April 2012 Data April 2012 Employment Situation Georgia gained 31,900 jobs in April, as employment grew by 0.8 percent over the month. The over-the-month employment gain occurred as sectors including Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, Leisure and Hospitality, Professional and Business Services, Construction, Educational and Health Services, Financial Activities, and Other Services added workers. The three industries that lost jobs in April were Government, Manufacturing, and Information. Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment grew by 9,200 in April, largely driven by increases in Retail Trade. Employment in Leisure and Hospitality increased for the third month in a row as 9,200 jobs were added this month. Professional and Business Services also saw its third month of job growth, adding 5,900 jobs over the month. After three months of losses, Construction employment increased in April, with 3,400 jobs added. Led by gains in Health Care and Social Assistance, employment in Educational and Health Services grew by 2,700 from March to April. With 2,600 jobs added in April, the Financial Activities sector added workers for the first time since November 2011. Over half of the 2,100 jobs gained in April in Other Services were from the Personal and Laundry Services sector. Government employment decreased by 2,700 in April, with jobs added in Federal Government unable to offset the losses in both State and Local Government. The Manufacturing sector lost 300 jobs over the month, with negative growth in NonDurable Goods outweighing gains in Durable Goods. Information employment was down 200 in April after being down 1,400 in March. Over the year, Professional and Business Services, Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, and Educational and Health Services added nearly 40,000 jobs. Manufacturing also saw employment gains. However, Construction, Information, Leisure and Hospitality, Other Services, Financial Activities, and Government saw over-the-year job losses. Georgia's unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) decreased for the ninth month in a row, falling from 9.0 percent in March to 8.9 percent in April. The unemployment rate dropped 0.9 percentage points over the year, from 9.8 percent in April 2011. Volume XXXVIII, Number 4 Georgia Employment (In Millions) 3.904 3.911 3.888 3.863 3.890 3.878 3.904 3.922 3.916 3.865 3.881 3.894 3.926 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr 2011 2012 Georgia Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted) 9.8% 9.8% 10.0% 9.9% 9.9% 9.8% 9.7% 9.5% 9.4% 9.2% 9.1% 9.0% 8.9% Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr 2011 2012 Workforce Statistics & Economic Research Mark Butler, Commissioner For more information, contact Corey Smith or Jonathan Roche at (404) 232-3875 corey.smith@dol.state.ga.us jonathan.roche@dol.state.ga.us Equal Opportunity Employer/ProgramAuxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities GEORGIA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Change in Jobs Change in Jobs Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 from MAR 2012 Net % from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm 3,926.0 3,894.1 3,904.4 31.9 0.8 21.6 0.6 Total Private 3,252.9 3,218.3 3,230.4 34.6 1.1 22.5 0.7 Goods Producing 501.5 498.4 507.9 3.1 0.6 -6.4 -1.3 Service-Providing 3,424.5 3,395.7 3,396.5 28.8 0.9 28.0 0.8 Private Service-Providing 2,751.4 2,719.9 2,722.5 31.5 1.2 28.9 1.1 Mining and Logging 8.8 8.8 9.1 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -3.3 Construction 140.0 136.6 148.1 3.4 2.5 -8.1 -5.5 Construction of Buildings 31.6 31.0 31.4 0.6 1.9 0.2 0.6 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 20.0 19.3 21.9 0.7 3.6 -1.9 -8.7 Specialty Trade Contractors 88.4 86.3 94.8 2.1 2.4 -6.4 -6.8 Manufacturing 352.7 353.0 350.7 -0.3 -0.1 2.0 0.6 Durable Goods 166.7 165.8 161.3 0.9 0.5 5.4 3.4 Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg 22.3 22.2 21.6 0.1 0.5 0.7 3.2 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 43.3 43.0 40.8 0.3 0.7 2.5 6.1 Non-Durable Goods 186.0 187.2 189.4 -1.2 -0.6 -3.4 -1.8 Food Manufacturing 60.8 61.3 61.6 -0.5 -0.8 -0.8 -1.3 Textile Mills 18.8 19.0 19.3 -0.2 -1.1 -0.5 -2.6 Textile Product Mills 28.3 28.4 28.6 -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -1.1 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 832.4 823.2 819.3 9.2 1.1 13.1 1.6 Wholesale Trade 198.0 196.6 197.3 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 96.7 96.8 96.8 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 59.3 57.6 58.2 1.7 3.0 1.1 1.9 Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 42.0 42.2 42.3 -0.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.7 Retail Trade 451.4 444.0 439.5 7.4 1.7 11.9 2.7 Food and Beverage Stores 83.9 82.8 81.3 1.1 1.3 2.6 3.2 General Merchandise Stores 103.1 102.6 101.6 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 Miscellaneous Store Retailers 20.6 20.0 19.9 0.6 3.0 0.7 3.5 Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 183.0 182.6 182.5 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 Utilities 20.1 20.0 20.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 Transportation and Warehousing 162.9 162.6 162.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 Air Transportation 40.8 40.4 40.3 0.4 1.0 0.5 1.2 Truck Transportation 43.3 42.9 43.5 0.4 0.9 -0.2 -0.5 Couriers and Messengers 18.3 18.5 18.2 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 0.6 Warehousing and Storage 27.4 27.4 26.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.6 Information 95.2 95.4 98.6 -0.2 -0.2 -3.4 -3.5 Telecommunications 45.3 45.2 46.1 0.1 0.2 -0.8 -1.7 Wired Telecommunications Carriers 28.3 28.3 29.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -2.4 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 11.2 11.2 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.7 Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP 5.9 5.6 6.6 0.3 5.4 -0.7 -10.6 Financial Activities 208.0 205.4 209.4 2.6 1.3 -1.4 -0.7 Finance and Insurance 155.3 153.3 153.5 2.0 1.3 1.8 1.2 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 67.7 65.8 64.0 1.9 2.9 3.7 5.8 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 52.7 52.1 55.9 0.6 1.2 -3.2 -5.7 Professional and Business Services 570.1 564.2 549.3 5.9 1.1 20.8 3.8 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 237.4 236.8 224.2 0.6 0.3 13.2 5.9 Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services 41.2 41.6 39.4 -0.4 -1.0 1.8 4.6 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 37.7 37.6 35.8 0.1 0.3 1.9 5.3 Computer Systems Design and Related Services 55.6 55.8 50.7 -0.2 -0.4 4.9 9.7 Management and Technical Consulting Services 32.8 32.3 31.0 0.5 1.6 1.8 5.8 Management of Companies and Enterprises 57.9 58.0 56.4 -0.1 -0.2 1.5 2.7 Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 274.8 269.4 268.7 5.4 2.0 6.1 2.3 Employment Services 128.5 126.0 120.8 2.5 2.0 7.7 6.4 Education and Health Services 507.6 504.9 502.1 2.7 0.5 5.5 1.1 Educational Services 98.7 98.7 96.6 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 60.4 61.0 60.5 -0.6 -1.0 -0.1 -0.2 Health Care and Social Assistance 408.9 406.2 405.5 2.7 0.7 3.4 0.8 Ambulatory Health Care Services 157.9 155.0 156.9 2.9 1.9 1.0 0.6 Hospitals 132.1 131.9 130.2 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.5 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 57.4 57.5 56.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.5 0.9 Social Assistance 61.5 61.8 61.5 -0.3 -0.5 0.0 0.0 Leisure and Hospitality 385.7 376.5 388.8 9.2 2.4 -3.1 -0.8 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 40.8 38.6 43.0 2.2 5.7 -2.2 -5.1 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries 29.0 27.4 31.2 1.6 5.8 -2.2 -7.1 Accommodation and Food Services 344.9 337.9 345.8 7.0 2.1 -0.9 -0.3 Accommodation 38.6 37.9 40.8 0.7 1.9 -2.2 -5.4 Food Services and Drinking Places 306.3 300.0 305.0 6.3 2.1 1.3 0.4 Other Services 152.4 150.3 155.0 2.1 1.4 -2.6 -1.7 Repair and Maintenance 32.6 32.1 34.6 0.5 1.6 -2.0 -5.8 Personal and Laundry Services 33.4 32.3 34.0 1.1 3.4 -0.6 -1.8 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar 86.4 85.9 86.4 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 Government 673.1 675.8 674.0 -2.7 -0.4 -0.9 -0.1 Federal Government 103.8 103.2 105.2 0.6 0.6 -1.4 -1.3 Department of Defense 42.6 42.5 43.1 0.1 0.2 -0.5 -1.2 State Government 153.2 154.7 157.1 -1.5 -1.0 -3.9 -2.5 State Government Educational Services 79.0 79.2 80.5 -0.2 -0.3 -1.5 -1.9 Local Government 416.1 417.9 411.7 -1.8 -0.4 4.4 1.1 Local Government Educational Services 251.3 252.4 255.5 -1.1 -0.4 -4.2 -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 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 2011 benchmark. 2Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research ATLANTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 Revised APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 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, Nondurable 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 and Rental and Leasing Professional and Business Services Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services 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 Education 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 2,331.1 2,013.9 235.5 2,095.6 1,778.4 1.3 86.3 16.6 58.1 147.9 75.9 14.8 72.0 23.9 537.9 148.6 74.9 39.9 33.8 261.7 51.2 55.0 12.8 127.6 11.0 116.6 40.3 27.5 14.4 78.3 37.1 23.8 9.6 5.5 136.2 99.1 44.3 37.1 415.6 185.7 28.5 27.2 48.4 28.3 43.7 186.2 90.1 295.1 71.4 223.7 88.0 71.7 37.7 221.8 26.8 195.0 21.3 173.7 93.5 19.2 23.5 317.2 46.2 64.6 206.4 2,316.3 1,998.4 236.8 2,079.5 1,761.6 1.3 86.4 16.6 58.0 149.1 75.9 14.8 73.2 24.3 531.3 148.2 75.2 39.1 33.9 256.3 50.3 54.8 12.7 126.8 11.0 115.8 39.9 27.2 14.5 78.9 37.2 23.8 9.6 5.3 134.2 97.5 43.0 36.7 412.1 186.1 28.5 27.4 48.8 28.1 44.0 182.0 88.2 294.2 71.4 222.8 86.2 71.8 38.3 218.8 25.4 193.4 21.2 172.2 92.1 18.9 22.7 317.9 46.3 64.9 206.7 2,312.6 1,993.0 238.8 2,073.8 1,754.2 1.3 91.7 18.7 59.6 145.8 73.2 14.7 72.6 24.2 520.1 145.1 72.3 38.9 33.9 248.8 48.6 54.0 13.1 126.2 11.0 115.2 39.7 26.6 14.3 80.0 37.8 24.6 9.3 6.1 142.3 101.9 43.6 40.4 401.0 175.4 27.2 25.6 43.8 27.1 42.0 183.6 82.1 288.6 66.9 221.7 87.8 70.2 38.7 227.9 27.2 200.7 22.8 177.9 94.3 19.8 23.2 319.6 48.0 64.4 207.2 14.8 0.6 15.5 0.8 -1.3 -0.6 16.1 0.8 16.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 -1.2 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -1.6 -0.4 -1.7 6.6 1.2 0.4 0.3 -0.3 -0.4 0.8 2.1 -0.1 -0.3 5.4 2.1 0.9 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.8 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.8 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 3.0 0.4 1.1 3.5 0.9 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 -0.4 -0.8 0.2 0.7 -0.3 -0.7 4.2 2.3 1.9 2.2 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.4 1.8 2.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -1.6 3.0 1.4 1.4 5.5 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.5 1.5 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.3 1.6 0.8 3.5 -0.7 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 18.5 0.8 20.9 1.1 -3.3 -1.4 21.8 1.1 24.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 -5.4 -5.9 -2.1 -11.2 -1.5 -2.5 2.1 1.4 2.7 3.7 0.1 0.7 -0.6 -0.8 -0.3 -1.2 17.8 3.4 3.5 2.4 2.6 3.6 1.0 2.6 -0.1 -0.3 12.9 5.2 2.6 5.4 1.0 1.9 -0.3 -2.3 1.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.2 0.6 1.5 0.9 3.4 0.1 0.7 -1.7 -2.1 -0.7 -1.9 -0.8 -3.3 0.3 3.2 -0.6 -9.8 -6.1 -4.3 -2.8 -2.8 0.7 1.6 -3.3 -8.2 14.6 3.6 10.3 5.9 1.3 4.8 1.6 6.3 4.6 10.5 1.2 4.4 1.7 4.1 2.6 1.4 8.0 9.7 6.5 2.3 4.5 6.7 2.0 0.9 0.2 0.2 1.5 2.1 -1.0 -2.6 -6.1 -2.7 -0.4 -1.5 -5.7 -2.8 -1.5 -6.6 -4.2 -2.4 -0.8 -0.9 -0.6 -3.0 0.3 1.3 -2.4 -0.8 -1.8 -3.8 0.2 0.3 -0.8 -0.4 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 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 3 ALBANY MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private 59.2 58.9 60.8 45.7 45.4 46.9 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7 -1.6 -2.6 -1.2 -2.6 Goods Producing 6.6 6.6 6.7 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.5 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 52.6 52.3 54.1 39.1 38.8 40.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.8 -1.5 -2.8 -1.1 -2.7 Manufacturing 4.1 4.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.4 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade 12.4 12.4 12.6 8.0 7.9 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 -0.2 -1.6 0.2 2.6 Government 13.5 13.5 13.9 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -2.9 Federal Government State Government 3.3 3.3 3.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -3.3 Local Government 7.3 7.3 7.5 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -2.7 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 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 2011 benchmark. ATHENS - CLARKE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm 85.5 84.2 83.7 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.2 Total Private 56.0 54.9 55.2 1.1 2.0 0.8 1.5 Goods Producing 9.1 9.1 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Service-Providing 76.4 75.1 74.6 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.4 Private Service-Providing 46.9 45.8 46.1 1.1 2.4 0.8 1.7 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 12.8 12.7 12.8 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 Retail Trade 9.2 9.1 9.2 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 Professional and Business Services 6.9 6.8 6.9 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 Leisure and Hospitality 7.8 7.6 7.9 0.2 2.6 -0.1 -1.3 Government 29.5 29.3 28.5 0.2 0.7 1.0 3.5 Federal Government 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -7.1 State Government 19.9 19.8 18.9 0.1 0.5 1.0 5.3 Local Government 8.3 8.2 8.2 0.1 1.2 0.1 1.2 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 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 4 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Mining, Logging and Construction Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional and Business Services Education and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 207.2 163.0 29.5 177.7 133.5 10.3 19.2 34.5 4.5 24.0 6.0 2.6 6.9 29.8 29.5 22.0 8.2 44.2 9.0 13.9 21.3 205.9 161.8 29.7 176.2 132.1 10.3 19.4 34.5 4.5 24.0 6.0 2.6 6.8 29.4 29.5 21.2 8.1 44.1 9.0 13.8 21.3 214.2 169.6 30.9 183.3 138.7 10.8 20.1 35.7 4.6 25.2 5.9 2.6 7.1 31.9 29.1 24.2 8.1 44.6 9.0 13.9 21.7 1.3 0.6 1.2 0.7 -0.2 -0.7 1.5 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.5 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.8 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 -7.0 -3.3 -6.6 -3.9 -1.4 -4.5 -5.6 -3.1 -5.2 -3.8 -0.5 -4.6 -0.9 -4.5 -1.2 -3.4 -0.1 -2.2 -1.2 -4.8 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -2.8 -2.1 -6.6 0.4 1.4 -2.2 -9.1 0.1 1.2 -0.4 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.8 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 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 2011 benchmark. BRUNSWICK MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 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 40.1 39.6 40.2 30.1 29.6 30.1 4.3 4.3 4.5 35.8 35.3 35.7 25.8 25.3 25.6 7.5 7.5 7.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 10.0 10.0 10.1 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 6.5 6.5 6.4 0.5 1.3 0.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.4 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -4.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 -0.1 -1.0 -0.2 -10.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 5 COLUMBUS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm 120.3 119.3 118.9 1.0 0.8 1.4 1.2 Total Private Goods Producing 95.6 94.5 94.6 14.9 14.8 15.0 1.1 1.2 0.1 0.7 1.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 Service-Providing 105.4 104.5 103.9 0.9 0.9 1.5 1.4 Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 80.7 79.7 79.6 19.1 18.9 18.1 1.0 1.3 0.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 5.5 Retail Trade 13.5 13.3 13.2 0.2 1.5 0.3 2.3 Information Financial Activities 1.4 1.4 1.4 12.3 12.2 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.8 Finance and Insurance 10.6 10.6 10.7 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.9 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services 4.5 4.4 4.4 13.1 12.9 12.8 0.1 2.3 0.2 1.6 0.1 2.3 0.3 2.3 Leisure and Hospitality 13.8 13.5 13.7 0.3 2.2 0.1 0.7 Government Federal Government 24.7 24.8 24.3 -0.1 -0.4 7.1 7.1 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.7 0.4 6.0 State Government 4.2 4.2 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Local Government 13.4 13.5 13.4 -0.1 -0.7 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 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 2011 benchmark. DALTON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 62.5 62.8 66.8 -0.3 -0.5 55.4 55.5 59.8 -0.1 -0.2 23.1 23.0 24.0 0.1 0.4 -4.3 -6.4 -4.4 -7.4 -0.9 -3.8 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing 39.4 39.8 42.8 -0.4 -1.0 32.3 32.5 35.8 -0.2 -0.6 22.1 22.1 22.9 0.0 0.0 -3.4 -7.9 -3.5 -9.8 -0.8 -3.5 Textile Mills Textile Product Mills Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 2.4 2.4 2.6 14.8 14.7 15.8 16.2 16.1 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.6 -0.2 -7.7 -1.0 -6.3 -0.2 -1.2 Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Professional and Business Services 7.7 7.6 4.3 4.3 7.4 7.4 7.6 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.3 4.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -6.5 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.8 Government Federal Government State Government 7.1 7.3 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.1 7.0 -0.2 -2.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Local Government 5.7 5.9 5.6 -0.2 -3.4 0.1 1.8 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 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 6 GAINESVILLE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm 78.3 77.8 73.4 0.5 0.6 4.9 6.7 Total Private 67.8 67.3 63.2 0.5 0.7 4.6 7.3 Goods Producing 18.3 18.2 18.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.6 Service-Providing 60.0 59.6 55.2 0.4 0.7 4.8 8.7 Private Service-Providing 49.5 49.1 45.0 0.4 0.8 4.5 10.0 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 13.3 13.5 13.8 -0.2 -1.5 -0.5 -3.6 Retail Trade 8.1 8.0 7.7 0.1 1.3 0.4 5.2 Government 10.5 10.5 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.9 Federal Government 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 State Government 2.5 2.5 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 4.2 Local Government 7.5 7.5 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.7 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 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 2011 benchmark. HINESVILLE - FT. STEWART MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm 19.9 19.8 20.3 0.1 0.5 -0.4 -2.0 Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing 11.8 11.7 12.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 17.6 17.5 17.9 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 -0.3 -2.5 -0.1 -4.2 -0.3 -1.7 Private Service-Providing Government Federal Government 9.5 9.4 8.1 8.1 4.4 4.4 9.7 0.1 1.1 -0.2 -2.1 8.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.2 4.5 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.2 State Government Local Government 0.3 0.3 3.4 3.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 7 MACON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 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 Education and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 97.3 96.5 82.5 81.6 9.2 9.1 88.1 87.4 73.3 72.5 18.9 18.8 13.1 12.9 2.9 2.9 8.9 8.8 11.3 11.2 19.8 19.7 8.6 8.4 14.8 14.9 1.2 1.2 4.0 4.0 9.6 9.7 95.9 0.8 0.8 80.8 0.9 1.1 9.6 0.1 1.1 86.3 0.7 0.8 71.2 0.8 1.1 18.9 0.1 0.5 12.8 0.2 1.6 2.9 0.0 0.0 8.5 0.1 1.1 10.7 0.1 0.9 19.5 0.1 0.5 8.8 0.2 2.4 15.1 -0.1 -0.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 -0.1 -1.0 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.1 -0.4 -4.2 1.8 2.1 2.1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.7 0.6 5.6 0.3 1.5 -0.2 -2.3 -0.3 -2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -3.0 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 2011 benchmark. ROME MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade Education and Health Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 37.6 36.9 38.6 31.4 30.7 31.9 6.3 6.2 6.4 31.3 30.7 32.2 25.1 24.5 25.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.3 6.2 6.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 9.9 9.7 9.3 6.2 6.2 6.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.8 1.8 2.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 0.7 1.9 0.7 2.3 0.1 1.6 0.6 2.0 0.6 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -2.6 -0.5 -1.6 -0.1 -1.6 -0.9 -2.8 -0.4 -1.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 6.5 -0.5 -7.5 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -21.7 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 8 SAVANNAH MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Mining, Logging and Construction Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional and Business Services Education and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government 150.9 127.9 20.1 130.8 107.8 5.7 14.4 32.4 5.6 17.0 9.8 1.5 5.0 17.6 24.1 20.4 6.8 23.0 3.2 5.3 14.5 150.5 127.1 20.0 130.5 107.1 5.6 14.4 32.3 5.7 16.7 9.9 1.5 5.0 17.5 24.0 20.0 6.8 23.4 3.2 5.4 14.8 153.6 130.7 20.2 133.4 110.5 6.0 14.2 33.5 5.7 17.9 9.9 1.5 5.2 17.6 24.5 21.2 7.0 22.9 3.2 5.3 14.4 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 -0.1 -1.8 0.3 1.8 -0.1 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.7 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.9 -0.3 -2.0 -2.7 -1.8 -2.8 -2.1 -0.1 -0.5 -2.6 -2.0 -2.7 -2.4 -0.3 -5.0 0.2 1.4 -1.1 -3.3 -0.1 -1.8 -0.9 -5.0 -0.1 -1.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -3.9 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.6 -0.8 -3.8 -0.2 -2.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 2011 benchmark. VALDOSTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 Net % Total Nonfarm 53.1 53.0 52.1 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.9 Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing 40.6 40.4 39.4 6.0 6.0 6.2 47.1 47.0 45.9 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.2 3.1 -0.2 -3.2 1.2 2.6 Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade 34.6 34.4 33.2 10.8 10.8 10.5 7.7 7.6 7.5 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.4 4.2 0.3 2.9 0.2 2.7 Government Federal Government State Government 12.5 12.6 1.2 1.2 3.5 3.5 12.7 -0.1 -0.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -5.4 Local Government 7.8 7.9 7.8 -0.1 -1.3 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 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 9 WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised APR 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2011 Change in Jobs from MAR 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from APR 2011 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 59.3 59.4 33.6 33.7 6.0 6.0 53.3 53.4 27.6 27.7 8.0 8.0 6.5 6.4 25.7 25.7 16.6 16.6 1.0 1.0 8.1 8.1 59.2 -0.1 -0.2 33.5 -0.1 -0.3 6.2 0.0 0.0 53.0 -0.1 -0.2 27.3 -0.1 -0.4 7.9 0.0 0.0 6.3 0.1 1.6 25.7 0.0 0.0 16.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.2 -3.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.1 1.3 0.2 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 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 2011 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 10 Georgia Statewide Hours and Earnings All Employee Average Weekly Earnings Preliminary APR 2012 Revised MAR 2012 Revised APR 2011 Total Private ........................................................................................... $767.29 ........................ $750.64 ................... $757.50 Goods Producing .............................................................................. $882.13 ........................ $863.28 ................... $839.61 Private Service Providing ................................................................... $747.05 ........................ $729.53 ................... $741.57 Construction .................................................................................... $870.62 ........................ $852.78 ................... $840.63 Manufacturing .................................................................................. $873.35 ........................ $869.67 ................... $815.19 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ................................................ $709.27 ........................ $697.12 ................... $697.54 Financial Activities ........................................................................... $991.13 ........................ $920.55 ................... $864.86 Professional and Business Services ............................................. $970.08 ........................ $947.13 ................... $942.88 Educational and Health Services .................................................... $776.59 ........................ $766.39 ................... $787.75 Leisure and Hospitality ................................................................... $325.58 ........................ $325.05 ................... $329.94 Other Services ................................................................................. $553.21 ........................ $549.47 ................... $596.15 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary APR 2012 Revised MAR 2012 Revised APR 2011 Total Private .................................................................................................. 35.1 .............................. 34.8 ......................... 34.7 Goods Producing .....................................................................................39.7 .............................. 39.6 ......................... 39.4 Private Service Providing .......................................................................... 34.3 .............................. 33.9 ......................... 33.8 Construction ...........................................................................................39.9 .............................. 38.5 ......................... 39.3 Manufacturing ......................................................................................... 39.5 .............................. 40.3 ......................... 39.4 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .......................................................34.7 .............................. 34.7 ......................... 34.6 Financial Activities ..................................................................................37.5 .............................. 36.1 ......................... 35.1 Professional and Business Services ....................................................37.6 .............................. 36.4 ......................... 35.5 Educational and Health Services ........................................................... 34.7 .............................. 34.6 ......................... 35.5 Leisure and Hospitality .......................................................................... 26.6 .............................. 26.6 ......................... 27.0 Other Services ........................................................................................30.7 .............................. 30.8 ......................... 32.9 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary APR 2012 Revised MAR 2012 Revised APR 2011 Total Private ............................................................................................. $21.86 .......................... $21.57 ..................... $21.83 Goods Producing ................................................................................ $22.22 .......................... $21.80 ..................... $21.31 Private Service Providing ..................................................................... $21.78 .......................... $21.52 ..................... $21.94 Construction ...................................................................................... $21.82 .......................... $22.15 ..................... $21.39 Manufacturing ..................................................................................... $22.11 .......................... $21.58 ..................... $20.69 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .................................................. $20.44 .......................... $20.09 ..................... $20.16 Financial Activities ............................................................................. $26.43 .......................... $25.50 ..................... $24.64 Professional and Business Services ............................................... $25.80 .......................... $26.02 ..................... $26.56 Educational and Health Services ...................................................... $22.38 .......................... $22.15 ..................... $22.19 Leisure and Hospitality ..................................................................... $12.24 .......................... $12.22 ..................... $12.22 Other Services ................................................................................... $18.02 .......................... $17.84 ..................... $18.12 Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research Georgia Department of Labor, Mark Butler, Commissioner 11 Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available Upon Request to Individuals With Disabilities Georgia MSA Hours and Earnings All Employee Total Private Average Weekly Earnings Preliminary APR 2012 Revised MAR 2012 Revised APR 2011 Albany MSA ............................................................................................ $563.25 ........................ $563.33 ................... $568.84 Athens-Clarke County MSA ................................................................... $612.56 ........................ $632.90 ................... $648.78 Atlanta MSA ............................................................................................ $858.55 ........................ $836.55 ................... $850.51 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ........................................................... $776.36 ........................ $765.93 ................... $744.81 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................... $465.43 ........................ $447.88 ................... $472.42 Columbus MSA ..................................................................................... $682.15 ........................ $648.54 ................... $586.72 Dalton MSA ............................................................................................ $600.10 ........................ $585.48 ................... $567.15 Gainesville MSA .................................................................................... $767.51 ........................ $747.42 ................... $793.52 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................. $677.93 ........................ $657.65 ................... $520.04 Macon MSA ............................................................................................ $719.14 ........................ $739.81 ................... $762.39 Rome MSA ............................................................................................ $663.42 ........................ $680.92 ................... $626.53 Savannah MSA ...................................................................................... $676.90 ........................ $670.17 ................... $656.89 Valdosta MSA ......................................................................................... $587.90 ........................ $578.97 ................... $535.08 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................. $562.02 ........................ $560.12 ................... $613.68 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary APR 2012 Revised MAR 2012 Revised APR 2011 Albany MSA ................................................................................................... 32.9 .............................. 32.6 ......................... 33.9 Athens-Clarke County MSA .......................................................................... 31.0 .............................. 31.9 ......................... 32.8 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................... 35.1 .............................. 34.9 ......................... 34.9 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. 36.5 .............................. 36.3 ......................... 36.6 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. 30.6 .............................. 29.7 ......................... 29.6 Columbus MSA ............................................................................................35.0 .............................. 34.7 ......................... 33.7 Dalton MSA ................................................................................................... 35.3 .............................. 34.0 ......................... 33.9 Gainesville MSA ...........................................................................................35.5 .............................. 36.3 ......................... 36.3 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .........................................................................37.6 .............................. 35.0 ......................... 33.4 Macon MSA ................................................................................................... 37.3 .............................. 37.9 ......................... 38.7 Rome MSA ................................................................................................... 33.9 .............................. 35.8 ......................... 32.7 Savannah MSA ............................................................................................. 33.1 .............................. 32.9 ......................... 32.6 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................ 34.3 .............................. 33.7 ......................... 31.2 Warner Robins MSA .....................................................................................34.0 .............................. 33.5 ......................... 35.7 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary APR 2012 Revised MAR 2012 Revised APR 2011 Albany MSA .............................................................................................. $17.12 .......................... $17.28 ..................... $16.78 Athens-Clarke County MSA ..................................................................... $19.76 .......................... $19.84 ..................... $19.78 Atlanta MSA .............................................................................................. $24.46 .......................... $23.97 ..................... $24.37 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ............................................................. $21.27 .......................... $21.10 ..................... $20.35 Brunswick MSA ........................................................................................ $15.21 .......................... $15.08 ..................... $15.96 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................... $19.49 .......................... $18.69 ..................... $17.41 Dalton MSA .............................................................................................. $17.00 .......................... $17.22 ..................... $16.73 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................... $21.62 .......................... $20.59 ..................... $21.86 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................... $18.03 .......................... $18.79 ..................... $15.57 Macon MSA .............................................................................................. $19.28 .......................... $19.52 ..................... $19.70 Rome MSA .............................................................................................. $19.57 .......................... $19.02 ..................... $19.16 Savannah MSA ........................................................................................ $20.45 .......................... $20.37 ..................... $20.15 Valdosta MSA ........................................................................................... $17.14 .......................... $17.18 ..................... $17.15 Warner Robins MSA ................................................................................ $16.53 .......................... $16.72 ..................... $17.19 Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 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% Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr 2011 2012 WA 8.1 OR 8.5 ID 7.7 NV 11.7 UT CA 6.0 10.9 AZ 8.2 AK 6.9 State unemployment rates April 2012 National Unemployment Rate: 8.1% Rates are seasonally adjusted MT 6.1 WY 5.3 CO 7.9 NM 6.9 HI 6.3 ND 3.0 SD 4.3 NE 3.9 KS 6.1 MN 5.6 WI 6.7 IA 5.1 IL 8.7 MO 7.3 OK 5.0 TX 6.9 AR 7.2 MS 8.7 LA 7.1 NH 5.0 ME VT 7.2 4.6 MI 8.3 OH IN 7.4 7.9 KY 8.3 TN 7.8 PA 7.4 WV 6.7 VA 5.6 NC 9.4 SC 8.8 AL GA 7.2 8.9 FL 8.7 MA 6.3 NY 8.5 RI 11.2 CT NJ 7.7 9.1 DE 6.8 DC 9.5 MD 6.7 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% 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 APR 2012 4,754,081 4,330,586 423,495 8.9 4,712,622 4,301,160 411,462 8.7 72,077 65,243 6,834 9.5 109,537 102,445 7,092 6.5 2,690,694 2,461,795 228,899 8.5 253,762 232,481 21,281 8.4 50,184 45,299 4,885 9.7 131,004 120,034 10,970 8.4 58,601 51,941 6,660 11.4 92,580 86,172 6,408 6.9 MAR 2012 4,758,307 4,332,419 425,888 9.0 4,758,922 4,338,147 420,775 8.8 73,077 66,087 6,990 9.6 110,015 102,623 7,392 6.7 2,711,960 2,477,357 234,603 8.7 255,726 233,912 21,814 8.5 50,509 45,522 4,987 9.9 131,822 120,469 11,353 8.6 59,886 52,919 6,967 11.6 93,765 86,998 6,767 7.2 APR 2011 4,719,178 4,257,414 461,764 9.8 4,701,758 4,261,001 440,757 9.4 73,423 66,188 7,235 9.9 107,604 100,254 7,350 6.8 2,672,679 2,424,216 248,463 9.3 261,067 239,005 22,062 8.5 50,025 44,926 5,099 10.2 129,576 118,017 11,559 8.9 61,988 54,954 7,034 11.3 88,657 81,739 6,918 7.8 Change From MAR 2012 APR 2011 -4,226 -1,833 -2,393 34,903 73,172 -38,269 -46,300 -36,987 -9,313 10,864 40,159 -29,295 -1,000 -844 -156 -1,346 -945 -401 -478 -178 -300 1,933 2,191 -258 -21,266 -15,562 -5,704 18,015 37,579 -19,564 -1,964 -1,431 -533 -7,305 -6,524 -781 -325 -223 -102 159 373 -214 -818 -435 -383 1,428 2,017 -589 -1,285 -978 -307 -3,387 -3,013 -374 -1,185 -826 -359 3,923 4,433 -510 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 Statistics & Economic Research 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 APR 2012 33,081 30,235 2,846 8.6 112,456 102,139 10,317 9.2 47,069 42,319 4,750 10.1 174,758 160,073 14,685 8.4 66,244 60,853 5,391 8.1 70,513 65,431 5,082 7.2 MAR 2012 33,446 30,564 2,882 8.6 113,629 102,966 10,663 9.4 47,244 42,373 4,871 10.3 176,238 161,584 14,654 8.3 67,464 61,841 5,623 8.3 71,341 66,183 5,158 7.2 APR 2011 33,434 30,633 2,801 8.4 110,918 100,141 10,777 9.7 47,954 43,078 4,876 10.2 176,115 161,409 14,706 8.4 65,142 59,556 5,586 8.6 70,129 64,992 5,137 7.3 Change From MAR 2012 APR 2011 -365 -329 -36 -353 -398 45 -1,173 -827 -346 1,538 1,998 -460 -175 -54 -121 -885 -759 -126 -1,480 -1,511 31 -1,357 -1,336 -21 -1,220 -988 -232 1,102 1,297 -195 -828 384 -752 439 -76 -55 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 APR 2012 154,365,000 141,865,000 12,500,000 8.1 MAR 2012 154,707,000 142,034,000 12,673,000 8.2 APR 2011 153,420,000 139,628,000 13,792,000 9.0 Change From MAR 2012 APR 2011 -342,000 -169,000 -173,000 945,000 2,237,000 -1,292,000 United States (Not Seasonally adjusted) Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 153,905,000 141,995,000 11,910,000 7.7 154,316,000 141,412,000 12,904,000 8.4 152,898,000 139,661,000 13,237,000 8.7 -411,000 583,000 -994,000 1,007,000 2,334,000 -1,327,000 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 Statistics & Economic Research 15 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Georgia Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older April 2012 March 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,712,622 4,301,160 411,462 8.7 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,758,922 4,338,147 420,775 8.8 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 9,492 2,962 4,364 1,480 17,573 8,522 2,608 3,951 1,362 15,508 970 10.2 354 12.0 413 9.5 118 8.0 2,065 11.8 9,612 3,106 4,545 1,507 17,865 8,716 2,696 4,124 1,379 15,687 896 9.3 410 13.2 421 9.3 128 8.5 2,178 12.2 Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 10,328 34,487 48,762 6,543 7,660 9,676 31,658 44,441 5,694 6,888 652 6.3 2,829 8.2 4,321 8.9 849 13.0 772 10.1 10,323 34,847 49,263 6,734 7,862 9,642 31,859 44,722 5,879 7,056 681 6.6 2,988 8.6 4,541 9.2 855 12.7 806 10.3 Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 73,710 5,139 7,708 7,556 15,404 66,557 4,540 6,861 6,904 14,206 7,153 9.7 599 11.7 847 11.0 652 8.6 1,198 7.8 74,301 5,319 7,689 7,668 15,559 67,096 4,648 6,895 7,016 14,340 7,205 9.7 671 12.6 794 10.3 652 8.5 1,219 7.8 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 31,938 9,566 10,018 2,197 20,418 28,853 8,453 9,052 1,975 18,620 3,085 9.7 1,113 11.6 966 9.6 222 10.1 1,798 8.8 31,936 9,585 10,150 2,260 20,666 28,714 8,529 9,109 2,037 18,828 3,222 10.1 1,056 11.0 1,041 10.3 223 9.9 1,838 8.9 Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 4,409 3,982 427 9.7 52,142 47,257 4,885 9.4 34,406 32,104 2,302 6.7 4,402 3,952 450 10.2 132,262 120,831 11,431 8.6 4,347 3,924 423 9.7 52,716 47,555 5,161 9.8 34,278 32,276 2,002 5.8 4,488 4,030 458 10.2 133,252 121,971 11,281 8.5 Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay 2,070 10,258 112,711 66,313 1,382 1,737 9,221 104,742 61,874 1,257 333 16.1 1,037 10.1 7,969 7.1 4,439 6.7 125 9.0 2,076 10,383 113,603 66,614 1,434 1,748 9,349 105,404 61,982 1,302 328 15.8 1,034 10.0 8,199 7.2 4,632 7.0 132 9.2 Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 129,164 115,595 13,569 10.5 2,734 2,465 269 9.8 372,939 343,079 29,860 8.0 15,049 13,160 1,889 12.6 19,455 17,733 1,722 8.9 130,257 116,325 13,932 10.7 2,750 2,491 259 9.4 375,374 345,248 30,126 8.0 15,547 13,604 1,943 12.5 20,157 18,405 1,752 8.7 Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 62,979 6,305 62,877 6,118 8,755 58,728 5,627 57,939 5,588 7,725 4,251 6.7 678 10.8 4,938 7.9 530 8.7 1,030 11.8 63,544 6,481 63,263 6,227 8,955 59,255 5,775 58,305 5,633 7,903 4,289 6.7 706 10.9 4,958 7.8 594 9.5 1,052 11.7 16 April 2011 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,701,758 4,261,001 440,757 9.4 9,158 2,956 4,362 1,509 18,104 8,227 2,552 3,942 1,381 15,643 931 10.2 404 13.7 420 9.6 128 8.5 2,461 13.6 10,175 34,323 48,403 6,730 7,781 9,469 31,175 43,763 5,898 6,872 706 6.9 3,148 9.2 4,640 9.6 832 12.4 909 11.7 72,598 5,088 7,634 7,355 15,596 65,255 4,422 6,805 6,757 14,325 7,343 10.1 666 13.1 829 10.9 598 8.1 1,271 8.1 32,081 9,642 10,048 2,188 20,131 29,098 8,660 8,914 1,964 18,303 2,983 9.3 982 10.2 1,134 11.3 224 10.2 1,828 9.1 4,441 52,019 34,296 4,430 133,049 4,012 46,535 31,534 3,944 121,839 429 9.7 5,484 10.5 2,762 8.1 486 11.0 11,210 8.4 2,035 10,326 112,040 65,024 1,388 1,705 9,248 103,143 60,551 1,271 330 16.2 1,078 10.4 8,897 7.9 4,473 6.9 117 8.4 128,794 2,721 370,114 15,035 19,557 113,830 2,437 337,842 12,878 17,668 14,964 11.6 284 10.4 32,272 8.7 2,157 14.3 1,889 9.7 64,384 6,499 62,253 6,033 9,068 60,163 5,673 57,055 5,479 7,933 4,221 6.6 826 12.7 5,198 8.3 554 9.2 1,135 12.5 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older April 2012 March 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,258 7,633 625 7.6 11,291 10,496 795 7.0 10,390 9,187 1,203 11.6 364,926 332,355 32,571 8.9 8,769 7,871 898 10.2 8,202 7,674 528 6.4 11,412 10,562 850 7.4 10,647 9,422 1,225 11.5 367,874 334,456 33,418 9.1 8,938 8,006 932 10.4 Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 4,293 41,521 68,083 5,257 1,982 3,731 37,155 62,084 4,821 1,856 562 13.1 4,366 10.5 5,999 8.8 436 8.3 126 6.4 4,487 42,061 68,553 5,421 2,026 3,895 37,635 62,477 4,963 1,886 592 13.2 4,426 10.5 6,076 8.9 458 8.4 140 6.9 Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin 27,092 8,920 10,071 4,826 10,628 25,036 7,895 9,012 4,411 9,648 2,056 7.6 1,025 11.5 1,059 10.5 415 8.6 980 9.2 27,427 8,991 10,234 4,925 10,606 25,273 7,907 9,155 4,497 9,612 2,154 7.9 1,084 12.1 1,079 10.5 428 8.7 994 9.4 Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 52,924 48,833 4,091 7.7 47,069 42,319 4,750 10.1 91,013 85,024 5,989 6.6 10,105 9,076 1,029 10.2 449,309 407,809 41,500 9.2 53,318 49,141 4,177 7.8 47,244 42,373 4,871 10.3 91,727 85,561 6,166 6.7 10,186 9,179 1,007 9.9 452,531 410,386 42,145 9.3 Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 12,147 1,124 36,704 24,791 11,672 10,912 1,006 33,259 22,248 10,826 1,235 10.2 118 10.5 3,445 9.4 2,543 10.3 846 7.2 12,335 1,140 37,025 25,224 12,070 11,082 1,023 33,423 22,648 11,215 1,253 10.2 117 10.3 3,602 9.7 2,576 10.2 855 7.1 Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock 6,904 6,274 630 9.1 428,880 396,232 32,648 7.6 19,612 17,995 1,617 8.2 92,580 86,172 6,408 6.9 2,805 2,379 426 15.2 7,005 6,356 649 9.3 432,305 398,737 33,568 7.8 19,829 18,166 1,663 8.4 93,765 86,998 6,767 7.2 2,833 2,407 426 15.0 Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 12,812 17,145 10,062 5,074 104,917 11,612 16,081 8,998 4,570 95,963 1,200 9.4 1,064 6.2 1,064 10.6 504 9.9 8,954 8.5 12,832 17,309 10,200 5,102 105,685 11,685 16,182 9,134 4,599 96,570 1,147 8.9 1,127 6.5 1,066 10.5 503 9.9 9,115 8.6 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 70,513 3,395 27,305 6,556 5,351 65,431 3,014 24,995 5,889 4,656 5,082 7.2 381 11.2 2,310 8.5 667 10.2 695 13.0 71,341 3,518 27,557 6,611 5,449 66,183 3,112 25,152 5,926 4,756 5,158 7.2 406 11.5 2,405 8.7 685 10.4 693 12.7 April 2011 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,160 11,277 10,864 362,423 8,711 7,498 10,335 9,483 327,282 7,763 662 8.1 942 8.4 1,381 12.7 35,141 9.7 948 10.9 4,441 42,193 67,766 5,310 1,968 3,828 37,693 61,136 4,867 1,817 613 13.8 4,500 10.7 6,630 9.8 443 8.3 151 7.7 27,469 9,349 10,141 4,801 10,690 25,245 8,020 9,008 4,387 9,604 2,224 8.1 1,329 14.2 1,133 11.2 414 8.6 1,086 10.2 52,095 47,954 90,001 10,318 446,573 48,087 43,078 83,726 9,255 401,583 4,008 7.7 4,876 10.2 6,275 7.0 1,063 10.3 44,990 10.1 12,722 1,141 36,682 25,297 11,794 11,377 1,015 32,985 22,532 10,837 1,345 10.6 126 11.0 3,697 10.1 2,765 10.9 957 8.1 7,211 425,154 19,292 88,657 2,967 6,506 390,184 17,517 81,739 2,400 705 9.8 34,970 8.2 1,775 9.2 6,918 7.8 567 19.1 12,830 16,845 10,395 5,029 104,019 11,434 15,782 9,286 4,500 94,498 1,396 10.9 1,063 6.3 1,109 10.7 529 10.5 9,521 9.2 70,129 3,589 27,001 6,432 5,353 64,992 3,123 24,431 5,799 4,635 5,137 7.3 466 13.0 2,570 9.5 633 9.8 718 13.4 17 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Labor Force 6,795 2,371 3,466 14,626 8,492 Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older April 2012 March 2012 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 5,960 1,923 3,052 13,411 7,677 835 12.3 448 18.9 414 11.9 1,215 8.3 815 9.6 Labor Force 6,934 2,425 3,483 14,823 8,595 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 6,108 1,999 3,105 13,520 7,725 826 11.9 426 17.6 378 10.9 1,303 8.8 870 10.1 Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 4,570 20,342 14,915 25,577 3,670 4,269 18,030 13,833 23,207 3,313 301 6.6 2,312 11.4 1,082 7.3 2,370 9.3 357 9.7 4,641 20,778 15,152 25,833 3,723 4,339 18,346 14,012 23,459 3,357 302 6.5 2,432 11.7 1,140 7.5 2,374 9.2 366 9.8 Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 7,504 52,135 12,838 9,921 5,772 7,028 47,823 11,708 9,027 5,179 476 6.3 4,312 8.3 1,130 8.8 894 9.0 593 10.3 7,613 53,128 13,096 10,063 5,796 7,105 48,600 11,885 9,108 5,204 508 6.7 4,528 8.5 1,211 9.2 955 9.5 592 10.2 Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 4,871 16,031 4,016 9,091 3,450 4,169 14,949 3,713 8,228 3,244 702 14.4 1,082 6.7 303 7.5 863 9.5 206 6.0 4,983 16,114 4,038 9,264 3,538 4,298 14,975 3,737 8,280 3,327 685 13.7 1,139 7.1 301 7.5 984 10.6 211 6.0 Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 9,636 13,920 4,549 9,134 16,887 8,775 12,923 4,147 8,415 14,769 861 8.9 997 7.2 402 8.8 719 7.9 2,118 12.5 9,966 14,097 4,710 9,244 17,192 9,100 13,027 4,248 8,518 15,047 866 8.7 1,070 7.6 462 9.8 726 7.9 2,145 12.5 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding 84,956 77,642 7,314 8.6 48,011 43,247 4,764 9.9 18,924 17,874 1,050 5.5 8,269 7,748 521 6.3 72,288 66,533 5,755 8.0 85,593 48,460 18,978 8,309 73,054 78,133 43,520 17,905 7,761 66,953 7,460 8.7 4,940 10.2 1,073 5.7 548 6.6 6,101 8.4 Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 12,389 14,449 8,293 8,281 20,075 11,097 13,293 7,525 7,586 18,266 1,292 10.4 1,156 8.0 768 9.3 695 8.4 1,809 9.0 12,643 14,587 8,377 8,359 20,336 11,238 13,377 7,632 7,634 18,494 1,405 11.1 1,210 8.3 745 8.9 725 8.7 1,842 9.1 Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 4,310 8,986 909 6,499 2,706 3,925 8,014 812 5,680 2,354 385 8.9 972 10.8 97 10.7 819 12.6 352 13.0 4,372 9,011 928 6,364 2,822 3,987 8,123 833 5,602 2,466 385 8.8 888 9.9 95 10.2 762 12.0 356 12.6 April 2011 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 6,820 2,441 3,560 14,409 8,508 5,924 2,013 3,137 13,149 7,559 896 13.1 428 17.5 423 11.9 1,260 8.7 949 11.2 4,554 21,090 15,224 25,796 3,713 4,178 18,532 14,034 23,512 3,317 376 8.3 2,558 12.1 1,190 7.8 2,284 8.9 396 10.7 7,638 51,265 12,681 10,206 5,709 7,121 46,804 11,392 9,248 5,136 517 6.8 4,461 8.7 1,289 10.2 958 9.4 573 10.0 4,981 15,843 3,962 9,112 3,460 4,307 14,630 3,644 8,103 3,228 674 13.5 1,213 7.7 318 8.0 1,009 11.1 232 6.7 9,578 13,815 4,620 8,950 17,695 8,656 12,670 4,082 8,181 15,626 922 9.6 1,145 8.3 538 11.6 769 8.6 2,069 11.7 83,643 47,783 18,576 8,161 72,064 76,200 42,587 17,491 7,582 65,517 7,443 8.9 5,196 10.9 1,085 5.8 579 7.1 6,547 9.1 12,240 14,615 8,385 8,252 20,328 10,936 13,090 7,579 7,471 18,305 1,304 10.7 1,525 10.4 806 9.6 781 9.5 2,023 10.0 4,338 9,447 937 6,444 2,786 3,918 8,476 831 5,656 2,447 420 9.7 971 10.3 106 11.3 788 12.2 339 12.2 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 April 2012 March 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 86,226 41,738 1,906 6,874 3,665 77,704 37,612 1,677 6,089 3,333 8,522 9.9 4,126 9.9 229 12.0 785 11.4 332 9.1 86,994 42,050 1,941 7,023 3,731 78,402 37,849 1,709 6,229 3,393 8,592 9.9 4,201 10.0 232 12.0 794 11.3 338 9.1 28,870 12,845 2,207 12,769 3,146 25,688 11,687 1,963 11,164 2,872 3,182 11.0 1,158 9.0 244 11.1 1,605 12.6 274 8.7 29,107 13,123 2,256 13,005 3,208 25,850 11,893 2,005 11,372 2,923 3,257 11.2 1,230 9.4 251 11.1 1,633 12.6 285 8.9 708 9,457 3,401 4,730 4,015 620 8,561 3,004 4,104 3,585 88 12.4 896 9.5 397 11.7 626 13.2 430 10.7 722 9,831 3,500 4,719 4,042 628 8,888 3,088 4,088 3,632 94 13.0 943 9.6 412 11.8 631 13.4 410 10.1 21,237 17,889 13,529 5,753 2,930 19,553 16,067 12,137 5,303 2,551 1,684 7.9 1,822 10.2 1,392 10.3 450 7.8 379 12.9 21,774 18,383 13,841 5,716 2,953 20,080 16,458 12,432 5,251 2,551 1,694 7.8 1,925 10.5 1,409 10.2 465 8.1 402 13.6 33,438 3,967 4,083 10,772 11,513 30,215 3,570 3,660 9,956 10,300 3,223 9.6 397 10.0 423 10.4 816 7.6 1,213 10.5 33,680 4,115 4,182 10,903 11,704 30,384 3,692 3,690 10,076 10,455 3,296 9.8 423 10.3 492 11.8 827 7.6 1,249 10.7 33,302 40,591 14,173 2,411 7,636 30,791 37,303 12,723 2,037 6,808 2,511 7.5 3,288 8.1 1,450 10.2 374 15.5 828 10.8 33,243 41,057 14,511 2,469 7,785 30,956 37,539 12,904 2,079 6,948 2,287 6.9 3,518 8.6 1,607 11.1 390 15.8 837 10.8 11,795 1,218 2,914 12,534 41,714 10,460 1,117 2,654 11,442 37,172 1,335 11.3 101 8.3 260 8.9 1,092 8.7 4,542 10.9 11,858 1,257 2,979 12,573 42,694 10,566 1,159 2,710 11,432 37,872 1,292 10.9 98 7.8 269 9.0 1,141 9.1 4,822 11.3 2,988 4,189 4,307 10,148 2,648 3,743 3,921 9,308 340 11.4 446 10.6 386 9.0 840 8.3 3,080 4,280 4,407 10,313 2,736 3,835 4,005 9,428 344 11.2 445 10.4 402 9.1 885 8.6 April 2011 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 87,903 41,328 1,882 7,000 3,810 79,604 37,037 1,691 6,170 3,444 8,299 9.4 4,291 10.4 191 10.1 830 11.9 366 9.6 28,822 13,269 2,211 12,895 3,090 25,296 11,999 1,967 11,252 2,834 3,526 12.2 1,270 9.6 244 11.0 1,643 12.7 256 8.3 737 9,418 3,410 4,459 4,031 643 8,504 2,981 3,776 3,637 94 12.8 914 9.7 429 12.6 683 15.3 394 9.8 21,816 18,455 13,392 5,771 2,962 20,115 16,332 11,947 5,291 2,592 1,701 7.8 2,123 11.5 1,445 10.8 480 8.3 370 12.5 32,907 4,294 4,065 10,725 11,571 29,434 3,795 3,589 9,835 10,324 3,473 10.6 499 11.6 476 11.7 890 8.3 1,247 10.8 33,384 40,600 14,409 2,475 7,595 30,245 36,734 12,813 2,107 6,578 3,139 9.4 3,866 9.5 1,596 11.1 368 14.9 1,017 13.4 11,922 1,226 2,910 12,354 44,293 10,547 1,113 2,614 11,183 39,328 1,375 11.5 113 9.2 296 10.2 1,171 9.5 4,965 11.2 3,011 4,421 4,428 10,466 2,632 3,881 3,990 9,443 379 12.6 540 12.2 438 9.9 1,023 9.8 19 New Developments The developer of Leksell Gamma Knife, a popular brain cancer treatment device, will relocate its North American headquarters to a 50,000 square foot space at The Terraces office complex in Atlanta's Central Perimeter business district in DeKalb County. The Stockholm-based medical device company, Elekta, Inc., will bring about 250 jobs to the local area. The company's Leksell Gamma Knife is an advanced radio-surgery device designed to treat intracranial tumors, including metastatic cancer in the brain and other brain disorders without making an incision. A children's clothing manufacturer will open a distribution center in Jackson County. Carter's Inc. will open their $50 million, 1 million square foot warehouse in June of this year in Braselton. Initially the facility will employ 250 people, but that will increase to 600 by the year 2015. The company which owns the Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh brands is headquartered in Atlanta and has been doing business in Georgia for 90 years. A company that offers a no-credit-check plan for customers throughout the U. S. to purchase furniture is providing 20 new jobs in Mitchell County. Okinus Credit Solutions will fill positions including account representatives, data clerks and computer programmers at their new facility in Pelham. A $1 billion plant will be built in Newton County to house a manufacturer of plasma-based treatments. The construction of the Baxter International facility near Covington is scheduled to begin this year with commercial production to start in 2018 and it will include operations supporting plasma fractionation, purification, fill-finish and a testing laboratory. When fully functional the plant will employ 1,500 people. Tift County is getting a new business in the person of Empire Distributors, Inc. They are wholesale distributors of alcoholic beverages. The company was founded in Atlanta in 1940 and has expanded their customer base throughout Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. The project for the new distribution point in Tifton will call for the hiring of 18 new employees. After reorganizing its business structure a local brewery in Clarke County is proceeding with an expansion to be able to readily access some as yet untapped markets. Terrapin Beer Company has had a production capacity of 18,000 barrels per year for a while, but the demand for the "craft beer" that they brew is on the upswing. So, plans are to double production at their Athens facility by next year which will result in 30 new jobs. Oversight Systems, Inc. is expanding into new product markets and will add 100 new positions at their offices in Fulton County. The company is leveraging its software to help companies continuously analyze sales and business data to identify insights that could save money and boost client revenues. The Atlanta concern will target potential clients that are businesses with revenue of at least $1 billion in the manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, life sciences, energy and government agencies. A large employer in the metro Atlanta area is expanding their call center in Gwinnett County. Assurant, Inc. is a dominant player in the specialty property insurance sector and has benefited from the economic downturn most specifically when mortgage lenders buy special property insurance when their borrowers drop their homeowners' coverage. Their special property unit is supported by their call center in Duluth and the company will add 100 new employees to help handle the increase in business. Hart County will experience an increase in manufacturing employment over the next several years. German-based Ritz Instrument Transformers will invest $1 million to install a new medium-voltage transformer production line and an epoxy resin mixing plant. Some of the 50 new employees the company will require are being hired at this time, but the project will take several years to complete so the remaining hiring will come in waves. Plans are in the works to increase production at an appliance manufacturer in Walker County. Roper Corporation's 39-year old, 1.2 million square foot cooking product plant has benefited from the company's effort to bring their manufacturing back to America where it is closer to the end user. The high cost of fuel has been a partial cause of this move so the Lafayette facility will add around 100 new employees by July of this year. A company whose specialty is manufacturing fiberglass needle matt has announced it will expand its plant in Wilkes County. The AFG USA plant on Sharron Road just outside of Washington will begin production on a new type of fiberglass that has the ability to withstand extreme temperatures for long periods of time. The new product will have several uses including helping to protect our country's service men and women. The 23 or so new positions will be in advanced fields including chemists and chemical engineers. 20 Georgia Unemployment Rates by County April 2012 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 13.0% or greater 11.0% to 12.9% 8.7% to 10.9% 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 Fayette Henry McDuffie Coweta Heard Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam Warren Hancock Glascock Richmond Less than 8.7% 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 Houston Bleckley Laurens Treutlen Candler Bulloch Effingham Schley Stewart Webster Sumter Quitman Terrell Lee Randolph Dooly Crisp Pulaski Wilcox Dodge Montgomery Wheeler Toombs Telfair Evans Tattnall Turner Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling Long Bryan Liberty Chatham 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: 8.7% (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 21 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County County April Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County April Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County April Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks Georgia 42,676 ....... $263 ...... 13.4 Appling 178 ...... $221 ..... 13.7 Atkinson 77 ...... $208 ....... 8.4 Bacon 71 ...... $220 ..... 11.0 Baker 10 ...... $236 ..... 13.5 Baldwin 177 ...... $199 ..... 13.1 Banks 102 ...... $236 ..... 11.8 Barrow 273 ...... $242 ..... 15.1 Bartow 457 ...... $239 ..... 12.7 Ben Hill 213 ...... $210 ..... 13.6 Berrien 91 ...... $200 ..... 10.0 Bibb 710 ...... $196 ..... 14.4 Bleckley 103 ...... $211 ..... 13.5 Brantley 106 ...... $213 ..... 14.7 Brooks 65 ...... $204 ..... 13.1 Bryan 103 ...... $258 ..... 16.2 Bulloch 336 ...... $228 ..... 12.3 Burke 156 ...... $213 ..... 12.0 Butts 119 ...... $219 ..... 14.9 Calhoun 20 ...... $214 ..... 13.0 Camden 128 ...... $212 ..... 15.0 Candler 69 ...... $212 ..... 11.8 Carroll 528 ...... $218 ..... 12.6 Catoosa 156 ...... $235 ..... 10.1 Charlton 29 ...... $229 ..... 16.8 Chatham 969 ...... $221 ..... 15.6 Chattahoochee 12 ...... $222 ..... 15.2 Chattooga 85 ...... $244 ..... 15.1 Cherokee 632 ...... $264 ..... 15.9 Clarke 364 ...... $202 ..... 14.0 Clay 12 ...... $215 ..... 12.7 Clayton 1,416 ...... $219 ..... 15.4 Clinch 21 ...... $217 ....... 8.1 Cobb 2,439 ...... $252 ..... 16.3 Coffee 256 ...... $213 ..... 10.3 Colquitt 231 ...... $204 ..... 13.6 Columbia 258 ...... $245 ..... 14.0 Cook 79 ...... $206 ..... 11.5 Coweta 432 ...... $242 ..... 12.4 Crawford 50 ...... $240 ..... 12.5 Crisp 127 ...... $184 ..... 13.3 Dade 36 ...... $213 ....... 9.9 Dawson 82 ...... $254 ..... 15.2 Decatur 161 ...... $215 ..... 11.7 DeKalb 2,994 ...... $234 ..... 15.6 Dodge 86 ...... $207 ..... 10.5 Dooly 40 ...... $200 ..... 11.2 Dougherty 494 ...... $186 ..... 14.6 Douglas 573 ...... $246 ..... 15.6 Early 41 ...... $230 ..... 13.8 Echols 11 ...... $215 ..... 12.6 Effingham 169 ...... $244 ..... 15.6 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 123 ...... $207 ..... 12.6 192 ...... $203 ..... 12.6 49 ...... $217 ..... 12.7 83 ...... $193 ..... 13.9 250 ...... $256 ..... 15.4 506 ...... $234 ..... 12.6 355 ...... $274 ..... 16.0 150 ...... $225 ..... 11.3 3,669 ...... $234 ..... 16.0 136 ...... $236 ..... 14.6 7 ...... $214 ..... 10.6 301 ...... $207 ..... 14.4 435 ...... $238 ..... 10.1 67 ...... $203 ..... 11.0 80 ...... $204 ..... 13.5 2,647 ...... $256 ..... 15.9 364 ...... $229 ..... 10.9 677 ...... $237 ..... 13.4 38 ...... $181 ..... 12.9 130 ...... $229 ..... 11.9 146 ...... $224 ..... 11.8 188 ...... $223 ..... 11.1 62 ...... $239 ..... 11.1 813 ...... $245 ..... 15.7 477 ...... $222 ..... 11.7 71 ...... $224 ..... 14.5 229 ...... $243 ..... 14.0 67 ...... $245 ..... 14.2 79 ...... $213 ..... 13.9 93 ...... $205 ..... 11.7 98 ...... $193 ..... 11.5 57 ...... $207 ..... 14.7 113 ...... $242 ..... 14.2 84 ...... $208 ..... 14.0 41 ...... $220 ..... 11.4 364 ...... $196 ..... 15.3 128 ...... $231 ..... 12.2 140 ...... $231 ..... 16.3 48 ...... $218 ..... 10.9 37 ...... $228 ..... 16.9 419 ...... $197 ..... 13.3 103 ...... $219 ..... 14.4 123 ...... $200 ..... 11.2 111 ...... $221 ..... 12.4 37 ...... $226 ..... 12.8 105 ...... $209 ..... 11.7 49 ...... $231 ..... 13.1 174 ...... $213 ..... 10.5 23 ...... $202 ..... 11.5 113 ...... $196 ..... 13.8 97 ...... $241 ..... 14.1 64 ...... $211 ..... 13.4 63 ...... $226 ..... 14.1 274 ...... $237 ....... 9.7 Note: Initial claims include intrastate initial and additional claims, as well as agent state initial and additional claims for regular UI only. Average duration of benefits is represented in weeks. Data does not include state or federal extended benefits for those unemployed for 27 weeks or more. 22 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 852 ...... $210 ..... 12.9 496 ...... $232 ..... 15.4 80 ...... $255 ..... 15.0 60 ...... $218 ..... 12.8 491 ...... $258 ..... 15.8 144 ...... $196 ..... 10.8 152 ...... $238 ..... 15.1 122 ...... $212 ..... 12.8 47 ...... $235 ..... 12.6 212 ...... $231 ..... 10.5 25 ...... $230 ..... 10.1 71 ...... $222 ..... 12.6 2 ...... $255 ..... 16.1 154 ...... $208 ..... 16.6 59 ...... $212 ..... 11.2 746 ...... $208 ..... 13.9 387 ...... $235 ..... 15.5 18 ...... $239 ..... 13.2 127 ...... $224 ..... 11.1 17 ...... $177 ..... 13.0 368 ...... $200 ..... 13.4 183 ...... $212 ..... 10.7 13 ...... $212 ..... 14.2 169 ...... $190 ..... 13.7 55 ...... $223 ..... 11.8 9 ...... $176 ..... 11.8 82 ...... $209 ..... 12.7 37 ...... $225 ..... 11.1 44 ...... $215 ..... 10.1 41 ...... $189 ..... 12.3 192 ...... $202 ..... 12.8 228 ...... $219 ..... 14.9 231 ...... $211 ..... 13.2 44 ...... $214 ..... 15.0 81 ...... $200 ..... 13.2 765 ...... $216 ..... 10.2 49 ...... $197 ..... 15.4 51 ...... $217 ..... 13.5 110 ...... $214 ..... 14.0 128 ...... $200 ..... 11.5 266 ...... $213 ....... 9.3 333 ...... $235 ..... 15.7 298 ...... $193 ..... 13.3 45 ...... $174 ..... 12.1 67 ...... $194 ..... 13.3 152 ...... $229 ..... 14.1 8 ...... $219 ..... 12.1 35 ...... $230 ..... 11.8 142 ...... $217 ..... 13.6 977 ...... $243 ....... 8.5 37 ...... $223 ..... 12.1 57 ...... $190 ..... 12.3 38 ...... $238 ..... 13.1 111 ...... $218 ..... 13.4 Mark Butler, Commissioner 148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E. 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