August 2010 Data August 2010 Employment Situation In August, Georgia saw an over the month increase of 17,800 nonfarm jobs, an increase of 0.5 percent over July. This net gain resulted from an increase of 19,000 jobs in Service-Providing Industries and a loss of 1,200 jobs in Goods-Producing Industries. However, employment levels have decreased by 26,700 nonfarm jobs since August 2009, representing an overall change of -0.7 percent. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased for the first time in four months going from 9.9 percent in July to 10.0 percent in August. This is the same rate as was seen in August 2009. The start of school in August had a positive impact on several sectors. Strong employment gains were seen for the Government and Education and Health Services sectors with Local Government Education adding 9,100 jobs (3.8 percent increase over July), State Government Education adding 6,100 jobs (7.5 percent increase over July), and Educational Services adding 2,100 jobs (2.3 percent increase over July). Also performing well was the Health Care and Social Services sector gaining 5,800 jobs 4,000 of which were in Social Assistance. Over the month, the Federal Government lost the most positions decreasing by 3,700 jobs. The Information and Financial Activities sectors were also down 900 and 1,000 jobs, respectively. Manufacturing continued to lose jobs posting a net loss of 800 positions since July. The Construction sector, which had seen four consecutive month over month increases, lost 700 jobs in August, a decline of 0.5 percent. Over the year, the major sectors gaining employment were the Education and Health Services (+11,500 jobs), Leisure and Hospitality (+10,100 jobs), and the Professional and Business Services (+4,000 jobs) sectors. The largest declines were seen in Manufacturing (-15,800 jobs), followed by Financial Activities (-14,900 jobs), Construction (-9,000 jobs), and Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (-8,400 jobs). Volume XXXVI, Number 8 Georgia Employment (In Millions) 3.847 3.836 3.845 3.855 3.835 3.778 3.785 3.795 3.819 3.838 3.827 3.803 3.802 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2009 2010 Georgia Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted) 10.5% 10.5% 10.4% 10.3% 10.3% 10.2% 10.2% 10.1% 10.1% 10.0% 10.0% 9.9% 10.0% Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2009 2010 Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Information & Analysis 148 Andrew Young International Blvd., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 For more information, contact Corey Smith at (404) 232-3875 ext. 21299 or Agata Wardak at (404)232-3875 ext. 21310 corey.smith@dol.state.ga.us agata.wardak@dol.state.ga.us Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities GEORGIA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Change in Jobs Change in Jobs Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 from JUL 2010 Net % from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm 3,820.3 3,802.5 3,847.0 17.8 0.5 -26.7 -0.7 Total Private 3,149.1 3,140.1 3,174.8 9.0 0.3 -25.7 -0.8 Goods Producing 498.4 499.6 523.3 -1.2 -0.2 -24.9 -4.8 Service-Providing 3,321.9 3,302.9 3,323.7 19.0 0.6 -1.8 -0.1 Private Service-Providing 2,650.7 2,640.5 2,651.5 10.2 0.4 -0.8 0.0 Mining and Logging 9.2 8.9 9.3 0.3 3.4 -0.1 -1.1 Construction 153.0 153.7 162.0 -0.7 -0.5 -9.0 -5.6 Construction of Buildings 31.7 31.2 34.0 0.5 1.6 -2.3 -6.8 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 25.7 25.6 25.6 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 Specialty Trade Contractors 95.6 96.9 102.4 -1.3 -1.3 -6.8 -6.6 Manufacturing 336.2 337.0 352.0 -0.8 -0.2 -15.8 -4.5 Durable Goods 148.0 148.3 157.4 -0.3 -0.2 -9.4 -6.0 Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg 19.7 19.9 21.2 -0.2 -1.0 -1.5 -7.1 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 34.8 34.8 35.9 0.0 0.0 -1.1 -3.1 Non-Durable Goods 188.2 188.7 194.6 -0.5 -0.3 -6.4 -3.3 Food Manufacturing 61.2 61.3 62.8 -0.1 -0.2 -1.6 -2.6 Textile Mills 17.9 17.9 18.6 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -3.8 Textile Product Mills 30.8 31.1 31.4 -0.3 -1.0 -0.6 -1.9 Trade, Transportation and Utilities 805.9 804.6 814.3 1.3 0.2 -8.4 -1.0 Wholesale Trade 192.8 192.0 197.4 0.8 0.4 -4.6 -2.3 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 92.7 92.2 97.3 0.5 0.5 -4.6 -4.7 Merchant Wholesalers, Non-durable Goods 57.8 57.9 58.9 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 -1.9 Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 42.3 41.9 41.2 0.4 1.0 1.1 2.7 Retail Trade 431.4 432.2 436.7 -0.8 -0.2 -5.3 -1.2 Food and Beverage Stores 78.7 78.5 79.2 0.2 0.3 -0.5 -0.6 General Merchandise Stores 95.2 95.7 97.9 -0.5 -0.5 -2.7 -2.8 Miscellaneous Store Retailers 19.1 19.2 20.5 -0.1 -0.5 -1.4 -6.8 Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 181.7 180.4 180.2 1.3 0.7 1.5 0.8 Utilities 20.2 20.3 20.1 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 0.5 Transportation and Warehousing 161.5 160.1 160.1 1.4 0.9 1.4 0.9 Air Transportation 40.5 40.3 40.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.8 Truck Transportation 42.0 41.6 43.0 0.4 1.0 -1.0 -2.3 Couriers and Messengers 17.4 17.3 18.4 0.1 0.6 -1.0 -5.4 Warehousing and Storage 26.9 26.6 26.6 0.3 1.1 0.3 1.1 Information 100.9 101.8 103.9 -0.9 -0.9 -3.0 -2.9 Telecommunications 50.4 50.4 50.9 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 Wired Telecommunications Carriers 28.6 28.6 28.9 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -1.0 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 11.0 10.9 10.5 0.1 0.9 0.5 4.8 Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP 6.2 6.3 6.6 -0.1 -1.6 -0.4 -6.1 Financial Activities 196.2 197.2 211.1 -1.0 -0.5 -14.9 -7.1 Finance and Insurance 142.9 143.8 154.0 -0.9 -0.6 -11.1 -7.2 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 63.6 63.6 66.1 0.0 0.0 -2.5 -3.8 Real Estate, Rental and Leasing 53.3 53.4 57.1 -0.1 -0.2 -3.8 -6.7 Professional and Business Services 505.6 503.8 501.6 1.8 0.4 4.0 0.8 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 206.9 206.0 209.5 0.9 0.4 -2.6 -1.2 Accounting, Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping 31.4 31.1 31.1 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.0 Architectural, Engineering and Related Services 31.9 32.0 35.3 -0.1 -0.3 -3.4 -9.6 Computer Systems Design and Related Services 44.9 44.8 46.3 0.1 0.2 -1.4 -3.0 Management and Technical Consulting Services 31.2 31.4 30.1 -0.2 -0.6 1.1 3.7 Management of Companies and Enterprises 49.3 49.2 49.5 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 249.4 248.6 242.6 0.8 0.3 6.8 2.8 Employment Services 111.6 111.6 99.6 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.1 Educational and Health Services 487.9 480.0 476.4 7.9 1.7 11.5 2.4 Educational Services 93.4 91.3 85.8 2.1 2.3 7.6 8.9 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 57.1 57.6 54.2 -0.5 -0.9 2.9 5.4 Health Care and Social Assistance 394.5 388.7 390.6 5.8 1.5 3.9 1.0 Ambulatory Health Care Services 146.2 144.5 148.8 1.7 1.2 -2.6 -1.8 Hospitals 132.7 132.2 129.9 0.5 0.4 2.8 2.2 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 55.2 55.6 56.1 -0.4 -0.7 -0.9 -1.6 Social Assistance 60.4 56.4 55.8 4.0 7.1 4.6 8.2 Leisure and Hospitality 395.9 394.7 385.8 1.2 0.3 10.1 2.6 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 46.8 48.1 43.5 -1.3 -2.7 3.3 7.6 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation 31.7 33.9 32.5 -2.2 -6.5 -0.8 -2.5 Accommodation and Food Services 349.1 346.6 342.3 2.5 0.7 6.8 2.0 Accommodation 39.6 39.7 40.7 -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -2.7 Food Services and Drinking Places 309.5 306.9 301.6 2.6 0.9 7.9 2.6 Other Services 158.3 158.4 158.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Repair and Maintenance 34.3 34.3 34.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 Personal and Laundry Services 32.8 32.4 33.8 0.4 1.2 -1.0 -3.0 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar 91.2 91.7 90.2 -0.5 -0.6 1.0 1.1 Government 671.2 662.4 672.2 8.8 1.3 -1.0 -0.2 Federal Government 102.6 106.3 99.0 -3.7 -3.5 3.6 3.6 Department of Defense 40.1 40.3 38.4 -0.2 -0.5 1.7 4.4 State Government 161.0 157.8 159.8 3.2 2.0 1.2 0.8 State Government Education 87.9 81.8 78.1 6.1 7.5 9.8 12.6 Local Government 407.6 398.3 413.4 9.3 2.3 -5.8 -1.4 Local Government Education 247.1 238.0 251.9 9.1 3.8 -4.8 -1.9 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, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2009 benchmark. 2 Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis ATLANTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised Revised JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Mining and Logging Construction Construction of Buildings Specialty Trade Contractors Manufacturing Durable Goods Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Non-Durable Goods Food Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Wholesale Trade Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers, Non-durable Goods Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers Retail Trade Food and Beverage Stores General Merchandise Stores Miscellaneous Store Retailers Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Utilities Transportation and Warehousing Air Transportation Truck Transportation Couriers and Messengers Information Telecommunications Wired Telecommunications Carriers Wireless Telecommunications Carriers Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP Financial Activities Finance and Insurance Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Professional and Business Services Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Accounting, Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Computer Systems Design and Related Services Management and Technical Consulting Services Management of Companies and Enterprises Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation Employment Services Educational and Health Services Educational Services Health Care and Social Assistance Ambulatory Health Care Services Hospitals Social Assistance Leisure and Hospitality Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Accommodation and Food Services Accommodation Food Services and Drinking Places Other Services Repair and Maintenance Personal and Laundry Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 2,268.5 1,946.5 233.1 2,035.4 1,713.4 1.2 92.5 17.3 59.3 139.4 66.1 13.1 73.3 22.7 514.1 140.5 69.4 37.7 33.4 249.0 47.4 51.8 12.6 124.6 10.9 113.7 39.6 24.5 13.8 75.4 36.8 23.3 9.2 5.8 134.6 95.6 43.3 39.0 376.2 162.5 22.3 23.8 36.6 27.3 37.6 176.1 77.2 280.1 60.8 219.3 83.4 72.8 34.1 229.3 29.7 199.6 21.9 177.7 103.7 18.5 22.0 322.0 47.6 67.1 207.3 2,253.7 1,938.6 234.5 2,019.2 1,704.1 1.2 93.9 17.4 59.8 139.4 66.2 13.1 73.2 22.8 511.3 139.6 68.9 37.9 32.8 247.9 47.2 52.0 12.6 123.8 10.9 112.9 39.4 24.4 13.8 76.1 36.8 23.3 9.2 5.9 135.5 96.2 43.3 39.3 374.4 161.9 22.1 23.7 36.2 27.3 37.5 175.0 77.8 274.7 59.7 215.0 82.1 72.5 31.6 229.2 31.5 197.7 21.9 175.8 102.9 18.5 21.9 315.1 49.3 64.0 201.8 2,268.3 1,946.7 242.1 2,026.2 1,704.6 1.3 97.8 20.0 62.7 143.0 70.0 12.8 73.0 23.3 514.2 144.6 72.8 39.0 32.8 246.7 47.0 51.9 13.3 122.9 11.0 111.9 38.9 25.3 14.5 79.9 36.9 23.5 8.5 6.2 145.4 104.4 44.7 41.0 368.5 164.4 22.0 26.4 38.5 26.7 37.0 167.1 69.0 268.0 57.2 210.8 82.6 70.1 33.8 227.2 29.3 197.9 22.0 175.9 101.4 19.4 22.7 321.6 46.7 65.4 209.5 14.8 0.7 7.9 0.4 -1.4 -0.6 16.2 0.8 9.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.5 -0.1 -0.6 -0.5 -0.8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 2.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0.6 1.8 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.7 -0.9 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.8 1.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.6 -0.6 -0.8 5.4 2.0 1.1 1.8 4.3 2.0 1.3 1.6 0.3 0.4 2.5 7.9 0.1 0.0 -1.8 -5.7 1.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 6.9 2.2 -1.7 -3.5 3.1 4.8 5.5 2.7 0.2 -0.2 -9.0 9.2 8.8 -0.1 -5.3 -2.7 -3.4 -3.6 -3.9 0.3 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 -4.1 -3.4 -1.3 0.6 2.3 0.4 -0.1 -0.7 1.7 -0.1 1.8 0.7 -0.8 -0.7 -4.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.7 -0.4 -10.8 -8.8 -1.4 -2.0 7.7 -1.9 0.3 -2.6 -1.9 0.6 0.6 9.0 8.2 12.1 3.6 8.5 0.8 2.7 0.3 2.1 0.4 1.7 -0.1 1.8 2.3 -0.9 -0.7 0.4 0.9 1.7 -2.2 0.0 0.0 -3.7 0.5 0.5 -7.7 -5.4 -13.5 -5.4 -2.5 -5.6 2.3 0.4 -2.6 0.0 -2.8 -4.7 -3.3 1.8 0.9 0.9 -0.2 -5.3 1.4 -0.9 1.6 1.8 -3.2 -4.8 -5.6 -0.3 -0.9 8.2 -6.5 -7.4 -8.4 -3.1 -4.9 2.1 -1.2 1.4 -9.9 -4.9 2.3 1.6 5.4 11.9 4.5 6.3 4.0 1.0 3.9 0.9 0.9 1.4 0.9 -0.5 1.0 2.3 -4.6 -3.1 0.1 1.9 2.6 -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, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 3 ALBANY MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised Revised JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private 61.8 61.7 61.3 48.2 48.1 47.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 7.4 7.4 8.1 54.4 54.3 53.2 40.8 40.7 39.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.7 -8.6 1.2 2.3 1.1 2.8 Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade 4.9 4.8 5.3 0.1 2.1 12.6 12.7 12.3 -0.1 -0.8 7.5 7.5 7.5 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -7.6 0.3 2.4 0.0 0.0 Government Federal Government State Government 13.6 13.6 13.5 0.0 0.0 3.5 3.7 3.4 -0.2 -5.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 2.9 0.1 3.7 Local Government 7.3 7.1 7.4 0.2 2.8 -0.1 -1.4 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 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 family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2009 benchmark. ATHENS - CLARKE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised Revised JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm 80.4 79.5 79.9 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.6 Total Private 56.0 55.5 56.3 0.5 0.9 -0.3 -0.5 Goods Producing 9.7 9.7 10.2 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -4.9 Service-Providing 70.7 69.8 69.7 0.9 1.3 1.0 1.4 Private Service-Providing 46.3 45.8 46.1 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.4 Trade, Transportation and Utilities 13.0 13.0 13.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.5 Retail Trade 9.4 9.4 9.5 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 Professional and Business Services 6.9 6.8 6.2 0.1 1.5 0.7 11.3 Leisure and Hospitality 8.4 8.3 8.2 0.1 1.2 0.2 2.4 Government 24.4 24.0 23.6 0.4 1.7 0.8 3.4 Federal Government 1.7 1.7 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 6.3 State Government 14.7 14.7 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 5.0 Local Government 8.0 7.6 8.0 0.4 5.3 0.0 0.0 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 - 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 4 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 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 Activitities Professional and Business Services Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 210.7 168.0 30.1 180.6 137.9 10.7 19.4 36.2 4.5 25.2 6.5 2.8 7.2 30.9 29.0 21.8 10.0 42.7 8.9 13.3 20.5 210.8 168.0 30.1 180.7 137.9 10.7 19.4 36.1 4.4 25.2 6.5 2.8 7.2 31.5 28.6 21.8 9.9 42.8 9.1 13.3 20.4 206.9 164.4 31.1 175.8 133.3 10.9 20.2 34.9 4.5 24.1 6.3 2.8 7.6 28.7 28.6 21.2 9.5 42.5 8.4 13.4 20.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -1.9 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -2.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 3.8 1.8 3.6 2.2 -1.0 -3.2 4.8 2.7 4.6 3.5 -0.2 -1.8 -0.8 -4.0 1.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 1.1 4.6 0.2 3.2 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -5.3 2.2 7.7 0.4 1.4 0.6 2.8 0.5 5.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 6.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.2 -1.0 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 - Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Burke, 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 2009 benchmark. BRUNSWICK MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 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 41.5 41.7 42.5 -0.2 -0.5 31.4 31.8 32.1 -0.4 -1.3 4.5 4.5 4.8 0.0 0.0 37.0 37.2 37.7 -0.2 -0.5 26.9 27.3 27.3 -0.4 -1.5 7.7 7.6 7.9 0.1 1.3 5.5 5.5 5.6 0.0 0.0 10.1 9.9 10.4 0.2 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 -0.1 -5.0 1.6 1.5 1.9 0.1 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.5 0.2 3.1 -1.0 -2.4 -0.7 -2.2 -0.3 -6.3 -0.7 -1.9 -0.4 -1.5 -0.2 -2.5 -0.1 -1.8 -0.3 -2.9 -0.1 -5.0 -0.3 -15.8 0.1 1.5 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 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 5 COLUMBUS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised Revised JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 116.5 93.4 13.4 116.4 93.4 13.4 117.0 94.1 14.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7 -0.7 -0.9 -6.3 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation and Utilities 103.1 80.0 17.8 103.0 80.0 17.7 102.7 79.8 17.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.6 Retail Trade Information Financial Activities 12.5 12.5 12.7 0.0 0.0 5.5 5.6 5.6 -0.1 -1.8 8.3 8.3 8.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.6 -0.1 -1.8 -0.3 -3.5 Finance and Insurance Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services 6.8 6.9 6.9 -0.1 -1.5 4.5 4.5 4.7 0.0 0.0 13.2 13.1 13.6 0.1 0.8 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2 -4.3 -0.4 -2.9 Leisure and Hospitality Government Federal Government 13.6 13.6 13.5 0.0 0.0 23.1 23.0 22.9 0.1 0.4 6.1 6.4 5.8 -0.3 -4.7 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.9 0.3 5.2 State Government Local Government 4.1 4.1 4.0 12.9 12.5 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.2 0.1 2.5 -0.2 -1.5 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, 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 2009 benchmark. DALTON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private 64.8 65.0 65.6 -0.2 -0.3 57.8 57.9 58.6 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 -1.2 -0.8 -1.4 Goods Producing 24.5 24.7 25.7 -0.2 -0.8 -1.2 -4.7 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 40.3 40.3 39.9 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.2 32.9 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 1.2 Manufacturing 23.5 23.6 24.5 -0.1 -0.4 -1.0 -4.1 Textile Mills Textile Product Mills 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 17.6 17.7 17.9 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -1.7 Trade, Transportation and Utilities 14.3 14.3 14.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 Retail Trade Transportation, Warehouse, and Utilities 7.3 7.3 3.4 3.4 7.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Professional and Business Services 5.4 5.4 5.9 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -8.5 Government Federal Government 7.0 7.1 0.3 0.4 7.0 -0.1 -1.4 0.3 -0.1 -25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 State Government 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.1 10.0 0.0 0.0 Local Government 5.6 5.7 5.6 -0.1 -1.8 0.0 0.0 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 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 6 GAINESVILLE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 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 70.6 70.3 60.4 60.2 18.0 18.0 52.6 52.3 42.4 42.2 13.8 13.8 7.2 7.3 10.2 10.1 0.6 0.6 2.6 2.7 7.0 6.8 71.2 0.3 0.4 61.1 0.2 0.3 19.0 0.0 0.0 52.2 0.3 0.6 42.1 0.2 0.5 13.5 0.0 0.0 7.5 -0.1 -1.4 10.1 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.4 -0.1 -3.7 7.2 0.2 2.9 -0.6 -0.8 -0.7 -1.2 -1.0 -5.3 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.3 2.2 -0.3 -4.0 0.1 1.0 0.1 20.0 0.2 8.3 -0.2 -2.8 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 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 2009 benchmark. HINESVILLE - FT. STEWART MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 19.8 19.3 19.6 11.7 11.7 11.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 18.1 17.6 17.8 10.0 10.0 10.1 8.1 7.6 7.7 4.4 4.2 3.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.4 3.1 3.5 0.5 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 6.6 0.2 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 9.7 0.2 1.0 -0.2 -1.7 -0.1 -5.6 0.3 1.7 -0.1 -1.0 0.4 5.2 0.5 12.8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -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 in the Hinesville - Ft. Stewart 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 7 MACON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Financial Activities Professional and Business Services Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 95.6 95.8 80.8 81.3 9.9 9.9 85.7 85.9 70.9 71.4 18.5 18.8 11.5 11.6 4.1 4.1 8.2 8.2 11.5 11.3 19.1 18.8 8.9 8.9 14.8 14.5 1.5 1.6 3.3 3.3 10.0 9.6 96.6 -0.2 -0.2 81.9 -0.5 -0.6 10.3 0.0 0.0 86.3 -0.2 -0.2 71.6 -0.5 -0.7 19.4 -0.3 -1.6 11.7 -0.1 -0.9 4.1 0.0 0.0 8.5 0.0 0.0 11.1 0.2 1.8 19.0 0.3 1.6 8.6 0.0 0.0 14.7 0.3 2.1 1.3 -0.1 -6.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 10.1 0.4 4.2 -1.0 -1.0 -1.1 -1.3 -0.4 -3.9 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -0.9 -4.6 -0.2 -1.7 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -3.5 0.4 3.6 0.1 0.5 0.3 3.5 0.1 0.7 0.2 15.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.0 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, 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 2009 benchmark. ROME MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade Educational and Health Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 39.6 39.6 38.7 0.0 0.0 32.7 32.7 31.9 0.0 0.0 7.1 7.1 7.5 0.0 0.0 32.5 32.5 31.2 0.0 0.0 25.6 25.6 24.4 0.0 0.0 6.1 6.1 6.3 0.0 0.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 0.0 0.0 8.7 8.6 8.6 0.1 1.2 6.9 6.9 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -33.3 2.6 2.7 2.5 -0.1 -3.7 4.1 3.9 4.1 0.2 5.1 0.9 2.3 0.8 2.5 -0.4 -5.3 1.3 4.2 1.2 4.9 -0.2 -3.2 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1 -2.4 0.1 1.2 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 4.0 0.0 0.0 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 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 8 SAVANNAH MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private 151.1 127.9 151.1 127.7 150.5 127.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 20.5 130.6 107.4 20.5 130.6 107.2 21.2 129.3 106.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.7 -3.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 Mining, Logging, and Construction Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities 7.2 7.2 13.3 13.3 32.2 32.4 7.5 0.0 0.0 13.7 0.0 0.0 32.3 -0.2 -0.6 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 -2.9 -0.1 -0.3 Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 5.5 5.5 16.7 17.0 10.0 9.9 5.6 0.0 0.0 16.8 -0.3 -1.8 9.9 0.1 1.0 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 1.0 Information Financial Activities Professional and Business Services 1.7 1.7 1.8 5.4 5.4 5.7 16.3 16.2 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 -0.1 -5.6 -0.3 -5.3 0.4 2.5 Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services 24.0 23.7 23.3 20.5 20.5 20.1 7.3 7.3 7.3 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 3.0 0.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 Government Federal Government State Government 23.2 23.4 22.9 -0.2 -0.9 3.2 3.3 3.0 -0.1 -3.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 0.2 6.7 0.0 0.0 Local Government 14.6 14.7 14.5 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 0.7 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 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 2009 benchmark. VALDOSTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 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 53.7 53.2 40.8 40.5 6.8 6.8 46.9 46.4 34.0 33.7 10.9 10.8 7.7 7.7 12.9 12.7 1.0 1.1 4.1 3.9 7.8 7.7 53.5 0.5 0.9 40.7 0.3 0.7 7.1 0.0 0.0 46.4 0.5 1.1 33.6 0.3 0.9 11.1 0.1 0.9 7.8 0.0 0.0 12.8 0.2 1.6 0.9 -0.1 -9.1 4.3 0.2 5.1 7.6 0.1 1.3 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 -0.3 -4.2 0.5 1.1 0.4 1.2 -0.2 -1.8 -0.1 -1.3 0.1 0.8 0.1 11.1 -0.2 -4.7 0.2 2.6 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 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 9 WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2010 JUL 2010 AUG 2009 Change in Jobs from JUL 2010 Net % Change in Jobs from AUG 2009 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 59.4 59.4 34.8 34.9 6.6 6.6 52.8 52.8 28.2 28.3 7.7 7.7 6.0 6.0 24.6 24.5 15.6 15.7 1.2 1.1 7.8 7.7 59.2 0.0 0.0 35.6 -0.1 -0.3 6.9 0.0 0.0 52.3 0.0 0.0 28.7 -0.1 -0.4 7.8 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 23.6 0.1 0.4 14.7 -0.1 -0.6 1.2 0.1 9.1 7.7 0.1 1.3 0.2 0.3 -0.8 -2.3 -0.3 -4.4 0.5 1.0 -0.5 -1.7 -0.1 -1.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.2 0.9 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 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 Warner Robins Metropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Houston 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 2009 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 10 Georgia Statewide Hours and Earnings All Employee Average Weekly Earnings Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised JUL 2010 Revised AUG 2009 Total Private ........................................................................................... $765.18 ........................ $749.87 ................... $730.44 Goods Producing ................................................................................ $834.34 ........................ $818.61 ................... $782.08 Private Service Providing .................................................................... $751.86 ........................ $737.33 ................... $719.85 Construction .................................................................................... $806.40 ........................ $793.88 ................... $784.81 Manufacturing .................................................................................. $820.91 ........................ $806.91 ................... $771.16 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ................................................ $706.82 ........................ $695.65 ................... $696.60 Financial Activities ........................................................................... $898.66 ........................ $879.75 ................... $937.22 Professional and Business Services ............................................. $924.78 ........................ $920.32 ................... $923.10 Educational and Health Services .................................................... $779.68 ........................ $783.43 ................... $779.94 Leisure and Hospitality ................................................................... $323.85 ........................ $320.14 ................... $321.65 Other Services ................................................................................. $612.19 ........................ $599.26 ................... $534.61 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised JUL 2010 Revised AUG 2009 Total Private ..................................................................................................35.1 .............................. 34.7 ......................... 34.7 Goods Producing ....................................................................................... 39.3 ................................. 39 ......................... 37.6 Private Service Providing ........................................................................... 34.3 .............................. 33.9 ......................... 34.1 Construction ........................................................................................... 37.7 .............................. 37.5 ......................... 36.3 Manufacturing ......................................................................................... 39.6 .............................. 39.4 ......................... 38.5 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ....................................................... 35.2 .............................. 34.8 ......................... 34.9 Financial Activities .................................................................................. 35.2 .............................. 34.5 ......................... 36.2 Professional and Business Services .................................................... 35.5 .............................. 35.1 ......................... 35.3 Educational and Health Services ........................................................... 35.2 .............................. 35.1 ......................... 35.5 Leisure and Hospitality ..........................................................................27.1 .............................. 27.2 ......................... 27.8 Other Services ........................................................................................ 33.6 .............................. 33.2 ......................... 31.1 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised JUL 2010 Revised AUG 2009 Total Private ............................................................................................. $21.80 .......................... $21.61 ..................... $21.05 Goods Producing .................................................................................. $21.23 .......................... $20.99 ..................... $20.80 Private Service Providing ...................................................................... $21.92 .......................... $21.75 ..................... $21.11 Construction ...................................................................................... $21.39 .......................... $21.17 ..................... $21.62 Manufacturing .................................................................................... $20.73 .......................... $20.48 ..................... $20.03 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .................................................. $20.08 .......................... $19.99 ..................... $19.96 Financial Activities ............................................................................. $25.53 .......................... $25.50 ..................... $25.89 Professional and Business Services ............................................... $26.05 .......................... $26.22 ..................... $26.15 Educational and Health Services ...................................................... $22.15 .......................... $22.32 ..................... $21.97 Leisure and Hospitality ...................................................................... $11.95 .......................... $11.77 ..................... $11.57 Other Services ................................................................................... $18.22 .......................... $18.05 ..................... $17.19 Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/saeaepp.htm Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 11 Georgia MSA Hours and Earnings All Employee Total Private Average Weekly Earnings Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised JUL 2010 Revised AUG 2009 Albany MSA ............................................................................................ $517.45 ........................ $493.48 ................... $540.25 Athens-Clarke County MSA ................................................................... $676.00 ........................ $698.63 ................... $727.56 Atlanta MSA ............................................................................................ $846.30 ........................ $834.46 ................... $837.64 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ........................................................... $713.28 ........................ $702.88 ................... $720.76 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................... $503.37 ........................ $478.33 ................... $545.15 Columbus MSA ..................................................................................... $574.53 ........................ $580.72 ................... $583.39 Dalton MSA ............................................................................................ $552.84 ........................ $553.39 ................... $605.39 Gainesville MSA .................................................................................... $834.30 ........................ $834.68 ................... $750.93 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................. $515.49 ........................ $488.24 ................... $533.90 Macon MSA ............................................................................................ $774.80 ........................ $761.21 ................... $828.32 Rome MSA ............................................................................................ $785.52 ........................ $717.10 ................... $775.72 Savannah MSA ...................................................................................... $695.29 ........................ $688.85 ................... $677.43 Valdosta MSA ......................................................................................... $508.20 ........................ $488.14 ................... $528.57 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................. $689.40 ........................ $700.25 ................... $651.32 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised JUL 2010 Revised AUG 2009 Albany MSA ................................................................................................... 34.2 .............................. 33.8 ......................... 34.9 Athens-Clarke County MSA ..........................................................................33.8 .............................. 33.3 ......................... 34.4 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................... 35.0 .............................. 34.9 ......................... 34.4 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. 37.7 .............................. 36.8 ......................... 37.0 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. 31.5 .............................. 31.0 ......................... 32.9 Columbus MSA ............................................................................................33.5 .............................. 34.1 ......................... 33.8 Dalton MSA ................................................................................................... 34.0 .............................. 33.6 ......................... 33.3 Gainesville MSA ........................................................................................... 37.7 .............................. 37.7 ......................... 36.4 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA ......................................................................... 35.6 .............................. 34.0 ......................... 39.2 Macon MSA ................................................................................................... 40.0 .............................. 39.4 ......................... 39.9 Rome MSA ................................................................................................... 36.0 .............................. 35.5 ......................... 38.1 Savannah MSA ............................................................................................. 34.2 .............................. 33.9 ......................... 34.3 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................ 30.8 .............................. 29.3 ......................... 29.3 Warner Robins MSA ..................................................................................... 36.0 .............................. 35.8 ......................... 34.7 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary AUG 2010 Revised JUL 2010 Revised AUG 2009 Albany MSA .............................................................................................. $15.13 .......................... $14.60 ..................... $15.48 Athens-Clarke County MSA ..................................................................... $20.00 .......................... $20.98 ..................... $21.15 Atlanta MSA .............................................................................................. $24.18 .......................... $23.91 ..................... $24.35 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ............................................................. $18.92 .......................... $19.10 ..................... $19.48 Brunswick MSA ........................................................................................ $15.98 .......................... $15.43 ..................... $16.57 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................... $17.15 .......................... $17.03 ..................... $17.26 Dalton MSA .............................................................................................. $16.26 .......................... $16.47 ..................... $18.18 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................... $22.13 .......................... $22.14 ..................... $20.63 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................... $14.48 .......................... $14.36 ..................... $13.62 Macon MSA .............................................................................................. $19.37 .......................... $19.32 ..................... $20.76 Rome MSA .............................................................................................. $21.82 .......................... $20.20 ..................... $20.36 Savannah MSA ........................................................................................ $20.33 .......................... $20.32 ..................... $19.75 Valdosta MSA ........................................................................................... $16.50 .......................... $16.66 ..................... $18.04 Warner Robins MSA ................................................................................ $19.15 .......................... $19.56 ..................... $18.77 Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/saeaepp.htm Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 12 Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S. 11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 7.0% Ge orgia U.S. 6.0% Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2009 2010 WA 8.9 OR 10.6 ID 8.9 NV 14.4 UT CA 7.4 12.4 AZ 9.7 AK 7.7 State unemployment rates August 2010 National Unemployment Rate: 9.6% Rates are seasonally adjusted MT 7.4 WY 6.8 CO 8.2 NM 8.3 ND 3.7 SD 4.5 NE 4.6 KS 6.6 OK 7.0 TX 8.3 MN 7.0 WI 7.9 IA 6.8 IL 10.1 MO 9.3 AR 7.5 MS 10.0 LA 7.6 NH 5.7 ME VT 8.0 6.0 MI 13.1 OH IN 10.1 10.2 KY 10.0 TN 9.6 PA 9.2 WV 8.8 VA 7.0 NC 9.7 SC 11.0 AL GA 9.2 10.0 FL 11.7 MA 8.8 NY 8.3 RI 11.8 CT NJ 9.1 9.6 DE 8.4 DC 9.9 MD 7.3 Unemployment rate 10.0% or greater 7.0% to 9.9% 6.0% to 6.9% 5.0% to 5.9% 4.0% to 4.9% 3.0% to 3.9% HI 6.4 13 Georgia Labor Force Estimates (not seasonally adjusted) Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older Georgia (Seasonally adjusted) Georgia (Not Seasonally adjusted) Albany MSA Athens-Clarke County MSA Atlanta MSA Augusta-Richmond County MSA Brunswick MSA Columbus MSA Dalton MSA Gainesville MSA Employment Status 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 Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate AUG 2010 4,668,408 4,201,478 466,930 10.0 4,686,423 4,201,647 484,776 10.3 76,438 68,082 8,356 10.9 104,581 96,443 8,138 7.8 2,654,713 2,379,498 275,215 10.4 259,837 235,566 24,271 9.3 51,764 46,647 5,117 9.9 127,519 115,200 12,319 9.7 60,851 53,534 7,317 12.0 86,974 78,943 8,031 9.2 JUL 2010 4,674,857 4,213,991 460,866 9.9 4,694,315 4,217,534 476,781 10.2 76,697 68,421 8,276 10.8 104,750 96,697 8,053 7.7 2,655,672 2,386,620 269,052 10.1 262,019 237,916 24,103 9.2 52,357 47,301 5,056 9.7 127,771 115,779 11,992 9.4 61,338 54,225 7,113 11.6 87,469 79,581 7,888 9.0 AUG 2009 4,753,592 4,278,843 474,749 10.0 4,761,058 4,283,981 477,077 10.0 76,166 68,618 7,548 9.9 105,295 97,375 7,920 7.5 2,695,090 2,422,149 272,941 10.1 260,044 234,807 25,237 9.7 53,251 48,544 4,707 8.8 129,274 116,891 12,383 9.6 62,544 54,803 7,741 12.4 89,028 80,835 8,193 9.2 Change From JUL 2010 AUG 2009 -6,449 -12,513 6,064 -85,184 -77,365 -7,819 -7,892 -15,887 7,995 -74,635 -82,334 7,699 -259 -339 80 272 -536 808 -169 -254 85 -714 -932 218 -959 -7,122 6,163 -40,377 -42,651 2,274 -2,182 -2,350 168 -207 759 -966 -593 -654 61 -1,487 -1,897 410 -252 -579 327 -1,755 -1,691 -64 -487 -691 204 -1,693 -1,269 -424 -495 -638 143 -2,054 -1,892 -162 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. Georgia and Metropolitan Statistical Area data have not been seasonally adjusted. 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, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Augusta - Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, 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 - Fort Stewart MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon 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 County. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 14 Georgia Labor Force Estimates (not seasonally adjusted) Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older Hinesville-Ft. Stewart MSA Macon MSA Rome MSA Savannah MSA Valdosta MSA Warner Robins MSA Employment Status 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 AUG 2010 32,958 30,109 2,849 8.6 111,711 100,057 11,654 10.4 49,191 43,869 5,322 10.8 175,208 159,220 15,988 9.1 67,376 61,573 5,803 8.6 70,264 64,858 5,406 7.7 JUL 2010 32,610 29,796 2,814 8.6 112,562 101,160 11,402 10.1 49,387 44,208 5,179 10.5 178,033 160,738 17,295 9.7 67,475 61,819 5,656 8.4 71,022 65,630 5,392 7.6 AUG 2009 32,770 30,306 2,464 7.5 113,655 102,703 10,952 9.6 49,241 43,882 5,359 10.9 176,309 161,366 14,943 8.5 68,097 62,449 5,648 8.3 70,798 65,817 4,981 7.0 Change From JUL 2010 AUG 2009 348 188 313 -197 35 385 -851 -1,103 252 -1,944 -2,646 702 -196 -50 -339 -13 143 -37 -2,825 -1,518 -1,307 -1,101 -2,146 1,045 -99 -246 147 -721 -876 155 -758 -772 14 -534 -959 425 United States Labor Force Estimates Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older Area United States (Seasonally adjusted) Employment Status Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate AUG 2010 154,110,000 139,250,000 14,860,000 9.6 JUL 2010 153,560,000 138,960,000 14,599,000 9.5 AUG 2009 154,426,000 139,433,000 14,993,000 9.7 Change From JUL 2010 AUG 2009 550,000 290,000 261,000 -316,000 -183,000 -133,000 United States (Not Seasonally adjusted) Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 154,678,000 139,919,000 14,759,000 9.5 155,270,000 140,134,000 15,137,000 9.7 154,897,000 140,074,000 14,823,000 9.6 -592,000 -215,000 -378,000 -219,000 -155,000 -64,000 Note: 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. Georgia and Metropolitan Statistical Area data have not been seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data for Georgia available upon request. 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, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Augusta - Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, 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 - Fort Stewart MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon 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 County. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 15 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Georgia Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older August 2010 July 2010 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,686,423 4,201,647 484,776 10.3 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,694,315 4,217,534 476,781 10.2 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 9,397 2,987 4,613 1,649 19,225 8,312 2,575 4,127 1,487 16,327 1,085 11.5 412 13.8 486 10.5 162 9.8 2,898 15.1 9,363 2,998 4,536 1,656 19,426 8,279 2,561 4,093 1,494 16,418 1,084 11.6 437 14.6 443 9.8 162 9.8 3,008 15.5 Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 10,405 33,821 44,934 6,924 7,780 9,651 30,321 39,929 5,910 6,828 754 7.2 3,500 10.3 5,005 11.1 1,014 14.6 952 12.2 10,403 33,762 45,002 6,886 7,763 9,677 30,412 40,049 5,909 6,842 726 7.0 3,350 9.9 4,953 11.0 977 14.2 921 11.9 Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 73,582 5,420 7,357 8,109 16,572 65,572 4,727 6,479 7,394 15,141 8,010 10.9 693 12.8 878 11.9 715 8.8 1,431 8.6 74,067 5,393 7,426 8,130 16,785 66,294 4,701 6,570 7,423 15,285 7,773 10.5 692 12.8 856 11.5 707 8.7 1,500 8.9 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 32,134 9,779 9,991 2,282 20,087 28,971 8,726 8,861 2,045 18,105 3,163 9.8 1,053 10.8 1,130 11.3 237 10.4 1,982 9.9 31,966 9,955 10,014 2,274 20,059 28,770 8,813 8,887 2,034 18,125 3,196 10.0 1,142 11.5 1,127 11.3 240 10.6 1,934 9.6 Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 4,296 3,878 418 9.7 51,720 46,086 5,634 10.9 33,426 30,760 2,666 8.0 4,436 3,903 533 12.0 130,618 118,295 12,323 9.4 4,273 51,861 33,572 4,449 132,121 3,871 46,224 30,886 3,921 119,423 402 9.4 5,637 10.9 2,686 8.0 528 11.9 12,698 9.6 Chattahoochee 2,535 Chattooga 10,409 Cherokee 107,092 Clarke 63,235 Clay 1,405 2,112 9,019 97,539 58,250 1,277 423 16.7 1,390 13.4 9,553 8.9 4,985 7.9 128 9.1 2,533 10,193 107,263 63,433 1,422 2,129 8,996 97,831 58,404 1,287 404 15.9 1,197 11.7 9,432 8.8 5,029 7.9 135 9.5 Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 132,173 115,636 16,537 12.5 2,685 2,362 323 12.0 366,376 330,044 36,332 9.9 15,413 12,724 2,689 17.4 20,304 18,293 2,011 9.9 132,251 115,982 16,269 12.3 2,585 2,283 302 11.7 367,071 331,032 36,039 9.8 15,125 12,652 2,473 16.4 20,164 18,221 1,943 9.6 Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 59,901 6,756 58,561 6,071 9,323 55,452 5,872 53,038 5,465 8,053 4,449 7.4 884 13.1 5,523 9.4 606 10.0 1,270 13.6 60,343 6,709 58,578 6,140 9,356 56,009 5,848 53,197 5,525 8,097 4,334 7.2 861 12.8 5,381 9.2 615 10.0 1,259 13.5 August 2009 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,761,058 4,283,981 477,077 10.0 9,324 3,249 4,657 1,639 20,274 8,354 2,797 4,250 1,498 17,884 970 10.4 452 13.9 407 8.7 141 8.6 2,390 11.8 10,506 34,464 46,450 7,185 8,045 9,751 30,865 40,645 6,073 7,035 755 7.2 3,599 10.4 5,805 12.5 1,112 15.5 1,010 12.6 74,638 5,280 7,621 8,225 16,610 67,306 4,743 6,743 7,499 15,345 7,332 9.8 537 10.2 878 11.5 726 8.8 1,265 7.6 33,174 9,949 10,280 2,364 20,247 30,167 8,722 9,020 2,088 18,442 3,007 9.1 1,227 12.3 1,260 12.3 276 11.7 1,805 8.9 4,377 52,527 33,910 4,437 131,397 3,982 46,912 30,984 3,964 119,890 395 9.0 5,615 10.7 2,926 8.6 473 10.7 11,507 8.8 2,549 10,435 109,123 63,574 1,418 2,161 9,183 99,287 58,813 1,298 388 15.2 1,252 12.0 9,836 9.0 4,761 7.5 120 8.5 133,686 2,892 370,309 16,598 20,496 117,709 2,582 335,960 13,818 18,631 15,977 12.0 310 10.7 34,349 9.3 2,780 16.7 1,865 9.1 59,631 6,910 59,727 6,173 9,751 55,431 6,066 53,989 5,609 8,579 4,200 7.0 844 12.2 5,738 9.6 564 9.1 1,172 12.0 16 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older August 2010 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 7,890 7,224 666 8.4 10,872 9,807 1,065 9.8 11,420 9,818 1,602 14.0 377,233 337,000 40,233 10.7 8,729 7,613 1,116 12.8 July 2010 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 7,985 7,253 732 9.2 10,878 9,836 1,042 9.6 11,386 9,847 1,539 13.5 377,625 338,009 39,616 10.5 8,692 7,633 1,059 12.2 Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 4,808 42,354 63,868 5,370 2,122 4,288 37,264 56,874 4,842 1,980 520 10.8 5,090 12.0 6,994 11.0 528 9.8 142 6.7 4,779 42,463 63,991 5,350 2,122 4,264 37,450 57,045 4,813 1,988 515 10.8 5,013 11.8 6,946 10.9 537 10.0 134 6.3 Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin 28,018 9,498 10,417 4,878 10,640 25,784 8,250 9,170 4,426 9,528 2,234 8.0 1,248 13.1 1,247 12.0 452 9.3 1,112 10.5 29,127 9,519 10,337 4,807 10,670 26,030 8,263 9,186 4,370 9,529 3,097 10.6 1,256 13.2 1,151 11.1 437 9.1 1,141 10.7 Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 50,607 46,254 4,353 8.6 49,191 43,869 5,322 10.8 84,211 77,189 7,022 8.3 9,895 8,725 1,170 11.8 478,423 426,277 52,146 10.9 50,534 46,393 4,141 8.2 49,387 44,208 5,179 10.5 84,199 77,420 6,779 8.1 9,857 8,714 1,143 11.6 478,274 427,553 50,721 10.6 Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 13,321 1,111 39,167 24,603 11,424 11,982 976 35,528 21,524 10,379 1,339 10.1 135 12.2 3,639 9.3 3,079 12.5 1,045 9.1 13,280 1,100 39,657 24,608 11,358 11,970 971 36,027 21,560 10,349 1,310 9.9 129 11.7 3,630 9.2 3,048 12.4 1,009 8.9 Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock 7,331 6,518 813 11.1 406,493 368,292 38,201 9.4 19,423 17,503 1,920 9.9 86,974 78,943 8,031 9.2 3,101 2,454 647 20.9 7,317 6,527 790 10.8 406,392 369,394 36,998 9.1 19,358 17,441 1,917 9.9 87,469 79,581 7,888 9.0 3,069 2,468 601 19.6 Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 12,619 15,889 9,935 4,800 95,266 11,085 14,727 8,735 4,202 85,443 1,534 12.2 1,162 7.3 1,200 12.1 598 12.5 9,823 10.3 12,541 16,025 9,925 4,804 95,192 11,118 14,845 8,740 4,215 85,699 1,423 11.3 1,180 7.4 1,185 11.9 589 12.3 9,493 10.0 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 70,264 3,911 26,111 6,273 5,297 64,858 3,356 23,239 5,560 4,495 5,406 7.7 555 14.2 2,872 11.0 713 11.4 802 15.1 71,022 3,869 26,129 6,140 5,289 65,630 3,355 23,244 5,577 4,515 5,392 7.6 514 13.3 2,885 11.0 563 9.2 774 14.6 August 2009 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,087 11,046 12,159 383,190 9,167 7,277 9,983 10,674 343,040 8,121 810 10.0 1,063 9.6 1,485 12.2 40,150 10.5 1,046 11.4 4,825 42,143 64,999 5,617 2,158 4,363 37,558 57,894 5,027 2,008 462 9.6 4,585 10.9 7,105 10.9 590 10.5 150 7.0 28,303 10,159 10,496 4,942 10,786 26,132 9,054 9,357 4,516 9,690 2,171 7.7 1,105 10.9 1,139 10.9 426 8.6 1,096 10.2 51,484 49,241 85,627 10,132 484,561 47,084 43,882 78,573 8,918 433,918 4,400 8.5 5,359 10.9 7,054 8.2 1,214 12.0 50,643 10.5 13,541 1,131 40,287 25,093 11,583 12,211 1,006 36,973 21,811 10,470 1,330 9.8 125 11.1 3,314 8.2 3,282 13.1 1,113 9.6 7,660 412,332 20,079 89,028 3,265 6,780 374,893 18,197 80,835 2,688 880 11.5 37,439 9.1 1,882 9.4 8,193 9.2 577 17.7 12,791 16,218 10,481 4,865 96,485 11,284 15,065 9,112 4,277 86,974 1,507 11.8 1,153 7.1 1,369 13.1 588 12.1 9,511 9.9 70,798 4,043 27,018 6,413 5,366 65,817 3,449 24,091 5,660 4,642 4,981 7.0 594 14.7 2,927 10.8 753 11.7 724 13.5 17 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older August 2010 July 2010 Labor Force 6,859 2,470 3,466 13,939 7,796 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 5,880 1,994 3,043 12,720 6,755 979 14.3 476 19.3 423 12.2 1,219 8.7 1,041 13.4 Labor Force 6,862 2,472 3,456 14,066 7,723 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 5,875 1,986 3,049 12,860 6,775 987 14.4 486 19.7 407 11.8 1,206 8.6 948 12.3 Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 4,085 21,280 17,742 26,261 3,824 3,714 18,556 16,346 23,894 3,406 371 9.1 2,724 12.8 1,396 7.9 2,367 9.0 418 10.9 4,126 21,262 17,856 26,002 3,822 3,729 18,596 16,428 23,646 3,413 397 9.6 2,666 12.5 1,428 8.0 2,356 9.1 409 10.7 Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 6,697 53,061 12,866 10,615 5,239 6,215 48,486 11,527 9,506 4,639 482 7.2 4,575 8.6 1,339 10.4 1,109 10.4 600 11.5 6,608 53,099 12,665 10,736 5,274 6,150 48,680 11,316 9,601 4,704 458 6.9 4,419 8.3 1,349 10.7 1,135 10.6 570 10.8 Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 5,086 15,636 3,284 9,256 3,463 4,391 14,357 2,946 8,101 3,177 695 13.7 1,279 8.2 338 10.3 1,155 12.5 286 8.3 5,079 15,627 3,272 9,249 3,430 4,394 14,395 2,970 8,126 3,157 685 13.5 1,232 7.9 302 9.2 1,123 12.1 273 8.0 Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 10,213 13,465 4,498 9,079 18,691 9,111 12,192 4,011 8,195 16,406 1,102 10.8 1,273 9.5 487 10.8 884 9.7 2,285 12.2 10,180 13,605 4,510 9,122 18,819 9,097 12,327 4,012 8,245 16,617 1,083 10.6 1,278 9.4 498 11.0 877 9.6 2,202 11.7 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding 84,240 46,241 17,989 7,721 65,954 76,147 40,423 16,811 7,025 59,008 8,093 9.6 5,818 12.6 1,178 6.5 696 9.0 6,946 10.5 84,746 46,019 18,023 7,667 66,465 76,754 40,544 16,855 7,043 59,184 7,992 9.4 5,475 11.9 1,168 6.5 624 8.1 7,281 11.0 Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 12,146 14,627 8,391 7,837 20,429 10,695 13,350 7,518 7,072 18,280 1,451 11.9 1,277 8.7 873 10.4 765 9.8 2,149 10.5 12,228 14,673 8,331 7,833 20,492 10,749 13,390 7,508 7,093 18,386 1,479 12.1 1,283 8.7 823 9.9 740 9.4 2,106 10.3 Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 4,266 10,037 956 6,654 2,670 3,854 8,955 845 5,872 2,332 412 9.7 1,082 10.8 111 11.6 782 11.8 338 12.7 4,268 10,061 982 6,769 2,677 3,885 9,039 848 5,964 2,321 383 9.0 1,022 10.2 134 13.6 805 11.9 356 13.3 August 2009 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 7,045 2,732 3,639 14,252 8,042 6,003 2,214 3,211 13,057 6,876 1,042 14.8 518 19.0 428 11.8 1,195 8.4 1,166 14.5 4,127 22,299 17,793 26,105 3,908 3,767 19,578 16,475 24,050 3,497 360 8.7 2,721 12.2 1,318 7.4 2,055 7.9 411 10.5 6,665 53,589 13,399 10,825 5,342 6,256 49,176 11,909 9,502 4,828 409 6.1 4,413 8.2 1,490 11.1 1,323 12.2 514 9.6 5,229 15,850 3,352 9,459 3,704 4,561 14,496 3,014 8,247 3,385 668 12.8 1,354 8.5 338 10.1 1,212 12.8 319 8.6 10,394 13,826 4,502 9,263 19,149 9,326 12,515 4,099 8,353 16,794 1,068 10.3 1,311 9.5 403 9.0 910 9.8 2,355 12.3 85,686 46,804 18,119 7,751 66,832 77,892 41,147 16,973 7,092 60,065 7,794 9.1 5,657 12.1 1,146 6.3 659 8.5 6,767 10.1 12,169 15,160 8,502 8,121 21,144 10,927 13,590 7,669 7,199 18,871 1,242 10.2 1,570 10.4 833 9.8 922 11.4 2,273 10.8 4,416 10,243 983 7,195 2,807 4,076 9,158 866 6,464 2,449 340 7.7 1,085 10.6 117 11.9 731 10.2 358 12.8 18 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) 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 Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older August 2010 July 2010 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 91,746 39,415 1,796 6,976 4,018 81,838 34,826 1,551 6,013 3,589 9,908 10.8 4,589 11.6 245 13.6 963 13.8 429 10.7 92,676 39,315 1,815 7,008 4,026 82,660 10,016 10.8 34,930 4,385 11.2 1,552 263 14.5 5,963 1,045 14.9 3,609 417 10.4 27,817 13,245 2,302 13,852 3,041 24,294 11,852 2,057 12,024 2,761 3,523 12.7 1,393 10.5 245 10.6 1,828 13.2 280 9.2 27,666 13,346 2,301 13,820 3,041 24,367 11,960 2,058 12,032 2,767 3,299 11.9 1,386 10.4 243 10.6 1,788 12.9 274 9.0 808 9,546 3,554 4,682 4,442 714 8,619 3,100 3,698 3,924 94 11.6 927 9.7 454 12.8 984 21.0 518 11.7 812 9,464 3,571 4,429 4,420 715 8,579 3,115 3,705 3,944 97 11.9 885 9.4 456 12.8 724 16.3 476 10.8 20,530 18,775 13,885 5,870 2,936 18,530 16,454 12,379 5,362 2,550 2,000 9.7 2,321 12.4 1,506 10.8 508 8.7 386 13.1 20,530 18,703 13,784 5,796 2,923 18,614 16,451 12,380 5,282 2,536 1,916 9.3 2,252 12.0 1,404 10.2 514 8.9 387 13.2 30,216 4,319 4,654 11,130 11,411 26,671 3,753 4,108 10,134 10,013 3,545 11.7 566 13.1 546 11.7 996 8.9 1,398 12.3 30,278 4,293 4,684 11,084 11,399 26,721 3,731 4,154 10,134 10,052 3,557 11.7 562 13.1 530 11.3 950 8.6 1,347 11.8 31,280 40,435 14,617 2,564 7,634 28,299 36,231 12,995 2,101 6,463 2,981 9.5 4,204 10.4 1,622 11.1 463 18.1 1,171 15.3 31,349 40,357 14,649 2,543 7,628 28,415 36,339 12,980 2,098 6,477 2,934 9.4 4,018 10.0 1,669 11.4 445 17.5 1,151 15.1 12,126 1,129 2,934 12,187 42,160 10,603 1,022 2,576 10,961 37,128 1,523 12.6 107 9.5 358 12.2 1,226 10.1 5,032 11.9 12,033 1,107 2,876 12,260 42,519 10,553 1,002 2,558 11,078 37,608 1,480 12.3 105 9.5 318 11.1 1,182 9.6 4,911 11.6 3,167 4,321 4,086 10,250 2,759 3,799 3,552 9,060 408 12.9 522 12.1 534 13.1 1,190 11.6 3,134 4,300 4,091 10,303 2,751 3,807 3,558 9,106 383 12.2 493 11.5 533 13.0 1,197 11.6 August 2009 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 91,090 40,033 1,867 7,239 4,090 81,807 35,450 1,623 6,243 3,674 9,283 10.2 4,583 11.4 244 13.1 996 13.8 416 10.2 29,024 13,318 2,363 14,491 3,150 24,729 11,819 2,105 12,583 2,848 4,295 14.8 1,499 11.3 258 10.9 1,908 13.2 302 9.6 853 9,370 3,530 4,462 4,446 743 8,560 3,124 3,754 3,955 110 12.9 810 8.6 406 11.5 708 15.9 491 11.0 21,577 18,642 14,033 5,903 2,987 19,596 16,640 12,651 5,424 2,645 1,981 9.2 2,002 10.7 1,382 9.8 479 8.1 342 11.4 30,053 4,710 4,767 11,063 12,502 26,139 4,069 4,217 10,023 10,939 3,914 13.0 641 13.6 550 11.5 1,040 9.4 1,563 12.5 31,913 41,255 14,822 2,674 8,007 28,506 36,880 13,257 2,160 6,891 3,407 10.7 4,375 10.6 1,565 10.6 514 19.2 1,116 13.9 12,187 1,220 2,914 12,361 43,395 10,764 1,094 2,625 11,203 38,009 1,423 11.7 126 10.3 289 9.9 1,158 9.4 5,386 12.4 3,278 4,539 4,667 10,144 2,893 4,026 4,178 9,132 385 11.7 513 11.3 489 10.5 1,012 10.0 19 New Developments Great Dane Limited Partnership has announced plans to build a new refrigerated trailer plant in Bulloch County. The Statesboro plant, in its first phase, will encompass 450,000 square feet, including office and show room space and will have the capacity to produce 5,000 plus trailers annually. At that level of production, the facility will employ more than 400 people. The new facility will serve the traditional Great Dane customer base. The manufacturing processes will feature the latest technology in its foaming methods and automation of key production operations making this the most modern, efficient plant in the world. Construction for the new plant is slated to begin in 2011 with a projected completion in 2012. Floyd County has received confirmation that a Californiabased tax software firm, Petz Enterprises, will locate a southeastern regional office in Rome. The company has not announced publicly how many people it will hire initially, but in a similar move into the state of Washington they started with 25 new employees. Their initial location will be small, but they will try to find a larger facility before tax season starts. The business was founded in 1964 and started off in the accounting business but began to specialize in processing tax information in the 1980's. Crosslink is the company's professional tax software product. A new restaurant will open in Floyd County in September and employee training is already taking place at other locations. The new Steak N' Shake on Turner-McCall Boulevard will hire around 110 people for its opening. The franchise owners also own the franchise rights to open a store in Athens, but they don't plan to move forward with that location until the Rome store is up and running. An Israeli software company is relocating its headquarters to Fulton County. The region's low cost of doing business and its reputation as a travel industry hub swayed Truvle Ltd to choose Atlanta. The company uses technology to help brick and mortar travel agencies, hotel chains, and airlines better compete with online booking sites, such as Orbitz and Travelocity. Over the next two years they expect the employee total to reach 30. The company makes flight itineraries more functional for example by populating a hotel reservation confirmation email with current weather updates, a list of local restaurants and embedded links for making reservations along with other pertinent information. In Bibb County a company's expansion plans are actually a two-fold benefit. First Quality Baby Products had decided they need to look for additional manufacturing square footage, but local officials in the Macon area worked for almost a year to convince the company to expand locally instead of moving. The result is a $200 million expansion investment by the diaper manufacturer over the next eight years that will not only create 150 new jobs but will also save the jobs of the company's existing 222 employees. The construction on the new $35 million building will begin almost immediately. The northern Metro Atlanta area will benefit from JPMorgan Chase & Company's plans to open ten new bank branches across the area. Eight of the ten branches are already under construction. Additionally, the company plans to open another 35 branches through 2012 which will mean 350 new jobs in the next two years. The company is making an effort to have a stronger presence in the Atlanta market that it entered in 2008 when it acquired the failed bank Washington Mutual. The new Wal-Mart Supercenter on the east side of Albany on Clark Avenue will be opening in 2011. This will add some 400 new jobs in Dougherty County. The new retail establishment will also generate about $2.2 million annually in sales tax. An expansion of a Gwinnett County warehouse facility will create 15 to 20 new jobs. Prime Distribution Services, Inc. is a leading provider of warehousing, multi-vendor pool consolidation and transportation management services that handles more than 800 million pounds of freight per year. The company's expanding Norcross location restructures the supply chain for customers by offering consolidation alternatives versus less-than-truckload shipping. In Whitfield County new jobs are being created directly by the Georgia Department of Labor. The state agency will open an office of Disability Adjudication Services in Dalton at 500 Walnut Avenue employing up to 45 people including supervisors, hearing officers, adjudicators and their associates, help-desk specialists, program associates and assistants. The funding for these positions has been provided by the federal government. In the month of October the Wachovia Bank branches and the company's tower at Atlantic Station will be rebranded under its corporate parent, Wells Fargo & Company. Unlike most consolidations that produce job losses this merger is creating new jobs. The company plans to add 500 employees in Georgia and 300 of those will be placed in the branch network in an effort to gain a larger market share. 20 Georgia Unemployment Rates by County August 2010 Dade Catoosa Murray Fannin Towns Union Rabun Whitfield Walker Gilmer White Habersham Chattooga Gordon Pickens Lumpkin Stephens Floyd Dawson Banks Franklin Hart Bartow Cherokee Forsyth Hall 14.0% or greater 12.0% to 13.9% 10.3% to 11.9% Jackson Madison Elbert Polk Haralson Paulding Cobb Barrow Gwinnett DeKalb Walton Douglas Fulton Rockdale Clarke Oconee Oglethorpe Wilkes Lincoln Carroll Clayton Newton Morgan Greene Taliaferro Columbia Heard Fayette Henry Coweta Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam McDuffie Warren Hancock Glascock Richmond Less than 10.3% Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Jones Baldwin Jefferson Washington Burke Upson Harris Talbot Muscogee Bibb Crawford Taylor Peach Wilkinson Twiggs Johnson Jenkins Emanuel Screven Marion Chattahoochee Macon Schley Stewart Webster Sumter Quit- man Terrell Lee Randolph Houston Bleckley Laurens Treutlen Candler Bulloch Effingham Dooly Crisp Pulaski Wilcox Dodge Montgomery Wheeler Toombs Evans Telfair Tattnall Bryan Chatham Turner Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling Liberty Long Clay Calhoun Dougherty Early Baker Miller Mitchell Worth Irwin Tift Coffee Colquitt Berrien Atkinson Cook Seminole Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Lanier Clinch Lowndes Echols Bacon Wayne Pierce Ware Brantley McIntosh Glynn Charlton Camden Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 10.3% (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 21 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County County August Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County August Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks Georgia 70,264 ...... $261 ...... 15.5 Appling 178 ...... $233 ..... 14.6 Atkinson 101 ...... $178 ..... 12.1 Bacon 97 ...... $232 ..... 12.5 Baker 21 ...... $208 ..... 16.4 Baldwin 278 ...... $190 ..... 18.1 Banks 121 ...... $235 ..... 15.5 Barrow 522 ...... $244 ..... 18.1 Bartow 930 ...... $236 ..... 15.7 Ben Hill 221 ...... $180 ..... 13.5 Berrien 149 ...... $199 ..... 11.5 Bibb 1,006 ...... $189 ..... 17.2 Bleckley 122 ...... $230 ..... 13.9 Brantley 127 ...... $243 ..... 15.6 Brooks 114 ...... $198 ..... 13.7 Bryan 148 ...... $240 ..... 14.5 Bulloch 347 ...... $210 ..... 13.5 Burke 199 ...... $203 ..... 13.6 Butts 162 ...... $218 ..... 16.9 Calhoun 26 ...... $220 ..... 16.0 Camden 248 ...... $231 ..... 16.4 Candler 65 ...... $220 ..... 12.0 Carroll 780 ...... $235 ..... 14.9 Catoosa 254 ...... $238 ..... 13.0 Charlton 92 ...... $237 ..... 12.5 Chatham 1,836 ...... $219 ..... 15.7 Chattahoochee 16 ...... $187 ..... 17.0 Chattooga 111 ...... $240 ..... 16.7 Cherokee 1,176 ...... $262 ..... 18.2 Clarke 655 ...... $200 ..... 16.3 Clay 28 ...... $187 ..... 13.3 Clayton 2,288 ...... $232 ..... 17.8 Clinch 65 ...... $163 ....... 7.3 Cobb 3,963 ...... $255 ..... 18.2 Coffee 572 ...... $209 ..... 15.3 Colquitt 318 ...... $206 ..... 14.9 Columbia 459 ...... $241 ..... 15.3 Cook 116 ...... $212 ..... 14.0 Coweta 734 ...... $245 ..... 17.8 Crawford 82 ...... $215 ..... 16.0 Crisp 244 ...... $206 ..... 16.3 Dade 51 ...... $203 ..... 13.8 Dawson 136 ...... $245 ..... 18.5 Decatur 221 ...... $199 ..... 16.6 DeKalb 4,988 ...... $236 ..... 18.2 Dodge 233 ...... $200 ..... 15.3 Dooly 133 ...... $224 ..... 12.9 Dougherty 755 ...... $195 ..... 18.1 Douglas 873 ...... $250 ..... 18.0 Early 60 ...... $185 ..... 17.1 Echols 15 ...... $215 ..... 14.1 Effingham 303 ...... $255 ..... 13.7 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 231 ...... $204 ..... 12.9 340 ...... $192 ..... 12.8 42 ...... $230 ..... 14.4 152 ...... $218 ..... 14.5 384 ...... $265 ..... 19.0 1,283 ...... $230 ..... 14.6 618 ...... $270 ..... 19.0 226 ...... $230 ..... 13.4 6,009 ...... $235 ..... 18.2 258 ...... $237 ..... 13.7 22 ...... $192 ..... 13.1 505 ...... $214 ..... 16.3 841 ...... $243 ..... 12.6 164 ...... $197 ..... 14.0 204 ...... $200 ..... 14.7 4,154 ...... $258 ..... 18.5 327 ...... $224 ..... 15.1 965 ...... $238 ..... 15.8 146 ...... $181 ..... 16.7 213 ...... $230 ..... 14.1 157 ...... $239 ..... 13.5 238 ...... $205 ..... 12.7 76 ...... $224 ..... 15.3 1,256 ...... $244 ..... 17.7 592 ...... $213 ..... 15.6 81 ...... $211 ..... 14.4 383 ...... $234 ..... 17.9 164 ...... $220 ..... 16.0 260 ...... $212 ..... 11.9 220 ...... $180 ..... 15.6 56 ...... $184 ..... 17.0 87 ...... $209 ..... 14.6 131 ...... $234 ..... 16.5 163 ...... $202 ..... 17.3 63 ...... $194 ..... 12.5 540 ...... $211 ..... 13.5 187 ...... $241 ..... 16.3 229 ...... $197 ..... 16.6 85 ...... $217 ..... 13.0 51 ...... $213 ..... 15.5 883 ...... $191 ..... 14.8 169 ...... $218 ..... 17.2 133 ...... $183 ..... 13.6 243 ...... $235 ..... 15.8 66 ...... $228 ..... 15.9 278 ...... $196 ..... 14.1 81 ...... $211 ..... 16.3 234 ...... $226 ..... 13.5 31 ...... $206 ..... 16.2 187 ...... $191 ..... 16.0 187 ...... $245 ..... 16.9 86 ...... $220 ..... 12.1 149 ...... $218 ..... 16.9 744 ...... $240 ....... 8.9 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. 22 County August Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks 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 1,104 ...... $212 ..... 13.9 818 ...... $234 ..... 17.4 117 ...... $242 ..... 17.8 95 ...... $215 ..... 16.9 824 ...... $255 ..... 17.9 197 ...... $198 ..... 14.7 214 ...... $240 ..... 16.7 158 ...... $212 ..... 14.7 147 ...... $237 ..... 15.5 411 ...... $227 ..... 13.3 65 ...... $252 ..... 14.1 422 ...... $183 ..... 14.7 4 ...... $205 ..... 16.4 77 ...... $228 ..... 15.9 31 ...... $201 ..... 12.5 1,337 ...... $199 ..... 15.0 598 ...... $241 ..... 17.3 36 ...... $196 ..... 16.6 125 ...... $205 ..... 15.9 39 ...... $213 ..... 16.4 761 ...... $204 ..... 16.8 252 ...... $229 ..... 13.2 33 ...... $221 ..... 14.6 229 ...... $180 ..... 16.5 40 ...... $227 ..... 10.3 24 ...... $252 ..... 15.8 82 ...... $222 ..... 14.6 75 ...... $211 ..... 15.0 408 ...... $189 ..... 12.2 54 ...... $199 ..... 20.0 267 ...... $197 ..... 14.5 318 ...... $206 ..... 14.8 248 ...... $220 ..... 12.9 54 ...... $205 ..... 16.1 68 ...... $229 ..... 13.0 594 ...... $223 ..... 14.1 98 ...... $209 ..... 15.2 89 ...... $232 ..... 15.7 189 ...... $214 ..... 16.1 179 ...... $210 ..... 15.0 400 ...... $220 ..... 11.4 567 ...... $242 ..... 17.3 321 ...... $195 ..... 13.7 136 ...... $149 ..... 12.8 204 ...... $179 ..... 17.3 273 ...... $217 ..... 15.5 18 ...... $231 ..... 17.2 95 ...... $200 ..... 12.5 179 ...... $216 ..... 15.6 2,020 ...... $229 ....... 9.3 73 ...... $222 ..... 14.4 143 ...... $188 ..... 13.0 70 ...... $229 ..... 18.2 168 ...... $220 ..... 16.4 Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Information & Analysis 148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E. 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