxes ................................ . Printing and publishing .......................................... . Commercial printing ........................................... . Chemicals and allied products .................................... . Other nondurable goods ......................................... . Service producing industries .......................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) ......... . Transportation ................................................... . Communications (except U.S. Postal Service) ......................... . Electric, gas and sanitary services ................................... . Wholesale and retail trade .......................................... . Wholesale trade ................................................. . Wholesale trade-durable goods ................................... . Wholesale trade-nondurable goods ................................ . Retail trade ..................................................... . General merchandise ........................................... . Eating and drinking ............................................. . Finance, insurance and real estate .................................... . Finance ........................................................ . Insurance carriers, agents and brokers ............................... . Real estate ..................................................... . Services ......................................................... . Hotels and other lodging places ..................................... . Business services ................................................ . Health services .................................................. . Private hospitals ............................................... . Other services .................................................. . Amusement and recreation ....................................... . Government ...................................................... . Federal ............. , .......................................... . Defense ...................................................... . Other federal (including U.S. Postal Service) ......................... . State .......................................................... . State education ................................................ . Other state .................................................... . Local .......................................................... . Local education ................................................ . Other local .................................................... .

3,554.8 761.8
7.6 163.5 590.7
239.1 40.3 13.7 10.9 5.8 20.0 14.4 23.6 35.4 34.1 42.0
18.4 351.6
69.3 34.8
8.9 110.3
17.2 8.0 7.4
41.6 19.2
45.3 19.4 15.4
32.8 13.2
8.5 42.8 16.4 22.1 29.0 2,793.0
225.9 141.3 59.8 24.8 916.8 241.4 153.9 87.5 675.4 79.0 251.2
177.6
84.5 57.6 35.5 906.2 43.4
254.4
215.2 78.7
393.2 38.6
566.5 96.1 28.9 67.2
145.3 57.1
88.2 325.1
175.0 150.1

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996
3,591.8 759.8 7.5 165.0 587.3 236.7 40.0 13.8 10.7 5.7 19.8 13.9 23.2 35.3 34.1 41.3 18.4 350.6 69.6 34.5 9.3 109.4 17.0 8.0 7.8 40.6 19.0 44.9 19.3 15.3 33.0 13.4 8.5 42.9 16.5 22.0 28.8
2,832.0 225.0 140.7 59.4 24.9 930.7 242.3 153.8 88.5 688.4 77.4 261.2 177.4 84.1 57.8 35.5 928.4 45.6 270.7 215.5 79.1 396.6 40.9 570.5 96.0 28.9 67.1 146.5 57.7 88.8 328.0 176.3 151.7

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995
3,440.6 755.8 7.7 159.1 589.0 231.7 37.9 13.6 10.4 5.5 19.1 14.1 23.0 34.8 33.6 40.8 18.0 357.3 68.5 33.0 9.3 111.9 17.8 8.5 8.1 41.0 19.1 50.2 22.1 17.0 34.5 14.1 9.0 43.0 16.5 20.9 28.3
2,684.8 216.0 132.2 58.4 25.4 874.1 231.8 145.2 86.6 642.3 78.3 234.9 176.5 82.9 58.7 34.9 857.0 42.4 230.3 211.4 78.3 372.9 34.5 561.2 97.1 29.6 67.5 145.1 56.7 88.4 319.0 169.8 149.2

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

-37.0
+2.0
+.1 -1.5
+3.4 +2.4
+.3 -.1
+.2 +.1 +.2 +.5 +.4 +.1
+.O +.7 +.O
+1.0 -.3
+.3 -.4
+.9 +.2 +.O -.4
+1.0
+.2 +.4 +.1 +.1 -.2 -.2
+.0 -.1 -.1
+.1 +.2 -39.0
+.9 +.6 +.4 -.1
-13.9 -.9
+.1 -1.0 -13.0 +1.6 -10.0 +.2
+.4 -.2
+.O -22.2
-2.2
-16.3 -.3 -.4
-3.4 -2.3 -4.0
+.1 +.O +.1 -1.2 -.6 -.6 -2.9 -1.3 -1.6

+114.2
+6.0 -.1
+4.4 +1.7 +7.4
+2.4 +.1
+.5 +.3 +.9 +.3 +.6 +.6
+.5 +1.2
+.4 -5.7
+.8 +1.8
-.4 -1.6
-.6 -.5 -.7
+.6 +.1 -4.9 -2.7 -1.6 -1.7
-.9 -.5 -.2 -.1
+1.2 +.7 +108.2
+9.9 +9.1 +1.4
-.6 +42.7
+9.6
+8.7 +.9 +33.1 +.7 +16.3
+1.1
+1.6 -1.1
+.6 +49.2
+1.0 +24.1
+3.8 +.4
+20.3 +4.1 +5.3 -1.0
-.7 -.3
+.2 +.4 -.2 +6.1 +5.2 +.9

NOTE: These preliminary 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, selfemployed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
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CSEORGIA HOURS AND EARNINGS

- AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS -

CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIM) AUG 1996

PREVIOUS MONTH (REV)
JUL1996

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995

Total manufacturing ........................ $474.73

Durable goods ...........................
Lumber and wood products ...............

$521.42 $412.00

Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $384.40

Stone, clay and glass products .............
Primary metal industries .................. Fabricated metal products ................ Industrial machinery .....................

$546.16 $544.24 $455.52 $485.21

Electric and electronic equipment ........... $556.16

Transportation equipment ................. $765.18

Nondurable goods ........................ $443.10

Food and kindred products ................ $394.28

Textile mill products ...................... $420.17

Weaving mills, cotton ................... $435.60

Weaving mills, synthetic ................. $518.72

Knitting mills .......................... $317.09

Floor covering mills ..................... $433.18
Yarn and thread mills ................... $415.52

Apparel and other finished textiles .......... $260.15

Men's and boys' clothing ................
Women's and children's clothing ..........

$250.04 $258.09

Paper and allied products ................. $696.85

Pulp, paper and paperboard mills .........
Chemicals and allied products .............

$939.33 $599.85

$468.99 $510.60 $411.67 $391.82 $533.08 $545.69 $421.48 $498.67 $515.89 $752.55 $442.02 $401.88 $416.09 $417.78 $503.96 $349.20 $429.10 $414.96 $261.43 $238.10 $280.24 $666.45 $910.98 $613.72

$457.26 $508.52 $387.81 $367.65 $518.69 $542.00 $419.84 $484.59 $510.18 $811.62 $425.59 $389.46 $414.09 $427.05 $533.15 $336.47 $419.32 $405.00 $243.24 $225.44 $245.12 $662.27 $886.95 $572.86

- AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS -

CURRENT PREVIOUS CURRENT

MONTH

MONTH

MONTH

(PRELIM)

(REV) YEAR AGO

AUG 1996 JUL1996 AUG 1995

42.5 43.2 40.0 40.0 45.4 46.2 43.3 42.6 44.6 44.8 42.0 40.9 42.7 44.0 43.7 36.7 43.8 42.4 36.9 37.6 36.3 46.8 49.7 43.0

42.1 42.8 40.8 40.9 45.1 46.8 41.0 43.4 42.6 43.5 41.7 40.8 42.2 42.5 42.6 38.5 43.3 42.0 37.4 36.8 38.6 45.0 48.2 43.9

42.3 43.8 41.7 38.7 45.3 45.7 41.9 43.5 42.8 48.6 41.4 40.4 43.0 43.8 43.1 40.2 44.0 42.1 35.1 33.9 36.1 45.8 48.6 43.3

- AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS -

CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIM) AUG 1996

PREVIOUS MONTH (REV)
JUL 1996

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995

$11.17 $12.07 $10.30
$9.61 $12.03 $11.78 $10.52 $11.39 $12.47 $17.08 $10.55 $9.64 $9.84 $9.90 $11.87 $8.64 $9.89 $9.80 $7.05 $6.65 $7.11 $14.89 $18.90 $13.95

$11.14 $11.93 $10.09 $9.58 $11.82 $11.66 $10.28 $11.49 $12.11 $17.30 $10.60 $9.85 $9.86 $9.83 $11.83 $9.07 $9.91 $9.88 $6.99 $6.47 $7.26 $14.81 $18.90 $13.98

$10.81 $11.61 $9.30 $9.50 $11.45 $11.86 $10.02 $11.14 $11.92 $16.70 $10.28 $9.64 $9.63 $9.75 $12.37 $8.37 $9.53 $9.62 $6.93 $6.65 $6.79 $14.46 $18.25 $13.23

NOTE: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data exclude supervisory, sales, clerical and other office personnel. Average earnings are computed on a "gross" basis, reflecting changes in basic hourly and incentive wage rates, as well as any premium pay for overtime and late shift work.

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

Manufacturing production workers
44.0 42.0 .

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mall" Apr May .Jun Jul Aug*

*Preliminary estimate

1995

I

199s

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ATLANTA NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (ODO'S)
CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

Total nonagricultural employment ....................................... . Goods producing industries .......................................... . Mining ........................................................ . Contract construction ............................................. . Manufacturing ................................................... . Durable goods ................................................. . Lumber and wood products ...................................... . Stone, clay and glass products ................................... . Primary metal industries ........................................ . Fabricated metal products ....................................... . Industrial machinery, except electrical .............................. . Electric and electronic equipment ................................. . Transportation equipment ....................................... . Other durable goods ........................................... . Nondurable goods .............................................. . Food and kindred products ...................................... . Textile mill products ............................................ . Apparel and other finished textiles ................................ . Paper and allied products ....................................... . Printing and publishing ......................................... . Commercial printing .......................................... . Chemicals and allied products .................................... . Other nondurable goods ........................................ . Service producing industries ......................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) ........ . Transportation .................................................. . Wholesale and retail trade ......................................... . Wholesale trade ................................................ . Wholesale trade-durable goods ................................... . Wholesale trade-nondurable goods ............................... . Retail trade .................................................... . Eating and drinking ............................................ . Miscellaneous retail ............................................ . Finance, insurance and real estate ................................... . Finance ....................................................... . Insurance carriers, agents and brokers .............................. . Real estate .................................................... . Services ........................................................ . Hotels and other lodging places .................................... . Business services ... , ........................................... . Health services : ................................................ . Private hospitals .............................................. Other services ................................................. . Amusement and recreation ...................................... . Government ..................................................... . Federal ....................................................... . State Local ........................................................ .

1,915.1 302.8 1.6 85.5 215.7 107.0 7.7 8.6 8.4 11.0 15.9 18.2 20.8 16.4 108.7 22.8 12.9 9.5 12.7 27.7 11.2 10.6 12.5
1,612.3 157.3 100.3 522.7 160.1 110.4 49.7 362.6 139.0 39.1 119.4 53.7 42.3 23.4 567.4 24.6 184.0 111.3 41.6 247.5 37.9 245.5 47.2 56.0 142.3

1,952.2 304.7 1.6 88.2 214.9 106.4 7.7 8.4 8.4 10.7 15.6 18.4 20.6 16.6 108.5 22.9 12.8 9.5 12.8 27.6 11.2 10.6 12.3
1,647.5 156.5 99.6 535.7 160.8 110.5 50.3 374.9 147.0 43.7 119.5 53.7 42.4 23.4 588.2 26.3 199.6 110.8 41.7 251.4 40.6 247.6 47.0 55.8 144.8

1,834.1 301.4 1.5 86.9 213.0 103.6 7.7 8.0 8.3 11.0 14.6 18.1 19.6 16.3 109.4 22.6 13.2 10.4 13.2 27.5 11.0 10.2 12.3
1,532.7 149.9 92.3 493.0 153.8 103.9 49.9 339.2 126.1 36.7 118.6 52.9 42.3 23.4 528.7 24.1 166.7 107.0 41.3 230.9 29.8 242.5 46.9 54.4 141.2

-37.1 -1.9 +.O -2.7 +.8 +.6 +.O +.2 +.O +.3 +.3 -.2 +.2 -.2 +.2 -.1 +.1 +.O -.1 +.1 +.O +.O +.2
-35.2 +.8 +.7
-13.0 -.7 -.1 -.6
-12.3 -8.0 -4.6 -.1 +.O -.1 +.O
-20.8 -1.7
-15.6 +.5 -.1 -3.9 -2.7 -2.1 +.2 +.2 -2.5

+81.0 +1.4 +.1 -1.4 +2.7 +3.4 +.O +.6 +.1 +.O +1.3 +.1 +1.2 +.1 -.7 +.2 -.3 -.9 -.5 +.2 +.2 +.4 +.2
+79.6 +7.4 +8.0
+29.7 +6.3 +6.5 -.2
+23.4 +12.9 +2.4
+.8 +.8 +.O +.O +38.7 +.5 +17.3 +4.3 +.3 +16.6 +8.1 +3.0 +.3 +1.6 +1.1

NOTE: These preliminary 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, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, 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 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
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ALBANY NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (OOO'S)
CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

Total nonagricultural employment ....................................... . Goods producing industries .......................................... . Mining ......................................................... . Contract construction ............................................. . Manufacturing ................................................... . Durable goods ................................................. . Nondurable goods .............................................. . Food and kindred products ...................................... . Textiles and apparel products .................................... . Chemicals and allied products .................................... . Other nondurable goods ........................................ . Service producing industries ......................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) ........ . Wholesale and retail trade ......................................... . Wholesale trade ................................................ . Retail trade .................................................... . Finance, insurance and real estate ................................... . Services ........................................................ . Government ..................................................... . Federal ....................................................... . State and local ................................................. .

58.7 12.8
.0 4.0 8.8 1.9 6.9 2.1
.9 .6 3.3 45.9 3.0 13.8 3.2 10.6 2.2 14.4 12.5 3.0 9.5

58.6 12.7
.0 4.0 8.7 1.8 6.9 2.1
.9 .6 3.3 45.9 3.0 13.7 3.2 10.5 2.2 14.6 12.4 3.0 9.4

57.0 11.8
.0 3.5 8.3 1.7 6.6 2.0 1.0
.4 3.2 45.2 3.2 13.6 3.2 10.4 2.2 14.2 12.0 3.1 8.9

+.1

+1.7

+.1

+1.0

+.0

+.O

+.O

+.5

+.1

+.5

+.1

+.2

+.0

+.3

+.0

+.1

+.O

-.1

+.O

+.2

+.O

+.1

+.O

+.7

+.0

-.2

+.1

+.2

+.O

+.O

+.1

+.2

+.O

+.O

-.2

+.2

+.1

+.5

+.O

-.1

+.1

+.6

NOTE: These preliminary 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 Dougherty and Lee 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 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

ATHENS NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (OOO'S)
CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

Total nonagricultural employment ....................................... . Goods producing industries .......................................... . Construction and mining ........................................... . Manufacturing ................................................... . Durable goods ................................................. . Nondurable goods .............................................. . Food and kindred products ...................................... . Textiles and apparel products .................................... . Other nondurable goods ........................................ . Service producing industries ......................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) ........ . Wholesale and retail trade ......................................... . Wholesale trade ................................................ . Retail trade .................................................... . Finance, insurance and real estate ................................... . Services ........................................................ . Government ..................................................... . Federal ....................................................... . State and local ................................................. .

69.5 15.1 3.0 12.1 4.9 7.2 3.7 1.9 1.6 54.4 1.9 17.0 2.7 14.3 2.0 13.1 20.4 2.0 18.4

70.9 15.2
3.1 12.1
5.0 7.1 3.7 1.9 1.5 55.7 2.0 17.2 2.7 14.5 2.0 13.6 20.9 2.0 18.9

66.6 14.2 2.7 11.5 4.7 6.8 3.1 2.0 1.7 52.4 1.9 16.2 2.8 13.4 2.1 12.5 19.7 1.7 18.0

-1.4

+2.9

-.1

+.9

-.1

+.3

+.O

+.6

-.1

+.2

+.1

+.4

+.0

+.6

+.0

-.1

+.1

-.1

-1.3

+2.0

-.1

+.O

-.2

+.8

+.O

-.1

-.2

+.9

+.O

-.1

-.5

+.6

-.5

+.7

+.O

+.3

-.5

+.4

NOTE: These preliminary 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 Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Clarke, Madison and Oconee 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 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
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AUGUSTA-AIKEN NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (ODO'S)

Total nonagricultural employment ................................... . Goc:>d.s producing industries ...................................... . Mining ..................................................... . Contract construction ......................................... . Manufacturing ............................................... . Durable goods ............................................. . Lumber and wood products .................................. . Stone, clay and glass products ............................... . Other durable goods ....................................... . Nondurable goods .......................................... . Food and kindred products .................................. . Textile mill products ........................................ . Apparel and other finished textiles ............................ . Printing and publishing ..................................... . Other nondurable goods .................................... . Service producing industries ..................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) .... . Wholesale and retail trade ..................................... . Wholesale trade ............................................ . Retail trade ................................................ . Finance, insurance and real estate ............................... . Services .................................................... . Government ................................................. . Federal ................................................... . State and local ............................................. .

CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996
190.2 53.3
.6 10.7 42.0 10.8
1.2 3.1 6.5 31.2 2.0 5.9 3.5 1.7 18.1 136.9 5.8 41.8 5.2 36.6 6.7 44.9 37.7 7.1 30.6

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996
189.8 53.2
.6 10.7 41.9 10.7
1.2 3.1 6.4 31.2 2.0 6.0 3.5 1.7 18.0 136.6 5.9 41.6 5.2 36.4 6.8 44.8 37.5 7.1 30.4

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995
189.2 53.4
.5 10.3 42.6 10.5
1.2 2.9 6.4 32.1 2.1 6.0 3.6 1.7 18.7 135.8 5.8 41.7 4.9 36.8 6.7 44.0 37.6 7.2 30.4

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

+.4

+1.0

+.1

-.1

+.O

+.1

+.O

+.4

+.1

-.6

+.1

+.3

+.O

+.O

+.O

+.2

+.1

+.1

+.O

-.9

+.O

-.1

-.1

-.1

+.O

-.1

+.O

+.O

+.1

-.6

+.3

+1.1

-.1

+.O

+.2

+.1

+.O

+.3

+.2

-.2

-.1

+.O

+.1

+.9

+.2

+.1

+.O

-.1

+.2

+.2

NOTE: These preliminary 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 Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Columbia, 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 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

COLUMBUS NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (ODO'S)

Total nonagricultural employment ................................... . Goods producing industries ...................................... . Construction and mining ....................................... . Manufacturing ............................................... . Durable goods ............................................. . Nondurable goods .......................................... . Food and kindred products .................................. . Textile mill products ............... , ........................ . Printing and publishing ..................................... . Other nondurable goods .................................... . Service producing industries ..................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) .... . Wholesale and retail trade ..................................... . Wholesale trade ............................................ . Retail trade ................................................ . Finance, insurance and real estate ............................... . Services .................................................... . Government ................................................. . Federal ................................................... . State and local ............................................. .

CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996
113.0 26.8 4.9 21.9 8.0 13.9 3.9 6.2
1.4 2.4 86.2 3.6 25.2 3.9 21.3 7.6 29.7 20.1 5.4 14.7

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996
113.2 26.6
4.9 21.7
8.0 13.7 3.9
6.1 1.3 2.4 86.6 3.7 25.3 4.0 21.3 7.6 29.6 20.4 5.4 15.0

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995
108.7 26.1
5.0 21.1
7.8 13.3 3.7 5.9
1.3 2.4 82.6 3.7 24.6 3.6 21.0 7.2 27.4 19.7 5.4 14.3

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

-.2

+4.3

+.2

+.7

+.O

-.1

+.2

+.8

+.O

+.2

+.2

+.6

+.O

+.2

+.1

+.3

+.1

+.1

+.O

+.O

-.4

+3.6

-.1

-.1

-.1

+.6

-.1

+.3

+.O

+.3

+.O

+.4

+.1

+2.3

-.3

+.4

+.O

+.O

-.3

+.4

NOTE: These preliminary 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 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 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems 8

MACON NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (OOO'S)

CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996

Total nonagricultural employment ....................................... . Go<?d.s producing industries .......................................... . Mining ......................................................... . Contract construction ............................................. . Manufacturing ................................................... . Durable goods ................................................. . Nondurable goods .............................................. . Food and kindred products ...................................... . Textile mill products ............................................ . Paper and allied products ....................................... . Other nondurable goods ........................................ . Service producing industries ......................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) ........ . Wholesale and retail trade ......................................... . Wholesale trade ................................................ . Retail trade .................................................... . Finance, insurance and real estate ................................... . Services ........................................................ . Government ..................................................... . Federal ....................................................... . State and local ................................................. .

144.1 28.4 1.2 7.1 20.1 9.1 11.0 2.8 1.9 1.4 4.9
115.7 5.3
33.2 5.4
27.8 8.5
33.8 34.9 13.3 21.6

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996
143.9 27.8 1.2 6.6 20.0 9.1 10.9 2.8 1.9 1.4 4.8
116.1 5.4
33.3 5.5
27.8 8.5
33.9 35.0 13.4 21.6

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995
141.3 27.4
1.2 5.8 20.4 9.1 11.3 3.0 2.1 1.6 4.6 113.9 5.4 33.3 5.3 28.0 8.4 32.1 34.7 13.8 20.9

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

+.2

+2.8

+.6

+1.0

+.0

+.O

+.5

+1.3

+.1

-.3

+.O

+.O

+.1

-.3

+.O

-.2

+.O

-.2

+.O

-.2

+.1

+.3

-.4

+1.8

-.1

-.1

-.1

-.1

-.1

+.1

+.O

-.2

+.O

+.1

-.1

+1.7

-.1

+.2

-.1

-.5

+.O

+.7

NOTE: These preliminary 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 Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach 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 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

SAVANNAH NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT (OOO'S)

CURRENT MONTH
(PRELIMINARY) AUG 1996

Total nonagricultural employment ....................................... . Goods producing industries .......................................... . Construction and mining ........................................... . Manufacturing ................................................... . Durable goods ................................................. . Lumber and wood products ...................................... . Transportation equipment ....................................... . Other durable goods ........................................... . Nondurable goods .............................................. . Food and kindred products ...................................... . Paper and allied products ....................................... . Chemicals and allied products .................................... . Petroleum and coal products ..................................... . Other.nondurable goods ........................................ . Service producing industries ......................................... . Transportation, communications and public utilities (except U.S.P.S.) ........ . Wholesale and retail trade ......................................... . Wholesale trade ................................................ . Retail trade .................................................... . Finance, insurance and real estate ................................... . Services ........................................................ . Government ..................................................... . Federal ....................................................... . State and local ................................................. .

131.8 24.7 7.7 17.0 7.6 .9 5.0 1.7 9.4 1.8 4.8 1.5 .3 1.0
107.1 9.5
34.3 5.4
28.9 4.6
38.2 20.5
3.0 17.5

PREVIOUS MONTH
(REVISED) JUL 1996
130.8 24.2
7.8 16.4
7.0 .9
4.4 1.7 9.4 1.8 4.9 1.5 .3 .9 106.6 9.5 34.1 5.4 28.7 4.5 38.0 20.5 3.0 17.5

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO AUG 1995
127.5 23.9
6.8 17.1
7.4 .9
4.9 1.6 9.7 2.0 5.0 1.4
.3 1.0 103.6 9.6 32.9 5.4 27.5 4.3 36.5 20.3 3.0 17.3

- NET CHANGE IN JOBS -

PREVIOUS MONTH

CURRENT MONTH
YEAR AGO

+1.0 +.5 -.1 +.6 +.6 +.O +.6 +.O +.O +.0 -.1 +.O +.O +.1 +.5 +.O +.2 +.O +.2 +.1 +.2 +.O +.0 +.O

+4.3 +.8 +.9 -.1 +.2 +.O +.1 +.1 -.3 -.2 -.2 +.1 +.O +.0
+3.5 -.1
+1.4 +.O
+1.4 +.3
+1.7 +.2 +.O +.2

NOTE: These preliminary 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 1995 benchmark.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
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LABOR FORCE TRENDS

Unemployment rate declines

Unemployment rates - Georgia and U.S.

Georgia's unemployment rate declined

from 4.9 percent in July to 4.5 percent in

August. The state's jobless rate was 5.1 per-

cent in August, 1995. In Georgia, the un-

employment rate has declined from July to August every year since 1979. The U.S. unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted,

6.0%

..

declined from5.6 percent in July to 5.1 per-

...

,., ....

.......... .

..........

cent in August. The total number of unemployed persons

5.0%

declined due in part to a decline in the num-

ber of persons receiving unemployment in-

surance benefits during the reference week in August. Civilian labor force estimates are

4.0%

based on a reference week that includes the

12th of the month. There was also a seasonal decline in the number of new entrants and re-entrants in the labor market as young people prepared to return to school.
Total civilian employment declined for

- Georgia U.S.
3.0'Yo-+---.--,---.--'-r--r----r--,----,-1--r--~-~--I

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

95

I

96

the first time this year due to a seasonal de-

cline in agricultural employment. There was also a decline in nonagricultural employment that was attributed primarily to the closing of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The combination of these employment declines caused a larger-than-average drop in

total civilian employment from July to August.
Area data
Each of Georgia's seven Metropolitan

Statistical Areas (MSAs) registered lower unemployment rates in August. Athens, at 3.2 percent, continued to have the lowest metro unemployment rate in the state. Augusta, at 6.9 percent, had the highest rate of all the metro areas.

Southeastern unemployment rates
9o/or----------..------------r--------~
August 1996 I I July 1996

The unemployment situation improved in most Georgia counties in August. The jobless rate increased in 34 counties, while 120 counties followed the statewide trend with lower rates. The unemployment rate was

unchanged in five counties. Burke County,
8% ................................................................................... . at 16.7 percent, had the highest unemploy-

ment rate in the state and was one of ten

counties with double-digit rates in August.

7/o

In July, 1996, there were 19 counties with double-digit jobless rates. Forsyth and

Oconee Counties each registered unemploy-

ment rates of 2.3 percent, which was the low-

6%

est rate in the state in August.

5% ...
4%
3% AL
10

FL GA KY MS NC SC TN

Unemployment rates declined in most southeastern states in August. Mississippi, which had the highest rate in July, was the only state in the region with an increasing rate in August and that also ranked as the highest rate in the region in August. Kentucky registered the largest decline from July to August and tied with North Carolina for the lowest current rate in the region.

GEORGIA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

AREA
Georgia (Not seasonally adjusted) AlbanyMSA
AthensMSA
Atlanta MSA
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA
Columbus, GA-AL MSA
Macon MSA
Savannah MSA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilic.11 labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

PRELIMINARY AUG 1996
3,774,771 3,603,825
170,946 4.5
55,954 52,461
3,493 6.2
69,709 67,505
2,204 3.2
1,974,222 1,900,694
73,528 3.7
202,313 188,395
13,918 6.9
118,603 112,830
5,773 4.9
145,521 138,795
6,726 4.6
131,542 125,356
6,186 4.7

REVISED JUL 1996
3,818,340 3,632,235
186,105 4.9
55,663 51,907
3,756 6.7
70,816 68,392
2,424 3.4
2,007,600 1,930,568
77,032 3.8
202,851 188,481
14,370 7.1
118,579 112,429
6,150 5.2
144,682 137,685
6,997 4.8
130,712 123,627
7,085 5.4

REVISED AUG 1995
3,628,562 3,444,998
183,564 5.1
53,424 50,124
3,300 6.2
65,801 63,511
2,290 3.5
1,886,517 1,801,865
84,652 4.5
201,923 186,793
15, 130 7.5
114,302 106,679
7,623 6.7
141,025 134,006
7,019 5.0
126,094 119,416
6,678 5.3

CHANGE FROM

REVISED JUL 1996

REVISED AUG 1995

-43,569 -28,410 -15,159

146,209 158,827 -12,618

291 554 -263

2,530 2,337
193

-1, 107 -887 -220

3,908 3,994
-86

-33,378 -29,874
-3,504

87,705 98,829 -11,124

-538 -86
-452

390 1,602 -1,212

24 401 -377

4,301 6,151 -1,850

839 1, 110 -271

4,496 4,789
-293

830 1,729 -899

5,448 5,940
-492

UNITED STATES LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

United States (Seasonally adjusted)
United States (Not seasonally adjusted)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

AUG 1996
133,885,000 127,055,000
6,830,000 5.1
135,011,000 128,143,000
6,868,000 5.1

JUL 1996
134, 181,000 126,884,000
7,297,000 5.4
136,272,000 128,579,000
7,693,000 5.6

AUG 1995
132,298,000 124,859,000
7,439,000 5.6
133,383,000 125,926,000
7,457,000 5.6

CHANGE FROM

JUL 1996

AUG 1995

-296,000 171,000 -467,000

1,587,000 2,196,000 -609,000

-1,260,992 -436,QOO -825,000

1,628,008 2,217,000 -589,000

NOTE: Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employed, 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. Georgia and Metropolitan Statistical Area data have not been seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data for Georgia available upon request.

Albany MSA: Athens MSA: Atlanta MSA:
Augusta-Aiken MSA: Columbus MSA: Macon MSA: Savannah MSA:

includes Dougherty and Lee counties. includes Clarke, Madison and Oconee counties. includes Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton Counties. includes Columbia, McDuffie and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. includes Chattahoochee, Harris and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach and Twiggs counties. includes Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties.

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

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COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOTSEASONALLYADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

I I PRELIMINARY AUGUST 1996

LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

REVISED JULY 1996

I I

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

REVISED AUGUST 1995

LABOR FORCE

UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

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
12

3,774,771
8,758 3,358 4,881 1,500 18, 192
5,887 17,925 34,136 8,651 6,805
72,525 5,858 4,942 6,951 9,285
23,446 9,659 8,164 2,326
15,663
3,756 41,486 23,155 4,041 107,423
2,095 12,123 64,435 46,095 1,517
117,410 3,990
319,754 16,913 18,040
37,873 7,348 36,283 5,523 10,395
6,547 8,118 11,924 357,697 10,008
4,892 46,170 46,803 5,097
1,026

3,603,825 170,946 4.5

7,922 3,124 4,607 1,391 17,356

836 9.5 234 7.0 274 5.6 109 7.3 836 4.6

3,818,340
9,079 3,372 5,049 1,590 18,207

3,632,235 186,105 4.9

7,951 3,176 4,627 1,461 17,254

1,128 12.4 196 5.8 422 8.4 129 8.1 953 5.2

3,628,562
8,224 3,189 4,636 1,451 17,335

5,663 17,333 32,579 8,069 6,409

224 3.8 592 3.3 1,557 4.6 582 6.7 396 5.8

5,995 18,235 34,987 8,757 6,890

5,702 17,606 33,091 8,129 6,514

293 4.9 629 3.4 1,896 5.4 628 7.2 376 5.5

5,716 17,511 32,845 8,187 6,521

68,853 5,590 4,536 6,697 8,898

3,672 5.1 268 4.6 406 8.2 254 3.7 387 4.2

72,104 5,891 4,998 6,970 9,179

68,302 5,598 4,534 6,702 8,775

3,802 5.3 293 5.0 464 9.3 268 3.8 404 4.4

70,044 5,604 4,864 6,674 8,878

22,813 8,047 7,528 2,133
15,073

633 2.7 1,612 16.7
636 7.8 193 8.3 590 3.8

23,574 10,024 7,864 2,418 15,601

22,801 8,086 7,504 2,198
15,018

773 3.3 1,938 19.3
360 4.6 220 9.1 583 3.7

22,898 9,551 7,936 2,220
15,174

3,592 39,540 22,161
3,727 102,174

164 4.4 1,946 4.7
994 4.3 314 7.8 5,249 4.9

3,830 42,073 23,115
4,057 106,776

3,653 40,162 22,069
3,714 100,764

177 4.6 1,911 4.5 1,046 4.5
343 8.5 6,012 5.6

3,633 39,651 22,982
3,895 102,991

1,952 11,644 62,803 44,627 1,413

143 6.8 479 4.0 1,632 2.5 1,468 3.2 104 6.9

2,104 12,143 65,767 46,765 1,579

1,944 11,587 63,790 45,214 1,447

160 7.6 556 4.6 1,977 3.0 1,551 3.3 132 8.4

2,008 11,767 61,825 43,659 1,434

111,920 3,787
310,371 15,967 16,998

5,490 4.7 203 5.1
9,383 2.9 946 5.6
1,042 5.8

119,078 4,034
325,145 17,250 18,413

113,679 3,806
315,249 16, 128 17,210

5,399 4.5 228 5.7
9,896 3.0 1,122 6.5 1,203 6.5

111,516 3,802
305,527 16,152 17,057

36,307 7,054
34,814 5,278 9,627

1,566 4.1 294 4.0
1,469 4.0 245 4.4 768 7.4

37,753 7,590
37,018 5,571
10,510

36,084 7,120
35,361 5,292 9,719

1,669 4.4 470 6.2
1,657 4.5 279 5.0 791 7.5

37,188 7,029
34,439 5,338 9,847

6,222

325 5.0

7,785

333 4.1

11,356

568 4.8

342,218 15,479 4.3

9,029

979 9.8

6,567 8,265 12, 136 363,099 10,096

6,196 7,817 11,443 347,596 9,081

371 5.6 448 5.4 693 5.7 15,503 4.3 1,015 10.1

6,510 7,915 11,922 341,925 9,184

4,451 43, 111 45,348
4,738 985

441 9.0 3,059 6.6 1,455 3.1
359 7.0 41 4.0

4,945 45,942 47,661
5,376 1,020

4,493 42,656 46,061
4,828 986

452 9.1 3,286 7.2 1,600 3.4
548 10.2 34 3.3

4,536 44,043 44,508
4,942 980

3,444,998 183,564 5.1

7,640 3,001 4,442 1,332 16,798

584 7.1 188 5.9 194 4.2 119 8.2 537 3.1

5,450 16,432 30,885 7,783 6,161

266 4.7 1,079 6.2 1,960 6.0
404 4.9 360 5.5

66,477 5,396 4,404 6,466 8,476

3,567 5.1 208 3.7 460 9.5 208 3.1 402 4.5

22,023 7,762 7,283 2,037
14,578

875 3.8 1,78918.7
653 8.2 183 8.2 596 3.9

3,450 37,485 21,954
3,605 97,332

183 5.0 2,166 5.5 1,028 4.5
290 7.4 5,659 5.5

1,849 11,263 59,537 41,987 1,351

159 7.9 504 4.3 2,288 3.7 1,672 3.8 83 5.8

106,100 3,650
294,233 15,360 16,329

5,416 4.9 152 4.0
11,294 3.7 792 4.9 728 4.3

35,534 6,791
33,004 5,094 9,254

1,654 4.4 238 3.4
1,435 4.2 244 4.6 593 6.0

6,164 7,605 10,939 324,424 8,788

346 5.3 310 3.9 983 8.2 17,501 5.1 396 4.3

4,278 41,190 42,990 4,543
951

258 5.7 2,853 6.5 1,518 3.4
399 8.1 29 3.0

COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

Effingham 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 McDuffie Mcintosh
Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller
Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

I I PRELIMINARY AUGUST 1996

LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

REVISED JULY 1996

I I

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

REVISED AUGUST 1995

LABOR FORCE

UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

14,835 8,962 9,451 4,471 8,112

14,285 8,233 8,263 4,234 7,669

550 3.7 729 8.1 1,188 12.6 237 5.3 443 5.5

14,756 9,160 9,501 4,498 8,292

14,087 8,253 8,314 4,262 7,677

669 4.5 907 9.9 1,187 12.5 236 5.2 615 7.4

14,225 8,645 9,110 4,313 7,953

13,608 7,933 8,019 4,072 7,460

617 4.3 712 8.2 1,09112.0 241 5.6 493 6.2

42,870 46,014 33,131
9,720 385,535

41,794 43,875 32,358
9,137 367,605

1,076 2.5 2,139 4.6
773 2.3 583 6.0 17,930 4.7

43,625 46,580 33,716
9,912 391,854

42,451 1,174 2.7

43,621 2,959 6.4

32,867

849 2.5

9,163

749 7.6

373,382 18,472 4.7

40,679 44,923 31,748
9,385 369,335

39,621 42,470 30,676
8,801 348,490

1,058 2.6 2,453 5.5 1,072 3.4
584 6.2 20,845 5.6

7,328 1,036 33,679 21,480 9,879

6,862 971
32,619 20,443
9,316

466 6.4 65 6.3
1,060 3.1 1,037 4.8
563 5.7

7,257 1,053 33,503 21,708 10,163

6,870 975
32,400 20,411
9,513

387 5.3 78 7.4
1,103 3.3 1,297 6.0
650 6.4

7,215 984
33,029 21,052
9,535

6,606 937
31,520 19,748
9,001

609 8.4 47 4.8
1,509 4.6 1,304 6.2
534 5.6

5,298 277,494
15,299 65,322
4,442

4,928 269,871
14,658 63,264
3,851

370 7.0 7,623 2.7
641 4.2 2,058 3.2
591 13.3

5,378 282,301
15,627 65,901
4,515

4,943 274,113
14,698 63,291
3,852

435 8.1 8,188 2.9
929 5.9 2,610 4.0
663 14.7

5,213 265,048
14,730 64,052
3,939

4,748 255,839
14, 126 61,643
3,720

465 8.9 9,209 3.5
604 4.1 2,409 3.8
219 5.6

9,590 9,792 8,779 3,940 45,186

8,889 9,482 8,242 3,698 43,677

701 7.3 310 3.2 537 6.1 242 6.1 1,509 3.3

9,627 9,840 9,267 4,193 45,676

8,889 9,443 8,260 3,707 44,363

738 7.7 397 4.0 1,007 10.9 486 11.6 1,313 2.9

9,520 9,561 8,848 3,812 43,124

8,645 8,983 7,945 3,602 41,406

875 9.2 578 6.0 90310.2 210 5.5 1,718 4.0

47,336 4,317
20,102 4,617 5,988

45,662 4,099
19,360 4,161 5,488

1,674 3.5 218 5.0 742 3.7 456 9.9 500 8.4

47,121 4,377
20,256 4,484 6,003

45,297 4,130
19,391 4,181 5,512

1,824 3.9 247 5.6 865 4.3 303 6.8 491 8.2

45,971 4,141
19,645 4,485 5,576

44,087 3,955
18,668 4,039 5,288

1,884 4.1 186 4.5 977 5.0 446 9.9 288 5.2

8,853 4,183 4,272 11,277 7,320

7,694 3,977 3,962 10,749 7,020

1, 159 13.1 206 4.9 310 7.3 528 4.7 300 4.1

8,989 4,278 4,304 11, 187 7,320

7,722 4,044 3,963 10,663 7,033

1,267 14.1 234 5.5 341 7.9 524 4.7 287 3.9

8,595 4,729 4,447 10,833 7,154

7,427 3,862 3,821 10,378 6,844

1, 16813.6 86718.3 62614.1 455 4.2 310 4.3

2,971 21,964
9,784 15,886
3,645

2,848 20,935
9,350 14,695
3,455

123 4.1 1,029 4.7
434 4.4 1, 191 7.5
190 5.2

3,009 22,073
9,721 15,825
3,652

2,851 20,908
9,251 14,627
3,448

158 5.3 1,165 5.3
470 4.8 1,198 7.6
204 5.6

2,842 21, 145
9,381 15,690
3,559

2,750 20,212
8,934 14,227
3,332

92 3.2 933 4.4 447 4.8 1,463 9.3 227 6.4

2,916 38,932
8,640 9,675 3,562

2,776 37,495
8,390 8,599 3,333

140 4.8 1,437 3.7
250 2.9 1,076 11.1
229 6.4

2,889 38,978
8,739 9,598 3,552

2,763 37,526
8,428 8,546 3,343

126 4.4 1,452 3.7
311 3.6 1,052 11.0
209 5.9

2,830 37,517
8,439 8,953 3,615

2,687 36,201
8,179 8,416 3,214

143 5.1 1,316 3.5
260 3.1 537 6.0 40111.1

5,701 12,447 3,486
9,007 3,543

5,000 11,963 3,332 8,515 3,361

701 12.3 484 3.9 154 4.4 492 5.5 182 5.1

5,766 12,730
3,494 9,055 3,620

5,097 12,120
3,349 8,521 3,419

669 11.6 610 4.8 145 4.1 534 5.9 201 5.6

5,372 11,655
3,352 9,088 3,417

4,802 11,255 3,208 8,302 3,226

57010.6 400 3.4 144 4.3 786 8.6 191 5.6

10,446 7,904 3,891 6,490
18,687

9,836 7,446 3,531 6,154 17,999

610 5.8 458 5.8 360 9.3 336 5.2 688 3.7

10,860 7,880 3,859 6,586
18,707

9,990 7,445 3,543 6,221 17,958

870 8.0 435 5.5 316 8.2 365 5.5 749 4.0

10,004 7,802 3,764 6,311
18,411

9,445 7,259 3,406 5,915 17,544

559 5.6 543 7.0 358 9.5 396 6.3 867 4.7
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COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE- PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

I I PRELIMINARY AUGUST 1996

LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

REVISED JULY 1996

I I

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

REVISED AUGUST 1995

LABOR FORCE

UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

81,852 25,036 11, 1 6 7 5,268 30,758

77,489 23,926 10,915
5,039 29,950

4,363 5.3 1,110 4.4
252 2.3 229 4.3 808 2.6

81,789 25,537 11,321
5,296 31,317

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,295 8,837 6,909 5,765 15,641

9,672 8,526 6,521 5,489 14,406

623 6.1 311 3.5 388 5.6 276 4.8 1,235 7.9

10,204 8,979 7,035 5,753 15,906

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,427 7,886 1,099 6,904 3,309

4,229 7,498 1,029 6,654 3,043

198 4.5 388 4.9
70 6.4 250 3.6 266 8.0

4,519 7,958 1,146 6,854 3,505

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

81,510 36,324
1,671 7,127 4,378

75,405 35,187
1,549 6,421 4,136

6,105 7.5 1,137 3.1
122 7.3 706 9.9 242 5.5

81,279 36,932
1,644 7,263 4,466

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

29,750 13,236 2,463 15,622 2,511

28,256 12,538 2,351 14,656 2,336

1,494 5.0 698 5.3 112 4.5 966 6.2 175 7.0

30,233 13,746 2,482 15,519 2,542

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

599 7,322 3,504 5,613 4,193

547 6,931 3,215 4,765 3,709

52 8.7 391 5.3 289 8.2 848 15.1 484 11.5

615 7,516 3,525 5,478 4,320

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

20,749 19,829 12,578 3,049 2,926

19,798 18,756 11,372 2,893 2,684

951 4.6 1,073 5.4 1,206 9.6
156 5.1 242 8.3

21,237 20,014 12,714
3,118 2,900

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

27,316 4,100 4,088 6,717 13, 116

25,844 3,829 3,859 6,318
12,574

1,472 5.4 271 6.6 229 5.6 399 5.9 542 4.1

27,188 4,213 4,065 7,176 13,153

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

28,786 23,371 15,859 2,712
9,845

27,425 22,618 15,088
2,397 9,222

1,361 4.7 753 3.2 771 4.9 315 11.6 623 6.3

28,850 24,368 15,984
2,720 9,826

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,420 1,155 2,222 8,892
45,592

10,558 1,106 1,942 8,621
43,803

862 7.5 49 4.2
280 12.6 271 3.0 1,789 3.9

11,336 1,183 2,207 8,955
45,532

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,405 5,653 4,673 9,402

3,192 5,333 4,360 8,813

213 6.3 320 5.7 313 6.7 589 6.3

3,517 5,745 4,673 9,704

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
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77,167 24,302 11,058
5,060 30,421

4,622 5.7 1,235 4.8
263 2.3 236 4.5 896 2.9

9,594 8,660 6,595 5,503 14,386

610 6.0 319 3.6 440 6.3 250 4.3 1,520 9.6

4,280 7,539 1,036 6,615 3,067

239 5.3 419 5.3 110 9.6 239 3.5 438 12.5

74,941 35,740
1,561 6,458 4,227

6,338 7.8 1,192 3.2
83 5.0 805 11.1 239 5.4

28,700 12,487 2,361 14,687 2,346

1,533 5.1 1,259 9.2
121 4.9 832 5.4 196 7.7

556 7,094 3,246 4,802 3,767

59 9.6 422 5.6 279 7.9 676 12.3 553 12.8

19,846 18,897 11,409 2,887 2,693

1,391 6.5 1, 117 5.6 1,305 10.3
231 7.4 207 7.1

25,706 3,896 3,828 6,360 12,514

1,482 5.5 317 7.5 237 5.8 816 11.4 639 4.9

27,311 22,974 15,042
2,406 9,233

1,539 5.3 1,394 5.7
942 5.9 314 11.5 593 6.0

10,536 1, 121 1,957 8,614
43,583

800 7.1 62 5.2
250 11.3 341 3.8 1,949 4.3

3,222 5,369 4,345 8,952

295 8.4 376 6.5 328 7.0 752 7.7

78,521 23,601 10,487
5,120 29,432
10,239 8,609 6,770 5,556 15,205
4,292 7,502 1, 113 6,535 3,227
79,949 34,447
1,563 6,769 4,204
28,180 12,829 2,424 14,948 2,609
555 6,965 3,316 4,874 4,152
19,894 19,015 11,703 2,869 3,232
26,473 3,962 3,938 6,233
12,877
28,536 22,567 15,650
2,485 9,677
10,953 1, 121 2,041 8,549
44,283
3,240 5,456 4,422 9,028

73,405 22,682 10,269 4,863 28,393

5,116 6.5 919 3.9 218 2.1 257 5.0
1,039 3.5

9,338 8,083 6,313 5,346 14,056

901 8.8 526 6.1 457 6.8 210 3.8 1,149 7.6

4,109 7,289
999 6,408 2,922

183 4.3 213 2.8 11410.2 127 1.9 305 9.5

73,800 33,358
1,508 6,176 3,963

6,149 7.7 1,089 3.2
55 3.5 593 8.8 241 5.7

26,786 12,123 2,266 14,134 2,280

1,394 4.9 706 5.5 158 6.5 814 5.4 32912.6

525 6,644 3,089 4,586 3,562

30 5.4 321 4.6 227 6.8 288 5.9 59014.2

19,083 18,049 10,968 2,783 2,589

811 4.1 966 5.1 735 6.3
86 3.0 64319.9

24,994 3,663 3,726 6,061 12,152

1,479 5.6 299 7.5 212 5.4 172 2.8 725 5.6

27,169 21,442 14,681
2,316 8,913

1,367 4.8 1,125 5.0
969 6.2 169 6.8 764 7.9

10,200 1,063 1,869 8,300
42,384

753 6.9 58 5.2
172 8.4 249 2.9 1,899 4.3

3,068 5,196 4,225 8,469

172 5.3 260 4.8 197 4.5 559 6.2

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE STATISTICS

Weekly unemployment insurance initial claims through August 31, 1996
-1995 ~1996
30
25
20
15

Weekly unemployment insurance claims* through August 31, 1996
-1995~1996 eo -
eo -
40

20

Jan Feb

Mar

Apr May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep Oct

Nov

Dec

Week ending 08/31/96: 5,513

(Initial Claims)

Jan Feb

Mar

Apr May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep Oct

Nov

Dec

Week ending 08/31/96: 37,568

*These figures reflect continued weeks claimed and not individuals.

Claims low as summer ends ...

0 Initial claims for August, at 25,434, declined 31.8 percent First payments for August dropped 39.6 percent from July and

from July and 14.6percentfromAugust 1995. Continued weeks 5.3 percent from August 1995. Final payments dropped to their

claimed also decreased significantly from July. At 159,330, lowest level of 1996. Final payments, at 3,141, were 31.4

continued weeks claimed were down 16.7 percent from July percent fewer than July and 10.8 percent fewer than August

1996 and were 4.0 percent fewer than August of last year.

1995. The number of beneficiaries fell 16.6 percent from July

0 The amount of benefits paid decreased 15.8 percent from and 6.7 percent from August of last year.

July. At $22,755,965, August benefits paid were $4,278,834 0 Weeks paid by industry provide insight as to where claims

less than last month and $335,613 or 1.5 percent less than are occurring in the work place. Weeks paid decreased in all

August 1995. The number of weeks paid fell 16.8 percent from industries from July 1996. Manufacturing had a few increases in

July 1996 and 4.0 percent from August last year. The average certain segments even though the overall change showed lower

weekly benefit amount was up 1.1 percent from last month to claims. Transportation equipment and nonelectrical machinery

$160.76. The average duration of benefits increased 3.2 percent had 228 and 398 more weeks paid from July, respectively. The

from August 1995 yet held unchanged for the second straight most notable over-the-year increases were in construction

month at 9.6 weeks.

(+30.0 %); transportation, communication, and public utilities

0 The number of first payments also declined during August. (+26.2 %); and government (+16.6 %).

Monthly UI Beneficiaries
1996 compared to 1995, January through August
Thousands

100

D199s 01996

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Total number of beneficiaries per month, regular Ul only
15