- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce, Vol. 38, no. 8 (Aug. 2012)
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Workforce Information and Analysis
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- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor, 2012-08
- Date of Original:
- 2012-08
- Subject:
- Labor market--Georgia--Statistics
Wages--Georgia--Statistics
Hours of labor--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
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August 2012 Data
August 2012 Employment Situation
Georgia payroll employment increased in August, with statewide gains of 25,100 jobs over the month. The overthe-month growth in employment occurred as sectors including Government, Education and Health Services, Professional and Business Services, Manufacturing, Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, and Construction added jobs. Employment decreased in August for Other Services, Leisure and Hospitality, and FinancialActivities.
Government employment grew by 13,800 in August as job gains in State and Local Government Educational Services outweighed Federal Government losses. Education and Health Services added 8,100 jobs over the month as both Health Care and Social Assistance (+4,400 jobs) and Educational Services (+3,700 jobs) added workers. Led by job growth in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, employment in Professional and Business Services grew by 2,400 from July to August. Manufacturing employment increased by 1,600 in August, driven by gains in Durable Goods. Trade, Transportation, and Utilities saw employment growth of 1,500 jobs over the month, with increases largely in Transportation and Warehousing. Construction jobs were up 1,000 in August, driven by Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction growth.
The Other Services employment sector saw jobs declined by 2,600 in August and has endured job losses in two straight months. Driven by losses in the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation industry, the Leisure and Hospitality sector has shed 500 positions over the month. The Financial Activities sector lost 200 jobs in August, led by declines in Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, after it had gained 1,500 jobs over the previous two months.
Over the year, Professional and Business Services, Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, Education and Health Services, and Manufacturing combined to add almost 65,000 jobs to the state economy. Leisure and Hospitality and Information also saw employment growth. Employment in Construction, Government, Other Services, Mining and Logging, and Financial Activities has declined since August 2011.
Georgia's August 2012 unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) maintained July's revised rate of 9.2 percent. Over the year, the unemployment rate dropped 0.7 percentage points from 9.9 percent in August 2011.
Volume XXXVIII, Number 8
Georgia Employment
(In Millions)
3.890
3.878
3.904
3.922
3.916
3.865
3.881
3.894
3.929
3.942
3.932
3.914
3.939
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
2011
2012
Georgia Unemployment Rate
(Seasonally Adjusted)
9.9% 9.8% 9.7%
9.5% 9.4%
9.2%
9.1%
9.0%
8.9%
8.9%
9.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
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
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GEORGIA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Change in Jobs
Change in Jobs
Preliminary Revised
Revised
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
from JUL 2012 Net %
from AUG 2011 Net %
Total Nonfarm
3,939.2
3,914.1
3,889.5
25.1 0.6
49.7 1.3
Total Private
3,284.9
3,273.6
3,226.5
11.3 0.4
58.4 1.8
Goods Producing
509.0
506.4
512.2
2.6 0.5
-3.2 -0.6
Service-Providing
3,430.2
3,407.7
3,377.3
22.5 0.7
52.9 1.6
Private Service-Providing
2,775.9
2,767.2
2,714.3
8.7 0.3
61.6 2.3
Mining and Logging
8.7
8.7
9.0
0.0 0.0
-0.3 -3.3
Construction
142.0
141.0
151.8
1.0 0.7
-9.8 -6.5
Construction of Buildings
32.9
32.8
32.0
0.1 0.3
0.9 2.8
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
20.7
19.8
21.8
0.9 4.6
-1.1 -5.1
Specialty Trade Contractors
88.4
88.4
98.0
0.0 0.0
-9.6 -9.8
Manufacturing
358.3
356.7
351.4
1.6 0.5
6.9 2.0
Durable Goods
168.6
167.4
163.8
1.2 0.7
4.8 2.9
Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg
22.4
22.4
21.9
0.0 0.0
0.5 2.3
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
43.7
43.6
42.1
0.1 0.2
1.6 3.8
Non-Durable Goods
189.7
189.3
187.6
0.4 0.2
2.1 1.1
Food Manufacturing
61.9
61.2
61.8
0.7 1.1
0.1 0.2
Textile Mills
18.5
18.8
19.1
-0.3 -1.6
-0.6 -3.1
Textile Product Mills
28.4
28.6
28.6
-0.2 -0.7
-0.2 -0.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
838.7
837.2
816.2
1.5 0.2
22.5 2.8
Wholesale Trade
200.1
200.6
195.5
-0.5 -0.3
4.6 2.4
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
98.0
98.9
96.2
-0.9 -0.9
1.8 1.9
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
58.9
58.8
57.6
0.1 0.2
1.3 2.3
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 43.2
42.9
41.7
0.3 0.7
1.5 3.6
Retail Trade
452.4
452.3
437.5
0.1 0.0
14.9 3.4
Food and Beverage Stores
85.6
84.9
81.7
0.7 0.8
3.9 4.8
General Merchandise Stores
102.2
103.7
101.2
-1.5 -1.5
1.0 1.0
Miscellaneous Store Retailers
20.8
20.6
20.5
0.2 1.0
0.3 1.5
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
186.2
184.3
183.2
1.9 1.0
3.0 1.6
Utilities
20.1
20.2
20.1
-0.1 -0.5
0.0 0.0
Transportation and Warehousing
166.1
164.1
163.1
2.0 1.2
3.0 1.8
Air Transportation
41.2
41.4
40.6
-0.2 -0.5
0.6 1.5
Truck Transportation
43.0
42.7
44.6
0.3 0.7
-1.6 -3.6
Couriers and Messengers
18.5
18.4
18.2
0.1 0.5
0.3 1.7
Warehousing and Storage
28.2
28.0
27.5
0.2 0.7
0.7 2.6
Information
97.3
97.3
96.9
0.0 0.0
0.4 0.4
Telecommunications
45.5
45.5
45.6
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -0.2
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
28.2
28.3
28.5
-0.1 -0.4
-0.3 -1.1
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
11.3
11.3
10.9
0.0 0.0
0.4 3.7
Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP
5.7
5.6
6.2
0.1 1.8
-0.5 -8.1
Financial Activities
208.5
208.7
208.7
-0.2 -0.1
-0.2 -0.1
Finance and Insurance
157.3
156.9
154.5
0.4 0.3
2.8 1.8
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
69.6
68.8
64.8
0.8 1.2
4.8 7.4
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
51.2
51.8
54.2
-0.6 -1.2
-3.0 -5.5
Professional and Business Services
577.3
574.9
551.8
2.4 0.4
25.5 4.6
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
238.5
237.0
224.0
1.5 0.6
14.5 6.5
Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services
37.8
37.9
35.6
-0.1 -0.3
2.2 6.2
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
38.2
38.1
37.7
0.1 0.3
0.5 1.3
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
56.9
56.8
51.3
0.1 0.2
5.6 10.9
Management and Technical Consulting Services
32.4
32.4
31.6
0.0 0.0
0.8 2.5
Management of Companies and Enterprises
60.0
59.7
57.0
0.3 0.5
3.0 5.3
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation
278.8
278.2
270.8
0.6 0.2
8.0 3.0
Employment Services
127.5
129.3
124.1
-1.8 -1.4
3.4 2.7
Education and Health Services
509.1
501.0
499.3
8.1 1.6
9.8 2.0
Educational Services
96.5
92.8
94.8
3.7 4.0
1.7 1.8
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
57.3
55.1
58.6
2.2 4.0
-1.3 -2.2
Health Care and Social Assistance
412.6
408.2
404.5
4.4 1.1
8.1 2.0
Ambulatory Health Care Services
160.3
159.0
158.0
1.3 0.8
2.3 1.5
Hospitals
133.5
133.0
129.6
0.5 0.4
3.9 3.0
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
57.7
57.4
57.7
0.3 0.5
0.0 0.0
Social Assistance
61.1
58.8
59.2
2.3 3.9
1.9 3.2
Leisure and Hospitality
390.9
391.4
386.2
-0.5 -0.1
4.7 1.2
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
43.3
44.7
43.2
-1.4 -3.1
0.1 0.2
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
32.3
34.3
32.5
-2.0 -5.8
-0.2 -0.6
Accommodation and Food Services
347.6
346.7
343.0
0.9 0.3
4.6 1.3
Accommodation
38.7
38.9
40.7
-0.2 -0.5
-2.0 -4.9
Food Services and Drinking Places
308.9
307.8
302.3
1.1 0.4
6.6 2.2
Other Services
154.1
156.7
155.2
-2.6 -1.7
-1.1 -0.7
Repair and Maintenance
32.3
32.3
33.5
0.0 0.0
-1.2 -3.6
Personal and Laundry Services
35.1
35.1
34.2
0.0 0.0
0.9 2.6
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar
86.7
89.3
87.5
-2.6 -2.9
-0.8 -0.9
Government
654.3
640.5
663.0
13.8 2.2
-8.7 -1.3
Federal Government
101.3
101.9
103.8
-0.6 -0.6
-2.5 -2.4
Department of Defense
41.8
41.7
43.2
0.1 0.2
-1.4 -3.2
State Government
149.0
144.6
155.6
4.4 3.0
-6.6 -4.2
State Government Educational Services
75.0
70.3
77.6
4.7 6.7
-2.6 -3.4
Local Government
404.0
394.0
403.6
10.0 2.5
0.4 0.1
Local Government Educational Services
238.0
226.5
236.5
11.5 5.1
1.5 0.6
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.
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Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
ATLANTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised
Revised
JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs
from JUL 2012
Net
%
Change in Jobs from AUG 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
2,339.0 2,036.3
239.9 2,099.1 1,796.4
1.3 87.0 16.8 57.8 151.6 77.5 14.2 74.1 24.8 546.1 150.1 76.1 40.6 33.4 265.3 52.8 54.8 12.9 130.7 11.0 119.7 40.5 27.8 14.5 78.2 37.6 23.9
9.7 5.4 135.0 100.0 45.7 35.0 418.2 187.8 25.8 27.9 49.8 28.5 45.8 184.6 88.3 296.6 69.0 227.6 91.1 72.8 37.7 227.0 28.7 198.3 21.4 176.9 95.3 19.1 24.1 302.7 45.6 61.2 195.9
2,326.6 2,028.7
237.7 2,088.9 1,791.0
1.3 87.6 16.8 58.7 148.8 75.7 14.3 73.1 24.3 542.6 150.2 76.7 40.4 33.1 263.5 52.1 55.6 12.9 128.9 11.0 117.9 40.7 27.4 14.4 78.0 37.6 23.9
9.7 5.3 135.2 99.5 44.8 35.7 420.8 187.2 25.8 27.7 49.8 28.5 45.4 188.2 90.5 291.1 67.1 224.0 89.3 72.4 36.0 227.6 29.7 197.9 21.6 176.3 95.7 19.0 24.0 297.9 46.0 58.9 193.0
2,309.6 2,000.8
243.5 2,066.1 1,757.3
1.3 94.2 19.2 62.1 148.0 75.1 15.0 72.9 24.1 521.8 145.3 72.5 38.3 34.5 248.4 49.0 54.0 13.3 128.1 11.0 117.1 39.8 27.7 14.5 79.7 37.3 24.0
9.3 5.8 140.3 100.6 43.8 39.7 403.9 175.5 24.7 26.4 44.5 27.6 42.7 185.7 85.7 290.3 68.5 221.8 88.8 69.7 37.9 226.9 29.1 197.8 22.4 175.4 94.4 19.7 23.6 308.8 45.9 63.4 199.5
12.4 0.5 7.6 0.4 2.2 0.9
10.2 0.5 5.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.7 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.5 2.8 1.9 1.8 2.4 -0.1 -0.7 1.0 1.4 0.5 2.1 3.5 0.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.9 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 -0.8 -1.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.5 -0.2 -0.5 0.4 1.5 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.5 0.5 0.9 2.0 -0.7 -2.0 -2.6 -0.6 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 -3.6 -1.9 -2.2 -2.4 5.5 1.9 1.9 2.8 3.6 1.6 1.8 2.0 0.4 0.6 1.7 4.7 -0.6 -0.3 -1.0 -3.4 0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.9 0.6 0.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 4.8 1.6 -0.4 -0.9 2.3 3.9 2.9 1.5
29.4 1.3 35.5 1.8 -3.6 -1.5 33.0 1.6 39.1 2.2
0.0 0.0 -7.2 -7.6 -2.4 -12.5 -4.3 -6.9 3.6 2.4 2.4 3.2 -0.8 -5.3 1.2 1.7 0.7 2.9 24.3 4.7 4.8 3.3 3.6 5.0 2.3 6.0 -1.1 -3.2 16.9 6.8 3.8 7.8 0.8 1.5 -0.4 -3.0 2.6 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.2 0.7 1.8 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 -1.5 -1.9 0.3 0.8 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 4.3 -0.4 -6.9 -5.3 -3.8 -0.6 -0.6 1.9 4.3 -4.7 -11.8 14.3 3.5 12.3 7.0 1.1 4.5 1.5 5.7 5.3 11.9 0.9 3.3 3.1 7.3 -1.1 -0.6 2.6 3.0 6.3 2.2 0.5 0.7 5.8 2.6 2.3 2.6 3.1 4.5 -0.2 -0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.4 -1.4 0.5 0.3 -1.0 -4.5 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 -0.6 -3.1 0.5 2.1 -6.1 -2.0 -0.3 -0.7 -2.2 -3.5 -3.6 -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
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
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ALBANY MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised Revised JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs
from AUG 2011
Net
%
Total Nonfarm Total Private
59.7
59.3
59.2
46.5
46.1
45.9
0.4 0.7 0.4 0.9
0.5 0.8 0.6 1.3
Goods Producing
6.7
6.7
6.8
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -1.5
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing
53.0
52.6
52.4
39.8
39.4
39.1
0.4 0.8 0.4 1.0
0.6 1.2 0.7 1.8
Manufacturing
4.2
4.2
4.2
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade
12.2
12.2
12.2
8.1
8.0
7.8
0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3
0.0 0.0 0.3 3.9
Government
13.2
13.2
13.3
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -0.8
Federal Government State Government
3.3
3.3
3.3
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
2.7
2.7
2.8
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -3.6
Local Government
7.2
7.2
7.2
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
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 AUG 2012
Revised Revised JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs
from JUL 2012
Net
%
Change in Jobs from AUG 2011
Net %
Total Nonfarm
86.6
84.6
83.9
2.0 2.4
2.7 3.2
Total Private
57.0
55.9
55.6
1.1 2.0
1.4 2.5
Goods Producing
9.2
9.2
9.3
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -1.1
Service-Providing
77.4
75.4
74.6
2.0 2.7
2.8 3.8
Private Service-Providing
47.8
46.7
46.3
1.1 2.4
1.5 3.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
13.0
12.9
12.6
0.1 0.8
0.4 3.2
Retail Trade
9.3
9.2
9.0
0.1 1.1
0.3 3.3
Professional and Business Services
7.0
6.9
6.6
0.1 1.5
0.4 6.1
Leisure and Hospitality
7.9
7.9
7.8
0.0 0.0
0.1 1.3
Government
29.6
28.7
28.3
0.9 3.1
1.3 4.6
Federal Government
1.3
1.3
1.4
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -7.1
State Government
19.7
19.1
18.8
0.6 3.1
0.9 4.8
Local Government
8.6
8.3
8.1
0.3 3.6
0.5 6.2
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
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AUGUSTA-RICHMOND MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 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
206.0 162.6
29.6 176.4 133.0
10.4 19.2 33.9
4.6 23.2
6.1 2.6 6.9 30.0 29.7 21.7 8.2 43.4 9.1 13.6 20.7
205.0 161.8
29.1 175.9 132.7
10.1 19.0 34.0
4.6 23.3
6.1 2.6 6.9 29.8 29.3 21.8 8.3 43.2 9.1 13.4 20.7
209.3 166.2
31.7 177.6 134.5
11.2 20.5 35.1
4.5 24.6
6.0 2.6 6.9 31.2 29.3 21.3 8.1 43.1 9.1 13.6 20.4
1.0 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 3.0 0.2 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -1.2 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.0
-3.3 -1.6 -3.6 -2.2 -2.1 -6.6 -1.2 -0.7 -1.5 -1.1 -0.8 -7.1 -1.3 -6.3 -1.2 -3.4 0.1 2.2 -1.4 -5.7 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -3.9 0.4 1.4 0.4 1.9 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 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 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 AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 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
39.8
40.0
0.3 0.8
30.0
30.1
30.0
-0.1 -0.3
4.4
4.4
4.5
0.0 0.0
35.7
35.4
35.5
0.3 0.9
25.6
25.7
25.5
-0.1 -0.4
7.6
7.6
7.4
0.0 0.0
5.6
5.6
5.4
0.0 0.0
10.1
9.7
10.0
0.4 4.1
1.7
1.7
1.9
0.0 0.0
1.8
1.8
1.8
0.0 0.0
6.6
6.2
6.3
0.4 6.5
0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.2 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.2 2.7 0.2 3.7 0.1 1.0 -0.2 -10.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 4.8
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 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
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COLUMBUS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 2011
Net %
Total Nonfarm
119.4
118.6
119.6
0.8 0.7
-0.2 -0.2
Total Private Goods Producing
95.5
95.5
95.6
15.1
15.0
15.2
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7
-0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.7
Service-Providing
104.3
103.6
104.4
0.7 0.7
-0.1 -0.1
Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
80.4
80.5
80.4
-0.1 -0.1
18.5
18.9
18.3
-0.4 -2.1
0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1
Retail Trade
13.6
13.5
13.2
0.1 0.7
0.4 3.0
Information Financial Activities
1.4
1.5
1.4
-0.1 -6.7
12.4
12.4
12.4
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Finance and Insurance
10.8
10.7
10.7
0.1 0.9
0.1 0.9
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services
4.6
4.6
4.3
13.1
13.1
12.8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 7.0 0.3 2.3
Leisure and Hospitality
13.9
14.0
13.7
-0.1 -0.7
0.2 1.5
Government Federal Government
23.9
23.1
24.0
6.9
6.8
7.0
0.8 3.5 0.1 1.5
-0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -1.4
State Government
4.0
3.9
4.0
0.1 2.6
0.0 0.0
Local Government
13.0
12.4
13.0
0.6 4.8
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 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
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 2011
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing
61.4
61.0
64.7
54.4
54.3
58.0
23.2
23.2
23.5
0.4 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
-3.3 -5.1 -3.6 -6.2 -0.3 -1.3
Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing
38.2
37.8
41.2
31.2
31.1
34.5
22.3
22.3
22.3
0.4 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
-3.0 -7.3 -3.3 -9.6 0.0 0.0
Textile Mills Textile Product Mills Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
2.3
2.4
2.4
-0.1 -4.2
14.3
14.6
14.8
-0.3 -2.1
16.3
16.2
16.0
0.1 0.6
-0.1 -4.2 -0.5 -3.4 0.3 1.9
Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Professional and Business Services
7.7
7.7
4.3
4.3
7.4
7.4
7.5
0.0 0.0
4.3
0.0 0.0
7.2
0.0 0.0
0.2 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.8
Government Federal Government
7.0
6.7
0.2
0.3
6.7
0.3 4.5
0.3
-0.1 -33.3
0.3 4.5 -0.1 -33.3
State Government
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.1 10.0
0.1 10.0
Local Government
5.7
5.4
5.4
0.3 5.6
0.3 5.6
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
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
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GAINESVILLE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 2011
Net %
Total Nonfarm
78.7
79.1
75.2
-0.4 -0.5
3.5 4.7
Total Private
68.5
69.4
65.0
-0.9 -1.3
3.5 5.4
Goods Producing
18.5
18.4
18.4
0.1 0.5
0.1 0.5
Service-Providing
60.2
60.7
56.8
-0.5 -0.8
3.4 6.0
Private Service-Providing
50.0
51.0
46.6
-1.0 -2.0
3.4 7.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
13.3
13.3
13.4
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -0.8
Retail Trade
7.7
7.7
7.8
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -1.3
Government
10.2
9.7
10.2
0.5 5.2
0.0 0.0
Federal Government
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
State Government
2.4
2.3
2.4
0.1 4.4
0.0 0.0
Local Government
7.3
6.9
7.3
0.4 5.8
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
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
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 2011
Net %
Total Nonfarm
19.8
19.6
19.8
0.2 1.0
0.0 0.0
Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing
11.9
11.9
11.7
2.4
2.4
2.4
17.4
17.2
17.4
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2
0.2 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Private Service-Providing Government
Federal Government
9.5
9.5
7.9
7.7
4.3
4.3
9.3
0.0 0.0
0.2 2.2
8.1
0.2 2.6
-0.2 -2.5
4.4
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -2.3
State Government Local Government
0.3
0.3
3.3
3.1
0.3
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
3.4
0.2 6.5
-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 2011 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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MACON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 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
97.2
96.9
82.6
82.7
9.3
9.3
87.9
87.6
73.3
73.4
18.6
18.5
13.2
13.1
2.9
2.9
9.0
9.0
11.4
11.4
19.8
19.6
8.7
8.7
14.6
14.2
1.2
1.2
4.0
4.0
9.4
9.0
96.0
0.3 0.3
81.1
-0.1 -0.1
9.5
0.0 0.0
86.5
0.3 0.3
71.6
-0.1 -0.1
18.8
0.1 0.5
12.7
0.1 0.8
2.9
0.0 0.0
8.6
0.0 0.0
11.0
0.0 0.0
19.6
0.2 1.0
8.5
0.0 0.0
14.9
0.4 2.8
1.2
0.0 0.0
4.0
0.0 0.0
9.7
0.4 4.4
1.2 1.3 1.5 1.9 -0.2 -2.1 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.4 -0.2 -1.1 0.5 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.7 0.4 3.6 0.2 1.0 0.2 2.4 -0.3 -2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -3.1
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
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
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 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
37.0
37.2
31.0
31.4
6.3
6.3
30.7
30.9
24.7
25.1
5.6
5.6
6.4
6.3
4.1
4.0
10.0
9.8
6.0
5.8
0.2
0.2
1.7
1.7
4.1
3.9
36.8
-0.2 -0.5
30.8
-0.4 -1.3
6.4
0.0 0.0
30.4
-0.2 -0.7
24.4
-0.4 -1.6
5.5
0.0 0.0
6.2
0.1 1.6
3.9
0.1 2.5
9.4
0.2 2.0
6.0
0.2 3.5
0.2
0.0 0.0
1.7
0.0 0.0
4.1
0.2 5.1
0.2 0.5 0.2 0.7 -0.1 -1.6 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.1 1.8 0.2 3.2 0.2 5.1 0.6 6.4 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
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
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SAVANNAH MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 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
154.3 132.0
20.3 134.0 111.7
5.7 14.6 33.6
5.9 17.5 10.2
1.6 5.1 18.3 24.7 21.3 7.1 22.3 3.1 5.2 14.0
151.9 130.0
20.3 131.6 109.7
5.7 14.6 33.2
5.8 17.5
9.9 1.6 5.0 17.9 24.0 21.0 7.0 21.9 3.1 5.0 13.8
150.5 128.0
20.3 130.2 107.7
6.0 14.3 32.7
5.6 17.3
9.8 1.4 5.1 17.3 23.9 20.4 6.9 22.5 3.2 5.2 14.1
2.4 1.6 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.8 2.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.0 0.4 2.2 0.7 2.9 0.3 1.4 0.1 1.4 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 4.0 0.2 1.5
3.8 2.5 4.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 3.8 2.9 4.0 3.7 -0.3 -5.0 0.3 2.1 0.9 2.8 0.3 5.4 0.2 1.2 0.4 4.1 0.2 14.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 5.8 0.8 3.4 0.9 4.4 0.2 2.9 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1 -3.1 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 AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 2011
Net %
Total Nonfarm
52.2
51.5
51.3
0.7 1.4
0.9 1.8
Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing
39.9
39.7
38.8
6.1
6.1
6.2
46.1
45.4
45.1
0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.5
1.1 2.8 -0.1 -1.6 1.0 2.2
Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Retail Trade
33.8
33.6
32.6
10.6
10.5
10.4
7.8
7.7
7.5
0.2 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.3
1.2 3.7 0.2 1.9 0.3 4.0
Government Federal Government State Government
12.3
11.8
12.5
1.2
1.2
1.2
3.5
3.0
3.7
0.5 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 16.7
-0.2 -1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -5.4
Local Government
7.6
7.6
7.6
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
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
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WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
AUG 2012 JUL 2012 AUG 2011
Change in Jobs from JUL 2012
Net %
Change in Jobs from AUG 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
59.1
58.9
33.8
33.9
6.2
6.1
52.9
52.8
27.6
27.8
8.1
8.1
6.5
6.5
25.3
25.0
16.1
16.1
1.1
1.0
8.1
7.9
59.2
0.2 0.3
33.6
-0.1 -0.3
6.2
0.1 1.6
53.0
0.1 0.2
27.4
-0.2 -0.7
7.9
0.0 0.0
6.3
0.0 0.0
25.6
0.3 1.2
16.9
0.0 0.0
1.0
0.1 10.0
7.7
0.2 2.5
-0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 2.5 0.2 3.2 -0.3 -1.2 -0.8 -4.7 0.1 10.0 0.4 5.2
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
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
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Georgia Statewide Hours and Earnings
All Employee
Average Weekly Earnings
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised JUL 2012
Revised AUG 2011
Total Private ........................................................................................... $756.35 ........................ $770.88 ................... $754.73 Goods Producing ................................................................................ $850.44 ........................ $862.47 ................... $863.04 Private Service Providing .................................................................... $739.75 ........................ $753.36 ................... $733.99
Construction .................................................................................... $852.81 ........................ $888.62 ................... $846.13 Manufacturing .................................................................................. $851.62 ........................ $848.08 ................... $863.35 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .................................................$703.11 ........................ $726.28 ................... $697.25 Financial Activities ........................................................................... $999.74 ..................... $1,035.22 ................... $864.82 Professional and Business Services ............................................. $950.18 ........................ $961.93 ................... $954.44 Educational and Health Services .................................................... $788.21 ........................ $785.78 ................... $770.09 Leisure and Hospitality ................................................................... $318.91 ........................ $329.79 ................... $324.82 Other Services ................................................................................. $539.60 ........................ $529.26 ................... $553.00
Average Weekly Hours
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised JUL 2012
Revised AUG 2011
Total Private .................................................................................................. 35.0 .............................. 35.2 ......................... 34.7 Goods Producing ....................................................................................... 39.5 .............................. 39.4 ......................... 39.9 Private Service Providing ........................................................................... 34.2 .............................. 34.4 ......................... 33.7
Construction ...........................................................................................39.5 .............................. 40.1 ......................... 39.3 Manufacturing .........................................................................................39.5 .............................. 39.1 ......................... 40.4 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .......................................................34.5 .............................. 34.8 ......................... 34.5 Financial Activities ..................................................................................36.5 .............................. 38.2 ......................... 35.4 Professional and Business Services ....................................................38.5 .............................. 37.4 ......................... 35.6 Educational and Health Services ........................................................... 34.3 .............................. 34.8 ......................... 35.1 Leisure and Hospitality .......................................................................... 26.4 .............................. 26.9 ......................... 26.8 Other Services ........................................................................................30.4 .............................. 30.4 ......................... 31.8
Average Hourly Earnings
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised JUL 2012
Revised AUG 2011
Total Private ............................................................................................. $21.61 .......................... $21.90 ..................... $21.75 Goods Producing .................................................................................. $21.53 .......................... $21.89 ..................... $21.63 Private Service Providing ...................................................................... $21.63 .......................... $21.90 ..................... $21.78
Construction ...................................................................................... $21.59 .......................... $22.16 ..................... $21.53 Manufacturing .................................................................................... $21.56 .......................... $21.69 ..................... $21.37 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .................................................. $20.38 .......................... $20.87 ..................... $20.21 Financial Activities ............................................................................. $27.39 .......................... $27.10 ..................... $24.43 Professional and Business Services ............................................... $24.68 .......................... $25.72 ..................... $26.81 Educational and Health Services ...................................................... $22.98 .......................... $22.58 ..................... $21.94 Leisure and Hospitality ..................................................................... $12.08 .......................... $12.26 ..................... $12.12 Other Services ................................................................................... $17.75 .......................... $17.41 ..................... $17.39
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
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Georgia MSA Hours and Earnings
All Employee Total Private
Average Weekly Earnings
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised JUL 2012
Revised AUG 2011
Albany MSA ............................................................................................ $565.61 ........................ $574.11 ................... $609.88 Athens-Clarke County MSA ................................................................... $648.59 ........................ $672.33 ................... $622.69 Atlanta MSA ............................................................................................ $832.45 ........................ $848.37 ................... $845.64 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ........................................................... $764.67 ........................ $773.98 ................... $739.63 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................... $448.19 ........................ $438.95 ................... $447.76 Columbus MSA ..................................................................................... $678.39 ........................ $699.86 ................... $581.05 Dalton MSA ............................................................................................ $584.92 ........................ $597.20 ................... $540.54 Gainesville MSA .................................................................................... $776.65 ........................ $774.13 ................... $828.75 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................. $723.08 ........................ $735.73 ................... $553.02 Macon MSA ............................................................................................ $708.01 ........................ $714.78 ................... $762.00 Rome MSA ............................................................................................ $694.93 ........................ $675.50 ................... $643.34 Savannah MSA ...................................................................................... $667.00 ........................ $685.75 ................... $684.03 Valdosta MSA ......................................................................................... $590.83 ........................ $592.30 ................... $557.74 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................. $543.75 ........................ $542.03 ................... $581.00
Average Weekly Hours
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised JUL 2012
Revised AUG 2011
Albany MSA ................................................................................................... 34.7 .............................. 34.9 ......................... 33.4 Athens-Clarke County MSA .......................................................................... 31.5 .............................. 33.3 ......................... 31.9 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................... 34.7 .............................. 35.1 ......................... 34.8 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. 35.5 .............................. 35.7 ......................... 37.0 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. 30.1 .............................. 29.8 ......................... 29.4 Columbus MSA ............................................................................................34.7 .............................. 35.4 ......................... 33.9 Dalton MSA ................................................................................................... 34.9 .............................. 34.5 ......................... 32.8 Gainesville MSA ...........................................................................................36.6 .............................. 37.2 ......................... 37.5 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .........................................................................41.7 .............................. 43.0 ......................... 33.7 Macon MSA ................................................................................................... 37.7 .............................. 38.0 ......................... 38.1 Rome MSA ................................................................................................... 33.8 .............................. 35.0 ......................... 34.7 Savannah MSA ............................................................................................. 33.3 .............................. 33.5 ......................... 33.4 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................ 35.4 .............................. 34.8 ......................... 33.1 Warner Robins MSA .....................................................................................33.4 .............................. 33.5 ......................... 33.2
Average Hourly Earnings
Preliminary AUG 2012
Revised JUL 2012
Revised AUG 2011
Albany MSA .............................................................................................. $16.30 .......................... $16.45 ..................... $18.26 Athens-Clarke County MSA ..................................................................... $20.59 .......................... $20.19 ..................... $19.52 Atlanta MSA .............................................................................................. $23.99 .......................... $24.17 ..................... $24.30 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ............................................................. $21.54 .......................... $21.68 ..................... $19.99 Brunswick MSA ........................................................................................ $14.89 .......................... $14.73 ..................... $15.23 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................... $19.55 .......................... $19.77 ..................... $17.14 Dalton MSA .............................................................................................. $16.76 .......................... $17.31 ..................... $16.48 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................... $21.22 .......................... $20.81 ..................... $22.10 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................... $17.34 .......................... $17.11 ..................... $16.41 Macon MSA .............................................................................................. $18.78 .......................... $18.81 ..................... $20.00 Rome MSA .............................................................................................. $20.56 .......................... $19.30 ..................... $18.54 Savannah MSA ........................................................................................ $20.03 .......................... $20.47 ..................... $20.48 Valdosta MSA ........................................................................................... $16.69 .......................... $17.02 ..................... $16.85 Warner Robins MSA ................................................................................ $16.28 .......................... $16.18 ..................... $17.50
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
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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
2011
2012
WA 8.6
OR
8.9
ID
7.4
NV
12.1
UT
CA
5.8
10.6
AZ 8.3
AK 7.8
State unemployment rates
August 2012
National Unemployment Rate: 8.1% Rates are seasonally adjusted
MT 6.3
WY 5.7
CO 8.2
NM 6.5
ND 3.0
SD 4.5
NE 4.0
KS 6.2
MN 5.9
WI 7.5
IA 5.5
IL 9.1
MO 7.2
OK 5.1
TX 7.1
AR 7.3
MS 9.1
LA 7.4
NH
5.7 ME
VT
7.6
5.3
MI 9.4
OH
IN
7.2
8.3
KY 8.5
TN 8.5
PA 8.1
WV
7.5
VA
5.9
NC 9.7
SC 9.6
AL
GA
8.5
9.2
FL 8.8
MA 6.3 NY 9.1
RI 10.7 CT NJ 9.0 9.9 DE 6.9 DC 8.8
MD 7.1
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% Less than 3.0%
HI 6.1
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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 2012
4,760,750 4,321,063
439,687 9.2
4,764,636 4,327,694
436,942 9.2
73,344 66,067
7,277 9.9
112,107 104,560
7,547 6.7
2,715,739 2,474,772
240,967 8.9
254,809 230,884
23,925 9.4
50,670 45,553
5,117 10.1
131,580 119,337 12,243
9.3
58,310 51,539
6,771 11.6
94,046 87,278
6,768 7.2
JUL 2012
4,761,563 4,323,434
438,129 9.2
4,805,685 4,347,302
458,383 9.5
74,270 66,600
7,670 10.3
111,361 103,272
8,089 7.3
2,739,244 2,486,769
252,475 9.2
257,937 232,561
25,376 9.8
51,272 45,790
5,482 10.7
132,896 119,871 13,025
9.8
58,742 51,621
7,121 12.1
95,758 88,350
7,408 7.7
AUG 2011
4,726,566 4,256,827
469,739 9.9
4,731,103 4,253,336
477,767 10.1
72,965 65,117 7,848
10.8
108,685 100,500
8,185 7.5
2,689,184 2,421,775
267,409 9.9
258,769 233,825
24,944 9.6
50,484 45,005
5,479 10.9
131,632 118,977 12,655
9.6
61,141 53,555
7,586 12.4
90,625 83,259
7,366 8.1
Change From
JUL 2012
AUG 2011
-813 -2,371 1,558
34,184 64,236 -30,052
-41,049 -19,608 -21,441
33,533 74,358 -40,825
-926 -533 -393
379 950 -571
746 1,288 -542
3,422 4,060 -638
-23,505 -11,997 -11,508
26,555 52,997 -26,442
-3,128 -1,677 -1,451
-3,960 -2,941 -1,019
-602 -237 -365
186 548 -362
-1,316 -534 -782
-52 360 -412
-432 -82
-350
-2,831 -2,016
-815
-1,712 -1,072
-640
3,421 4,019 -598
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
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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 2012
33,431 30,375
3,056 9.1
113,310 102,351
10,959 9.7
46,850 42,039
4,811 10.3
178,915 163,580
15,335 8.6
66,203 60,456
5,747 8.7
70,867 65,475
5,392 7.6
JUL 2012
33,568 30,329
3,239 9.6
114,623 103,081
11,542 10.1
47,771 42,695
5,076 10.6
179,221 162,987
16,234 9.1
66,478 60,396
6,082 9.1
71,633 65,860
5,773 8.1
AUG 2011
33,204 30,016
3,188 9.6
111,965 100,314
11,651 10.4
46,902 41,432
5,470 11.7
175,052 158,443
16,609 9.5
65,119 58,977
6,142 9.4
70,306 64,727
5,579 7.9
Change From
JUL 2012
AUG 2011
-137 46
-183
227 359 -132
-1,313 -730 -583
1,345 2,037 -692
-921 -656 -265
-52 607 -659
-306 593 -899
3,863 5,137 -1,274
-275 60
-335
1,084 1,479 -395
-766 -385 -381
561 748 -187
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 2012
154,645,000 142,101,000
12,544,000 8.1
JUL 2012
155,013,000 142,220,000
12,794,000 8.3
AUG 2011
153,674,000 139,754,000
13,920,000 9.1
Change From
JUL 2012
AUG 2011
-368,000 -119,000 -250,000
971,000 2,347,000 -1,376,000
United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
155,255,000 142,558,000
12,696,000 8.2
156,526,000 143,126,000
13,400,000 8.6
154,344,000 140,335,000
14,008,000 9.1
-1,271,000 -568,000 -704,000
911,000 2,223,000 -1,312,000
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
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Georgia
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
August 2012
July 2012
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
4,764,636 4,327,694 436,942 9.2
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
4,805,685 4,347,302 458,383 9.5
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin
9,653 3,207 4,436 1,510 17,870
8,593 2,694 3,994 1,379 15,639
1,060 11.0 513 16.0 442 10.0 131 8.7
2,231 12.5
9,825 3,160 4,561 1,550 18,065
8,716 2,718 4,080 1,390 15,681
1,109 11.3 442 14.0 481 10.5 160 10.3
2,384 13.2
Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien
10,483 34,665 49,246
6,559 7,820
9,776 31,825 44,675
5,695 7,010
707 6.7 2,840 8.2 4,571 9.3
864 13.2 810 10.4
10,566 34,968 49,606
6,662 7,943
9,818 31,980 44,892
5,783 7,084
748 7.1 2,988 8.5 4,714 9.5
879 13.2 859 10.8
Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan
74,101 5,246 7,785 7,522
15,658
66,695 4,536 6,900 6,859
14,517
7,406 10.0 710 13.5 885 11.4 663 8.8
1,141 7.3
74,992 5,287 7,864 7,537
15,782
67,171 4,584 6,936 6,852
14,465
7,821 10.4 703 13.3 928 11.8 685 9.1
1,317 8.3
Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden
32,559 9,590
10,195 2,226
20,788
29,265 8,425 9,100 1,989 18,911
3,294 10.1 1,165 12.1 1,095 10.7
237 10.6 1,877 9.0
32,388 9,786
10,281 2,279
21,003
28,821 8,481 9,144 2,014
18,962
3,567 11.0 1,305 13.3 1,137 11.1
265 11.6 2,041 9.7
Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham
4,427 3,952
475 10.7
52,587 47,506 5,081 9.7
34,659 32,137 2,522 7.3
4,528 4,047
481 10.6
135,641 123,478 12,163 9.0
4,496 3,998
498 11.1
53,200 47,736 5,464 10.3
34,365 31,894 2,471 7.2
4,620 4,086
534 11.6
135,726 123,030 12,696 9.4
Chattahoochee 2,126
Chattooga
10,382
Cherokee
113,302
Clarke
67,954
Clay
1,371
1,728 9,258 105,294 63,152 1,245
398 18.7 1,124 10.8 8,008 7.1 4,802 7.1
126 9.2
2,202 10,484 114,369 67,526
1,410
1,738 9,275 105,804 62,374 1,273
464 21.1 1,209 11.5 8,565 7.5 5,152 7.6
137 9.7
Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt
130,866 116,204 14,662 11.2
2,725 2,427
298 10.9
375,199 344,888 30,311 8.1
15,495 13,594 1,901 12.3
20,127 18,231 1,896 9.4
132,197 116,767 15,430 11.7
2,712 2,418
294 10.8
378,729 346,560 32,169 8.5
15,827 13,713 2,114 13.4
20,565 18,593 1,972 9.6
Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp
63,159 6,459
63,801 6,153 9,145
58,533 5,730
58,245 5,600 7,974
4,626 7.3 729 11.3
5,556 8.7 553 9.0
1,171 12.8
63,713 6,534
64,477 6,262 9,230
58,920 5,773
58,527 5,639 8,047
4,793 7.5 761 11.6
5,950 9.2 623 9.9
1,183 12.8
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August 2011
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
4,731,103 4,253,336 477,767 10.1
9,734 3,028 4,713 1,500 18,030
8,558 2,618 4,228 1,359 15,462
1,176 12.1 410 13.5 485 10.3 141 9.4
2,568 14.2
10,293 34,276 48,552
6,737 7,788
9,527 31,144 43,719
5,809 6,873
766 7.4 3,132 9.1 4,833 10.0
928 13.8 915 11.7
73,200 5,272 7,726 7,427
15,333
65,368 4,545 6,817 6,691
14,061
7,832 10.7 727 13.8 909 11.8 736 9.9
1,272 8.3
32,690 9,586
10,056 2,324
20,300
29,269 8,475 8,905 2,061
18,254
3,421 10.5 1,111 11.6 1,151 11.4
263 11.3 2,046 10.1
4,543 52,017 34,421
4,512 132,666
4,058 46,488 31,510
3,962 119,600
485 10.7 5,529 10.6 2,911 8.5
550 12.2 13,066 9.8
2,109 10,252 112,262 65,831
1,446
1,719 9,074 103,039 60,700 1,319
390 18.5 1,178 11.5 9,223 8.2 5,131 7.8
127 8.8
130,188 2,672
371,649 15,474 20,225
113,716 2,349
337,502 13,206 18,236
16,472 12.7 323 12.1
34,147 9.2 2,268 14.7 1,989 9.8
63,663 6,460
62,930 6,099 9,161
58,878 5,646
56,997 5,488 7,892
4,785 7.5 814 12.6
5,933 9.4 611 10.0
1,269 13.9
Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
August 2012
July 2012
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,363 7,641
722 8.6
11,438 10,551
887 7.8
10,619 9,334 1,285 12.1
368,904 334,107 34,797 9.4
8,941 7,761 1,180 13.2
8,271 7,583
688 8.3
11,576 10,602
974 8.4
10,746 9,441 1,305 12.1
371,191 335,727 35,464 9.6
8,899 7,815 1,084 12.2
Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols
4,601 42,246 68,764
5,405 1,997
3,992 37,624 62,411
4,938 1,844
609 13.2 4,622 10.9 6,353 9.2
467 8.6 153 7.7
4,678 42,726 69,488
5,491 2,002
4,049 37,928 62,714
4,999 1,842
629 13.4 4,798 11.2 6,774 9.7
492 9.0 160 8.0
Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin
27,616 9,010
10,206 4,931 10,611
25,585 7,923 8,995 4,495 9,618
2,031 7.4 1,087 12.1 1,211 11.9
436 8.8 993 9.4
27,713 9,117
10,229 4,935
10,768
25,492 7,957 9,053 4,485 9,698
2,221 8.0 1,160 12.7 1,176 11.5
450 9.1 1,070 9.9
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton
53,263 49,090 4,173 7.8 46,850 42,039 4,811 10.3 91,739 85,472 6,267 6.8 10,171 9,097 1,074 10.6 454,878 409,958 44,920 9.9
53,754 49,328 4,426 8.2 47,771 42,695 5,076 10.6 92,368 85,886 6,482 7.0 10,351 9,181 1,170 11.3 458,657 411,946 46,711 10.2
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady
12,297 1,146
37,001 25,167 11,885
11,013 1,012 33,445 22,564 10,968
1,284 10.4 134 11.7
3,556 9.6 2,603 10.3
917 7.7
12,455 1,148
37,466 25,467 12,095
11,136 1,011
33,619 22,694 11,127
1,319 10.6 137 11.9
3,847 10.3 2,773 10.9
968 8.0
Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock
7,213 6,509
704 9.8
432,298 398,321 33,977 7.9
19,484 17,701 1,783 9.2
94,046 87,278 6,768 7.2
2,931 2,400
531 18.1
7,323 6,599
724 9.9
436,283 400,252 36,031 8.3
19,609 17,772 1,837 9.4
95,758 88,350 7,408 7.7
2,929 2,406
523 17.9
Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry
12,930 17,098 10,211
5,141 105,970
11,673 15,995
9,099 4,594 96,469
1,257 9.7 1,103 6.5 1,112 10.9
547 10.6 9,501 9.0
13,035 17,318 10,484
5,160 106,812
11,729 16,091
9,239 4,617 96,937
1,306 10.0 1,227 7.1 1,245 11.9
543 10.5 9,875 9.2
Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis
70,867 3,473
27,917 6,505 5,513
65,475 3,015
25,493 5,920 4,714
5,392 7.6 458 13.2
2,424 8.7 585 9.0 799 14.5
71,633 3,521
28,180 6,581 5,577
65,860 3,061
25,625 5,948 4,781
5,773 8.1 460 13.1
2,555 9.1 633 9.6 796 14.3
August 2011
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,284 11,333 10,798 365,538 8,799
7,492 10,325
9,343 326,952
7,749
792 9.6 1,008 8.9 1,455 13.5 38,586 10.6 1,050 11.9
4,579 42,082 68,323
5,370 1,936
3,921 37,083 61,075
4,851 1,799
658 14.4 4,999 11.9 7,248 10.6
519 9.7 137 7.1
27,052 9,421
10,195 4,934
10,775
24,781 8,055 8,945 4,482 9,715
2,271 8.4 1,366 14.5 1,250 12.3
452 9.2 1,060 9.8
52,413 46,902 90,461 10,296 450,603
48,039 41,432 83,641
9,078 401,179
4,374 8.3 5,470 11.7 6,820 7.5 1,218 11.8 49,424 11.0
12,682 1,144
37,003 25,455 11,964
11,278 1,009 33,043 22,505 10,966
1,404 11.1 135 11.8
3,960 10.7 2,950 11.6
998 8.3
7,421 427,165
19,521 90,625
2,948
6,658 389,791
17,588 83,259
2,373
763 10.3 37,374 8.7
1,933 9.9 7,366 8.1
575 19.5
12,701 17,055 10,398
5,070 104,882
11,423 15,910
9,143 4,496 94,403
1,278 10.1 1,145 6.7 1,255 12.1
574 11.3 10,479 10.0
70,306 3,543
27,371 6,437 5,615
64,727 3,076
24,669 5,793 4,794
5,579 7.9 467 13.2
2,702 9.9 644 10.0 821 14.6
17
Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
August 2012
July 2012
Labor Force
6,802 2,458 3,504 14,655 8,657
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
5,749 2,003 3,009 13,439 7,717
1,053 15.5 455 18.5 495 14.1
1,216 8.3 940 10.9
Labor Force
6,880 2,520 3,527 14,864 8,647
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
5,793 2,031 3,026 13,535 7,754
1,087 15.8 489 19.4 501 14.2
1,329 8.9 893 10.3
Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln
4,615 20,271 15,169 25,823
3,713
4,242 17,775 14,008 23,314
3,307
373 8.1 2,496 12.3 1,161 7.7 2,509 9.7
406 10.9
4,611 20,364 15,382 25,918
3,771
4,237 17,873 14,121 23,279
3,357
374 8.1 2,491 12.2 1,261 8.2 2,639 10.2
414 11.0
Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh
7,608 52,069 13,080 10,183
5,884
7,061 47,511 11,850 8,997 5,208
547 7.2 4,558 8.8 1,230 9.4 1,186 11.6
676 11.5
7,650 52,327 13,059 10,215
5,942
7,050 47,464 11,731
9,056 5,235
600 7.8 4,863 9.3 1,328 10.2 1,159 11.3
707 11.9
Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller
4,933 16,355
4,032 9,330 3,530
4,178 15,258
3,693 8,271 3,294
755 15.3 1,097 6.7
339 8.4 1,059 11.4
236 6.7
5,063 16,246
4,093 9,457 3,570
4,267 15,070
3,715 8,312 3,316
796 15.7 1,176 7.2
378 9.2 1,145 12.1
254 7.1
Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray
9,969 14,170
4,675 9,332 16,665
9,033 12,949
4,140 8,566 14,655
936 9.4 1,221 8.6
535 11.4 766 8.2 2,010 12.1
10,147 14,286
4,712 9,472 16,784
9,175 13,042
4,190 8,672 14,678
972 9.6 1,244 8.7
522 11.1 800 8.4 2,106 12.5
Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding
85,057 48,310 19,299
8,500 72,938
77,228 43,475 18,243
7,908 66,883
7,829 9.2 4,835 10.0 1,056 5.5
592 7.0 6,055 8.3
85,908 48,861 19,154
8,435 73,603
77,691 43,686 18,018
7,810 67,208
8,217 9.6 5,175 10.6 1,136 5.9
625 7.4 6,395 8.7
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk
12,528 14,568
8,310 8,372 20,492
11,130 13,363
7,531 7,626 18,643
1,398 11.2 1,205 8.3
779 9.4 746 8.9 1,849 9.0
12,589 14,638
8,466 8,390 20,672
11,133 13,428
7,575 7,663 18,728
1,456 11.6 1,210 8.3
891 10.5 727 8.7 1,944 9.4
Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph
4,455 8,676
895 6,400 2,792
4,013 7,727
808 5,644 2,418
442 9.9 949 10.9
87 9.7 756 11.8 374 13.4
4,521 8,826
924 6,631 2,869
4,072 7,866
822 5,814 2,467
449 9.9 960 10.9 102 11.0 817 12.3 402 14.0
August 2011
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
6,886 2,469 3,659 14,432 8,553
5,951 2,016 3,132 13,172 7,552
935 13.6 453 18.3 527 14.4 1,260 8.7 1,001 11.7
4,519 21,280 15,004 25,648
3,751
4,138 18,505 13,806 23,039
3,342
381 8.4 2,775 13.0 1,198 8.0 2,609 10.2
409 10.9
7,556 51,237 12,968 10,288
5,756
6,977 46,349 11,592
9,050 5,145
579 7.7 4,888 9.5 1,376 10.6 1,238 12.0
611 10.6
5,136 15,908
4,025 9,408 3,475
4,342 14,665
3,674 8,094 3,219
794 15.5 1,243 7.8
351 8.7 1,314 14.0
256 7.4
9,852 14,116 4,695 9,287 17,440
8,833 12,692
4,193 8,419 15,228
1,019 10.3 1,424 10.1
502 10.7 868 9.3 2,212 12.7
85,085 48,225 18,713
8,233 72,489
76,818 42,544 17,534
7,601 65,451
8,267 9.7 5,681 11.8 1,179 6.3
632 7.7 7,038 9.7
12,169 14,348
8,437 8,220 20,287
10,695 13,077
7,608 7,463 18,223
1,474 12.1 1,271 8.9
829 9.8 757 9.2 2,064 10.2
4,419 9,137
935 6,702 2,861
3,972 8,051
818 5,884 2,461
447 10.1 1,086 11.9
117 12.5 818 12.2 400 14.0
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 2012
July 2012
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
87,172 42,054
1,882 6,971 3,715
77,447 37,810
1,670 6,133 3,375
9,725 11.2 4,244 10.1
212 11.3 838 12.0 340 9.2
88,355 42,473
1,931 7,007 3,780
77,958 10,397 11.8
37,993 4,480 10.5
1,688
243 12.6
6,127
880 12.6
3,405
375 9.9
28,998 12,731
2,220 12,878
3,203
25,823 11,531 1,965 11,114 2,906
3,175 10.9 1,200 9.4
255 11.5 1,764 13.7
297 9.3
29,205 12,895
2,259 13,069
3,245
25,948 11,645 1,976 11,238 2,920
3,257 11.2 1,250 9.7
283 12.5 1,831 14.0
325 10.0
720 9,719 3,436 4,650 4,034
643 8,770 3,005 3,669 3,631
77 10.7 949 9.8 431 12.5 981 21.1 403 10.0
735 9,967 3,465 4,468 4,073
652 8,952 3,031 3,740 3,660
83 11.3 1,015 10.2
434 12.5 728 16.3 413 10.1
21,424 18,315 13,627
5,872 2,883
19,641 16,422 12,114
5,406 2,483
1,783 8.3 1,893 10.3 1,513 11.1
466 7.9 400 13.9
21,713 18,521 13,828
5,798 2,952
19,774 16,549 12,260
5,294 2,502
1,939 8.9 1,972 10.6 1,568 11.3
504 8.7 450 15.2
34,695 4,447 4,230 11,006 11,656
31,220 4,021 3,668
10,199 10,324
3,475 10.0 426 9.6 562 13.3 807 7.3
1,332 11.4
34,820 4,516 4,219 11,112 11,668
31,185 4,083 3,694
10,226 10,332
3,635 10.4 433 9.6 525 12.4 886 8.0
1,336 11.5
33,540 40,821 14,379
2,527 7,725
30,824 37,500 12,731
2,099 6,817
2,716 8.1 3,321 8.1 1,648 11.5
428 16.9 908 11.8
33,216 41,239 14,493
2,550 7,816
30,590 37,682 12,806
2,122 6,873
2,626 7.9 3,557 8.6 1,687 11.6
428 16.8 943 12.1
12,014 1,271 3,055
12,944 41,645
10,564 1,172 2,696 11,803
36,884
1,450 12.1 99 7.8
359 11.8 1,141 8.8 4,761 11.4
12,088 1,286 3,033 13,118
41,958
10,562 1,184 2,722 11,931
36,943
1,526 12.6 102 7.9 311 10.3
1,187 9.0 5,015 12.0
3,067 4,312 4,463 10,386
2,660 3,802 4,027 9,425
407 13.3 510 11.8 436 9.8 961 9.3
3,113 4,348 4,507 10,539
2,710 3,837 4,037 9,501
403 12.9 511 11.8 470 10.4 1,038 9.8
August 2011
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
87,582 41,685
1,909 7,062 3,816
77,903 37,000
1,688 6,130 3,414
9,679 11.1 4,685 11.2
221 11.6 932 13.2 402 10.5
28,839 13,236
2,276 13,050
3,143
25,270 11,856 2,014 11,234 2,852
3,569 12.4 1,380 10.4
262 11.5 1,816 13.9
291 9.3
749 9,777 3,412 4,356 4,048
658 8,793 2,959 3,586 3,579
91 12.1 984 10.1 453 13.3 770 17.7 469 11.6
22,135 18,739 13,993
5,833 2,933
20,271 16,573 12,270
5,316 2,533
1,864 8.4 2,166 11.6 1,723 12.3
517 8.9 400 13.6
33,637 4,359 4,119
10,962 11,692
29,903 3,849 3,595
10,051 10,338
3,734 11.1 510 11.7 524 12.7 911 8.3
1,354 11.6
33,170 40,563 14,662
2,532 7,605
30,222 36,697 12,862
2,107 6,573
2,948 8.9 3,866 9.5 1,800 12.3
425 16.8 1,032 13.6
12,043 1,282 3,024
12,761 43,701
10,457 1,164 2,702 11,515
38,327
1,586 13.2 118 9.2 322 10.6
1,246 9.8 5,374 12.3
3,072 4,406 4,459 10,330
2,657 3,865 3,973 9,290
415 13.5 541 12.3 486 10.9 1,040 10.1
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New Developments
A previously shuttered manufacturing plant has started up again in Bacon County. Topline Building, Inc. first opened its doors in Valene Bennett Industrial Park in Alma in 1999 but had to close in 2010 after falling prey to the recession. The company that produces commercial modular buildings has reopened with a small force of ten but is prepared to add to that number as the economic improvement continues.
An Austrian-based automotive industry supplier plans to build a manufacturing plant in Bartow County. The facility will be located in Highland 75 Industrial Park and manufacture pressed auto parts in the body-in-white segment as well as innovative structural components. Cartersville was the choice of voestalpine Metal Forming because of the proximity the area provided between the company's clients, Mercedes and BMW in Alabama and South Carolina and the new Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. The $62 million investment is expected to create 220 jobs and be operational by July of 2013.
A new department store will be opening in Chatham County in September of this year . Kohl's will open an 80,000 square foot store in Oglethorpe Plaza in Savannah. There will be 125 new full and part time positions at this location.
A chiropractic chain plans to open 30 clinics in the Atlanta metro area over the next 24 to 36 months. The Joint, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based firm, markets itself as a wellness program that focuses on preventative care rather than symptom-based treatment. The clinics will be 800 to 1,200 square feet and will see about 2,000 patients per month. There are locations planned for Coweta, Cobb, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties and 150 jobs are expected to be created.
An electronics retailer will open a new location in DeKalb County at 3637 Peachtree Road. The new H. H. Gregg Buckhead location will be the company's first venture inside I-285 and their twelfth in the Atlanta metro area. The store which will offer electronics and other appliances will create 70 new jobs and open in the fall of this year .
The job count will initially be 12 at a new manufacturing plant in April of next year when it opens for business in Hall County. Lupold, LP, based in southern Germany, comes to Gainesville and joins some 40 other international firms operating
in Hall County. The family-owned company manufactures hydraulic systems and valves. Company representatives stated that $9 million would be invested in the new plant over the next five years and that the workforce would increase to 60 during that time.
A background screening company in Clarke County is planning to hire 50 additional employees before the end of this year . SecurTest is adding these new people due to tougher federal regulations cracking down on companies using illegal blanket no-hiring policies against ex-offenders. The client base for the Athens company includes the U. S. Military , Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.
In Cobb County a company that makes gelato is filling the void left by an ice cream manufacturer. Talenti Gelato is taking up residence in Marietta in an 83,000 square foot plant formerly used to produce Kroger ice cream. The new operation will be ready to begin production in January of next year and the company will hire 75 to 80 new people. Then, within a short period of time the company that is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota will expand to 100 employees.
Related poultry industry concerns in Hall County are planning to expand as the economy continues to improve. Prime Pak Foods, Inc. and Victory Processing, LLC will both expand but in different ways. The former will be opening a new $7 million, 30,000 square foot, fully cooked food production line addition and the latter will be adding 300 new employees. Both plants are located in Gainesville but have different functions. Prime Pack Foods, Inc. is a beef, poultry and pork manufacturer that was established in 1972 while Victory Processing is a poultry sizing and deboning facility . The two plants currently employ 900 people.
The largest supplier for the Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia plant in Troup County is expanding to keep up with their client. To accomplish this Sewon America will invest $10 million and add 150 new positions. The West Point facility's expansion will begin right away and will be completed by the end of 2012. The company produces stamped chassis, body components and decorative trim pieces in their only U.S. plant.
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Georgia Unemployment Rates by County
August 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% 9.2% 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
McDuffie Columbia
Fayette
Henry
Coweta Heard
Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam
Warren Hancock Glascock
Richmond
Less than 9.2%
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: 9.2%
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
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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
County
August Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks
Georgia
45,725 ...... $265 ..... 13.4
Appling
123 ...... $254 ..... 14.3
Atkinson
68 ...... $221 ....... 9.6
Bacon
78 ...... $250 ..... 13.7
Baker
14 ...... $249 ..... 12.8
Baldwin
145 ...... $207 ..... 13.5
Banks
98 ...... $236 ..... 10.7
Barrow
251 ...... $252 ..... 14.6
Bartow
512 ...... $249 ..... 12.0
Ben Hill
137 ...... $210 ..... 12.5
Berrien
162 ...... $213 ..... 10.4
Bibb
632 ...... $199 ..... 15.4
Bleckley
92 ...... $228 ..... 12.6
Brantley
83 ...... $245 ..... 14.4
Brooks
71 ...... $221 ..... 13.7
Bryan
113 ...... $251 ..... 16.0
Bulloch
321 ...... $229 ..... 13.6
Burke
157 ...... $217 ..... 12.5
Butts
102 ...... $226 ..... 14.5
Calhoun
11 ...... $219 ..... 14.7
Camden
175 ...... $215 ..... 16.1
Candler
69 ...... $216 ..... 12.0
Carroll
462 ...... $236 ..... 12.9
Catoosa
154 ...... $249 ..... 10.0
Charlton
55 ...... $227 ..... 16.5
Chatham
1,236 ...... $228 ..... 15.8
Chattahoochee 14 ...... $213 ..... 17.5
Chattooga
57 ...... $231 ..... 15.7
Cherokee
618 ...... $261 ..... 15.4
Clarke
401 ...... $206 ..... 14.0
Clay
7 ...... $217 ..... 13.1
Clayton
1,509 ...... $229 ..... 15.9
Clinch
37 ...... $198 ..... 12.6
Cobb
2,617 ...... $257 ..... 16.3
Coffee
251 ...... $206 ..... 11.2
Colquitt
292 ...... $198 ..... 11.7
Columbia
300 ...... $248 ..... 14.1
Cook
153 ...... $202 ..... 10.8
Coweta
502 ...... $256 ..... 12.6
Crawford
39 ...... $219 ..... 13.8
Crisp
226 ...... $168 ..... 13.6
Dade
25 ...... $238 ..... 10.6
Dawson
60 ...... $244 ..... 14.4
Decatur
163 ...... $214 ..... 12.2
DeKalb
3,747 ...... $242 ..... 15.6
Dodge
242 ...... $199 ..... 11.2
Dooly
58 ...... $196 ..... 14.1
Dougherty
455 ...... $185 ..... 15.5
Douglas
606 ...... $248 ..... 15.2
Early
31 ...... $201 ..... 14.7
Echols
9 ...... $205 ..... 11.2
Effingham
177 ...... $258 ..... 15.1
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
121 ...... $209 ....... 8.1 288 ...... $201 ..... 12.8
57 ...... $206 ..... 11.9 90 ...... $225 ..... 14.3 267 ...... $259 ..... 15.9 596 ...... $234 ..... 13.4 388 ...... $271 ..... 16.2 110 ...... $224 ..... 11.5 4,553 ...... $239 ..... 16.1 101 ...... $221 ..... 14.6 17 ...... $243 ..... 10.8 358 ...... $212 ..... 14.9 358 ...... $249 ..... 10.0 107 ...... $209 ..... 11.2 119 ...... $201 ..... 12.7 2,704 ...... $259 ..... 15.9 251 ...... $230 ....... 9.2 608 ...... $236 ..... 13.1 56 ...... $191 ..... 12.9 110 ...... $242 ..... 11.6 118 ...... $242 ..... 11.5 124 ...... $222 ..... 10.0 56 ...... $252 ..... 11.1 890 ...... $247 ..... 15.8 480 ...... $219 ..... 13.7 48 ...... $212 ..... 13.7 229 ...... $239 ..... 13.7 70 ...... $248 ..... 13.9 125 ...... $234 ..... 13.0 165 ...... $214 ..... 12.8 56 ...... $201 ..... 14.9 83 ...... $199 ..... 13.6 93 ...... $257 ..... 14.8 102 ...... $227 ..... 13.8 66 ...... $215 ..... 10.7 539 ...... $201 ..... 13.2 150 ...... $236 ..... 12.2 195 ...... $213 ..... 17.2 53 ...... $218 ..... 10.3 66 ...... $199 ..... 16.1 486 ...... $192 ..... 12.8 101 ...... $245 ..... 13.8 101 ...... $202 ..... 13.5 132 ...... $225 ..... 12.7 46 ...... $229 ..... 10.9 157 ...... $197 ..... 12.1 58 ...... $223 ..... 14.2 145 ...... $234 ....... 9.5 17 ...... $219 ..... 12.5 111 ...... $176 ..... 13.0 75 ...... $238 ..... 15.0 91 ...... $206 ..... 12.7 78 ...... $206 ..... 12.9 292 ...... $243 ..... 10.3
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.
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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
848 ...... $217 ..... 12.7 532 ...... $235 ..... 14.6
65 ...... $246 ..... 15.8 60 ...... $221 ..... 12.0 565 ...... $263 ..... 15.8 160 ...... $220 ..... 11.4 99 ...... $225 ..... 12.6 98 ...... $206 ..... 12.5 106 ...... $241 ..... 12.8 193 ...... $231 ..... 10.9 39 ...... $236 ..... 10.1 101 ...... $229 ..... 11.5
1 ...... $326 ..... 18.9 48 ...... $241 ..... 15.4 39 ...... $192 ....... 9.8 957 ...... $213 ..... 14.1 428 ...... $244 ..... 15.3 37 ...... $196 ..... 12.9 101 ...... $224 ..... 13.8 31 ...... $204 ..... 14.9 414 ...... $204 ..... 13.9 138 ...... $226 ..... 11.4 36 ...... $229 ..... 12.5 217 ...... $183 ..... 13.3 33 ...... $202 ..... 12.0 16 ...... $188 ..... 11.9 68 ...... $217 ..... 13.4 49 ...... $181 ..... 12.0 390 ...... $189 ....... 9.6 53 ...... $190 ..... 12.7 181 ...... $204 ..... 13.2 164 ...... $217 ..... 14.3 299 ...... $221 ..... 12.4 28 ...... $241 ..... 14.7 75 ...... $222 ..... 14.2 431 ...... $227 ....... 8.7 53 ...... $200 ..... 13.5 48 ...... $236 ..... 14.9 53 ...... $209 ..... 13.3 171 ...... $232 ..... 12.9 191 ...... $232 ....... 9.3 324 ...... $243 ..... 15.0 312 ...... $194 ..... 12.9 76 ...... $187 ..... 12.1 94 ...... $203 ..... 13.1 177 ...... $229 ..... 14.9 18 ...... $193 ....... 9.0 98 ...... $194 ..... 10.9 104 ...... $221 ..... 13.1 740 ...... $237 ....... 8.8 68 ...... $188 ..... 11.8 86 ...... $182 ....... 9.8 42 ...... $214 ..... 13.7 71 ...... $227 ..... 14.1
Mark Butler, Commissioner
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