January 2013 Data January 2013 Employment Situation In January, payroll employment in Georgia declined by 47,700 jobs over the month. Over the year, however, the state has added 79,600 jobs (+2.1 percent) to payrolls. Over the month, employment in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities declined by 18,700 jobs, led by seasonal losses of 14,900 Retail Trade positions. Professional and Business Services lost 10,800 jobs over the month. January was one of four months in the past year that the sector has shown employment declines. Government employment was down 4,200, driven by 3,300 positions cut in State Government. With employment in Accommodation and Food Services declining by 2,900, Leisure and Hospitality lost 3,900 jobs in January. Employment in Education and Health Services continued its seasonal drop, shedding 2,800 positions over the month with Educational Services accounting for 2,300 of the lost jobs. Employment in the Information sector fell by 1,800 in January and has now dropped for two straight months. While gains in Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction offset job losses in Construction of Buildings, declines in Specialty Trade Contractors employment led the Construction sector to lose 1,800 jobs over the month. Other Services saw employment drop by 1,800 in January, its third consecutive month of losses. Following three months of growth, employment in Financial Activities fell by 1,100 over the month and the Manufacturing sector lost 900 jobs, with declines in both Durable Goods (-800 jobs) and NonDurable Goods (-100 jobs). Over the year, Professional and Business Services, Leisure and Hospitality, Education and Health Services, Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, and Manufacturing added almost 82,000 jobs. Information and Financial Activities also saw employment growth. Employment in Government, Other Services, Construction, and Natural Resources and Mining declined from January 2012. Georgia's unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) held steady at 8.7 percent from December to January. Over the year, the unemployment rate has dropped from 9.3 percent in January 2012. Volume XXXIX, Number 1 Georgia Employment (In Millions) 3.877 3.898 3.922 3.958 3.975 3.958 3.930 3.963 3.953 3.993 4.004 4.004 3.956 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2012 2013 Georgia Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted) 9.3% 9.2% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.0% 8.9% 8.8% 8.7% 8.7% 8.7% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2012 2013 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 JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 from DEC 2012 Net % from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 3,956.3 4,004.0 3,876.7 -47.7 -1.2 79.6 2.1 Total Private 3,280.0 3,323.5 3,193.1 -43.5 -1.3 86.9 2.7 Goods Producing 502.5 505.1 497.4 -2.6 -0.5 5.1 1.0 Service-Providing 3,453.8 3,498.9 3,379.3 -45.1 -1.3 74.5 2.2 Private Service-Providing 2,777.5 2,818.4 2,695.7 -40.9 -1.5 81.8 3.0 Mining and Logging 8.4 8.3 8.6 0.1 1.2 -0.2 -2.3 Construction 137.8 139.6 138.3 -1.8 -1.3 -0.5 -0.4 Construction of Buildings 30.0 30.6 30.0 -0.6 -2.0 0.0 0.0 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 19.8 19.2 20.4 0.6 3.1 -0.6 -2.9 Specialty Trade Contractors 88.0 89.8 87.9 -1.8 -2.0 0.1 0.1 Manufacturing 356.3 357.2 350.5 -0.9 -0.3 5.8 1.7 Durable Goods 167.2 168.0 163.6 -0.8 -0.5 3.6 2.2 Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg 21.6 21.6 22.1 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -2.3 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 44.5 44.6 42.6 -0.1 -0.2 1.9 4.5 Non-Durable Goods 189.1 189.2 186.9 -0.1 -0.1 2.2 1.2 Food Manufacturing 63.1 64.0 62.2 -0.9 -1.4 0.9 1.5 Textile Mills 18.4 18.5 18.6 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -1.1 Textile Product Mills 26.6 26.7 27.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -1.9 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 836.4 855.1 823.4 -18.7 -2.2 13.0 1.6 Wholesale Trade 201.5 202.0 198.1 -0.5 -0.3 3.4 1.7 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 95.3 96.2 97.4 -0.9 -0.9 -2.1 -2.2 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 61.4 60.7 58.1 0.7 1.2 3.3 5.7 Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 44.8 45.1 42.6 -0.3 -0.7 2.2 5.2 Retail Trade 444.5 459.4 440.5 -14.9 -3.2 4.0 0.9 Food and Beverage Stores 83.4 84.5 83.0 -1.1 -1.3 0.4 0.5 General Merchandise Stores 102.6 109.1 103.8 -6.5 -6.0 -1.2 -1.2 Miscellaneous Store Retailers 20.1 20.6 20.2 -0.5 -2.4 -0.1 -0.5 Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 190.4 193.7 184.8 -3.3 -1.7 5.6 3.0 Utilities 19.8 19.8 19.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 Transportation and Warehousing 170.6 173.9 164.9 -3.3 -1.9 5.7 3.5 Air Transportation 39.2 39.5 39.6 -0.3 -0.8 -0.4 -1.0 Truck Transportation 45.8 45.5 43.9 0.3 0.7 1.9 4.3 Couriers and Messengers 19.9 22.1 18.8 -2.2 -10.0 1.1 5.9 Warehousing and Storage 28.3 28.8 27.5 -0.5 -1.7 0.8 2.9 Information 101.8 103.6 98.0 -1.8 -1.7 3.8 3.9 Telecommunications 48.3 48.2 46.4 0.1 0.2 1.9 4.1 Wired Telecommunications Carriers 29.5 29.3 28.7 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.8 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 12.1 12.0 11.2 0.1 0.8 0.9 8.0 Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP 5.6 5.9 6.1 -0.3 -5.1 -0.5 -8.2 Financial Activities 228.5 229.6 225.0 -1.1 -0.5 3.5 1.6 Finance and Insurance 172.1 172.2 168.5 -0.1 -0.1 3.6 2.1 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 80.9 81.2 78.2 -0.3 -0.4 2.7 3.5 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 56.4 57.4 56.5 -1.0 -1.7 -0.1 -0.2 Professional and Business Services 565.3 576.1 539.8 -10.8 -1.9 25.5 4.7 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 234.9 235.8 228.9 -0.9 -0.4 6.0 2.6 Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services 41.3 38.6 40.1 2.7 7.0 1.2 3.0 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 36.0 36.3 35.9 -0.3 -0.8 0.1 0.3 Computer Systems Design and Related Services 56.8 56.9 54.5 -0.1 -0.2 2.3 4.2 Management and Technical Consulting Services 32.9 33.0 31.3 -0.1 -0.3 1.6 5.1 Management of Companies and Enterprises 57.5 58.0 56.1 -0.5 -0.9 1.4 2.5 Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 272.9 282.3 254.8 -9.4 -3.3 18.1 7.1 Employment Services 129.2 136.4 115.7 -7.2 -5.3 13.5 11.7 Education and Health Services 502.3 505.1 486.2 -2.8 -0.6 16.1 3.3 Educational Services 67.3 69.6 67.1 -2.3 -3.3 0.2 0.3 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 31.6 33.6 31.3 -2.0 -6.0 0.3 1.0 Health Care and Social Assistance 435.0 435.5 419.1 -0.5 -0.1 15.9 3.8 Ambulatory Health Care Services 171.9 170.1 160.0 1.8 1.1 11.9 7.4 Hospitals 146.5 147.0 143.2 -0.5 -0.3 3.3 2.3 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 57.6 59.1 57.1 -1.5 -2.5 0.5 0.9 Social Assistance 59.0 59.3 58.8 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0.3 Leisure and Hospitality 394.1 398.0 372.8 -3.9 -1.0 21.3 5.7 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 38.0 39.0 35.4 -1.0 -2.6 2.6 7.3 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries 27.0 27.6 25.7 -0.6 -2.2 1.3 5.1 Accommodation and Food Services 356.1 359.0 337.4 -2.9 -0.8 18.7 5.5 Accommodation 39.7 40.0 37.8 -0.3 -0.8 1.9 5.0 Food Services and Drinking Places 316.4 319.0 299.6 -2.6 -0.8 16.8 5.6 Other Services 149.1 150.9 150.5 -1.8 -1.2 -1.4 -0.9 Repair and Maintenance 32.6 33.0 33.1 -0.4 -1.2 -0.5 -1.5 Personal and Laundry Services 31.4 32.6 32.7 -1.2 -3.7 -1.3 -4.0 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar 85.1 85.3 84.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.5 Government 676.3 680.5 683.6 -4.2 -0.6 -7.3 -1.1 Federal Government 101.0 101.7 103.3 -0.7 -0.7 -2.3 -2.2 Department of Defense 41.0 41.2 42.3 -0.2 -0.5 -1.3 -3.1 State Government 172.5 175.8 174.4 -3.3 -1.9 -1.9 -1.1 State Government Educational Services 98.6 101.8 98.6 -3.2 -3.1 0.0 0.0 Local Government 402.8 403.0 405.9 -0.2 -0.1 -3.1 -0.8 Local Government Educational Services 245.7 246.1 249.1 -0.4 -0.2 -3.4 -1.4 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers 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 2012 benchmark. 2 Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research ATLANTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary JAN 2013 Revised DEC 2012 Revised JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 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 2,362.9 2,045.0 236.6 2,126.3 1,808.4 1.1 87.6 17.5 56.3 147.9 74.1 14.7 73.8 24.8 535.7 147.1 71.1 40.9 35.1 258.4 51.0 55.6 13.2 130.2 10.3 119.9 38.6 27.0 15.3 85.0 39.9 24.5 10.3 5.2 155.6 114.4 55.0 41.2 419.1 186.9 29.2 24.9 49.0 29.1 45.1 187.1 89.7 287.6 46.9 240.7 96.7 81.2 37.2 233.2 26.3 206.9 21.5 185.4 92.2 19.1 22.6 317.9 45.2 71.0 201.7 2,392.0 2,073.9 237.8 2,154.2 1,836.1 1.1 87.8 18.2 57.3 148.9 74.9 14.8 74.0 25.1 547.9 147.0 71.1 40.2 35.7 268.0 51.6 59.4 13.6 132.9 10.3 122.6 38.8 27.6 16.9 85.2 39.8 24.4 10.3 5.5 156.4 114.5 55.3 41.9 427.0 188.8 27.9 25.3 49.3 29.7 45.1 193.1 93.7 289.4 48.1 241.3 96.3 81.3 37.2 237.0 26.6 210.4 21.8 188.6 93.2 19.1 23.0 318.1 45.1 71.7 201.3 2,299.5 1,978.4 233.0 2,066.5 1,745.4 1.2 85.4 17.8 55.3 146.4 74.0 15.0 72.4 24.5 522.1 145.1 72.8 38.7 33.6 250.9 50.0 55.7 13.4 126.1 10.3 115.8 39.0 26.8 14.7 80.2 38.2 24.2 9.8 5.7 152.3 111.8 51.8 40.5 401.1 180.4 28.0 25.5 47.2 27.9 43.7 177.0 81.8 277.8 47.8 230.0 90.0 78.2 37.2 221.2 23.8 197.4 21.1 176.3 90.7 19.2 22.5 321.1 45.6 71.7 203.8 -29.1 -1.2 -28.9 -1.4 -1.2 -0.5 -27.9 -1.3 -27.7 -1.5 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.7 -3.9 -1.0 -1.8 -1.0 -0.7 -0.8 -1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -1.2 -12.2 -2.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.7 -0.6 -1.7 -9.6 -3.6 -0.6 -1.2 -3.8 -6.4 -0.4 -2.9 -2.7 -2.0 0.0 0.0 -2.7 -2.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6 -2.2 -1.6 -9.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -5.5 -0.8 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.7 -1.7 -7.9 -1.9 -1.9 -1.0 1.3 4.7 -0.4 -1.6 -0.3 -0.6 -0.6 -2.0 0.0 0.0 -6.0 -3.1 -4.0 -4.3 -1.8 -0.6 -1.2 -2.5 -0.6 -0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -3.8 -1.6 -0.3 -1.1 -3.5 -1.7 -0.3 -1.4 -3.2 -1.7 -1.0 -1.1 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.7 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.7 -1.0 0.4 0.2 63.4 2.8 66.6 3.4 3.6 1.6 59.8 2.9 63.0 3.6 -0.1 -8.3 2.2 2.6 -0.3 -1.7 1.0 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.1 0.1 -0.3 -2.0 1.4 1.9 0.3 1.2 13.6 2.6 2.0 1.4 -1.7 -2.3 2.2 5.7 1.5 4.5 7.5 3.0 1.0 2.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -1.5 4.1 3.3 0.0 0.0 4.1 3.5 -0.4 -1.0 0.2 0.8 0.6 4.1 4.8 6.0 1.7 4.5 0.3 1.2 0.5 5.1 -0.5 -8.8 3.3 2.2 2.6 2.3 3.2 6.2 0.7 1.7 18.0 4.5 6.5 3.6 1.2 4.3 -0.6 -2.4 1.8 3.8 1.2 4.3 1.4 3.2 10.1 5.7 7.9 9.7 9.8 3.5 -0.9 -1.9 10.7 4.7 6.7 7.4 3.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 12.0 5.4 2.5 10.5 9.5 4.8 0.4 1.9 9.1 5.2 1.5 1.7 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 0.4 -3.2 -1.0 -0.4 -0.9 -0.7 -1.0 -2.1 -1.0 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers in the 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 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 3 ALBANY MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private 60.7 61.5 60.5 -0.8 -1.3 47.2 47.9 46.8 -0.7 -1.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.9 Goods Producing 6.5 6.6 6.6 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 -1.5 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 54.2 54.9 53.9 -0.7 -1.3 40.7 41.3 40.2 -0.6 -1.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.2 Manufacturing 4.3 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade 12.1 12.4 12.5 -0.3 -2.4 7.4 7.7 7.7 -0.3 -3.9 -0.4 -3.2 -0.3 -3.9 Government 13.5 13.6 13.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.2 -1.5 Federal Government State Government 3.1 3.1 3.3 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -6.1 3.0 3.2 3.0 -0.2 -6.3 0.0 0.0 Local Government 7.4 7.3 7.4 0.1 1.4 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 2012 benchmark. ATHENS - CLARKE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 87.5 89.0 86.3 -1.5 -1.7 1.2 1.4 Total Private 56.9 58.2 55.8 -1.3 -2.2 1.1 2.0 Goods Producing 9.4 9.5 9.1 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 3.3 Service-Providing 78.1 79.5 77.2 -1.4 -1.8 0.9 1.2 Private Service-Providing 47.5 48.7 46.7 -1.2 -2.5 0.8 1.7 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 12.9 13.5 12.9 -0.6 -4.4 0.0 0.0 Retail Trade 9.2 9.6 9.2 -0.4 -4.2 0.0 0.0 Professional and Business Services 6.9 7.0 6.4 -0.1 -1.4 0.5 7.8 Leisure and Hospitality 8.6 8.7 8.0 -0.1 -1.2 0.6 7.5 Government 30.6 30.8 30.5 -0.2 -0.7 0.1 0.3 Federal Government 1.3 1.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -13.3 State Government 21.5 21.5 21.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.4 Local Government 7.8 8.0 8.0 -0.2 -2.5 -0.2 -2.5 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 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 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 4 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 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 213.2 166.9 30.5 182.7 136.4 10.7 19.8 36.7 4.6 24.8 7.3 2.6 7.7 30.2 30.0 21.3 7.9 46.3 9.2 16.2 20.9 217.1 170.8 30.8 186.3 140.0 11.0 19.8 37.5 4.6 25.5 7.4 2.6 7.8 32.3 30.2 21.6 8.0 46.3 9.3 16.2 20.8 211.5 164.9 30.4 181.1 134.5 10.7 19.7 36.2 4.8 24.3 7.1 2.5 7.6 30.0 29.5 20.8 7.9 46.6 9.1 16.4 21.1 -3.9 -1.8 -3.9 -2.3 -0.3 -1.0 -3.6 -1.9 -3.6 -2.6 -0.3 -2.7 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -2.1 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -2.8 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.3 -2.1 -6.5 -0.2 -0.7 -0.3 -1.4 -0.1 -1.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.7 0.8 2.0 1.2 0.1 0.3 1.6 0.9 1.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 1.4 -0.2 -4.2 0.5 2.1 0.2 2.8 0.1 4.0 0.1 1.3 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.7 0.5 2.4 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 1.1 -0.2 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers in the Augusta - Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Burke, Columbia, McDuffie and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2012 benchmark. BRUNSWICK MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 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 40.0 40.8 39.1 -0.8 -2.0 29.9 30.8 29.0 -0.9 -2.9 4.9 5.0 4.5 -0.1 -2.0 35.1 35.8 34.6 -0.7 -2.0 25.0 25.8 24.5 -0.8 -3.1 7.9 8.1 7.5 -0.2 -2.5 5.3 5.5 5.2 -0.2 -3.6 10.1 10.0 10.1 0.1 1.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 6.6 6.5 6.5 0.1 1.5 0.9 2.3 0.9 3.1 0.4 8.9 0.5 1.5 0.5 2.0 0.4 5.3 0.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -5.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.5 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers in the Brunswick Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Brantley, Glynn and McIntosh counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 5 COLUMBUS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 118.3 120.5 118.6 -2.2 -1.8 -0.3 -0.3 Total Private Goods Producing 93.6 95.3 93.9 -1.7 -1.8 14.7 14.8 14.9 -0.1 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -1.3 Service-Providing 103.6 105.7 103.7 -2.1 -2.0 -0.1 -0.1 Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 78.9 80.5 79.0 -1.6 -2.0 18.7 19.2 18.7 -0.5 -2.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 Retail Trade 13.3 13.9 13.2 -0.6 -4.3 0.1 0.8 Information Financial Activities 1.4 1.4 1.4 13.0 12.9 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.4 Finance and Insurance 11.0 11.0 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.9 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services 4.6 4.6 4.6 0.0 0.0 12.3 12.5 12.5 -0.2 -1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.6 Leisure and Hospitality 13.5 13.8 13.4 -0.3 -2.2 0.1 0.8 Government Federal Government 24.7 25.2 24.7 -0.5 -2.0 7.0 7.1 7.1 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 State Government 4.5 4.7 4.4 -0.2 -4.3 0.1 2.3 Local Government 13.2 13.4 13.2 -0.2 -1.5 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 2012 benchmark. DALTON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 62.8 63.4 62.9 -0.6 -1.0 55.8 56.3 56.2 -0.5 -0.9 21.8 21.8 21.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.7 -0.1 -0.5 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing 41.0 41.6 41.0 -0.6 -1.4 34.0 34.5 34.3 -0.5 -1.5 20.7 20.8 20.8 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.9 -0.1 -0.5 Textile Mills Textile Product Mills Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 2.1 2.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 14.2 14.3 14.5 -0.1 -0.7 15.9 16.3 15.8 -0.4 -2.5 0.2 10.5 -0.3 -2.1 0.1 0.6 Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Professional and Business Services 7.4 7.6 4.3 4.4 6.1 6.2 7.5 -0.2 -2.6 4.3 -0.1 -2.3 5.7 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 7.0 Government Federal Government State Government 7.0 7.1 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.0 6.7 -0.1 -1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Local Government 5.8 5.9 5.5 -0.1 -1.7 0.3 5.5 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 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 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 6 GAINESVILLE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 73.7 75.2 73.1 -1.5 -2.0 0.6 0.8 Total Private 63.9 65.2 63.1 -1.3 -2.0 0.8 1.3 Goods Producing 19.6 19.7 19.1 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 2.6 Service-Providing 54.1 55.5 54.0 -1.4 -2.5 0.1 0.2 Private Service-Providing 44.3 45.5 44.0 -1.2 -2.6 0.3 0.7 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 14.7 15.1 14.1 -0.4 -2.7 0.6 4.3 Retail Trade 7.8 8.1 7.7 -0.3 -3.7 0.1 1.3 Government 9.8 10.0 10.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 -2.0 Federal Government 0.4 0.5 0.5 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -20.0 State Government 2.2 2.3 2.3 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 -4.4 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 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 2012 benchmark. HINESVILLE - FT. STEWART MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 19.6 19.6 19.9 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -1.5 Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing 11.7 11.7 11.8 2.5 2.5 2.3 17.1 17.1 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.9 0.2 8.7 -0.5 -2.8 Private Service-Providing Government Federal Government 9.2 9.2 7.9 7.9 4.2 4.2 9.5 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -3.2 8.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -2.5 4.4 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -4.6 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 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 7 MACON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 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 97.5 99.6 82.2 84.1 8.9 8.9 88.6 90.7 73.3 75.2 20.2 20.7 13.1 13.6 3.5 3.6 9.3 9.4 10.9 11.2 20.8 20.8 9.2 9.3 15.3 15.5 1.3 1.3 3.9 4.1 10.1 10.1 96.2 -2.1 -2.1 81.0 -1.9 -2.3 8.9 0.0 0.0 87.3 -2.1 -2.3 72.1 -1.9 -2.5 19.3 -0.5 -2.4 12.8 -0.5 -3.7 3.4 -0.1 -2.8 9.0 -0.1 -1.1 10.0 -0.3 -2.7 20.2 0.0 0.0 8.8 -0.1 -1.1 15.2 -0.2 -1.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 4.1 -0.2 -4.9 9.9 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.7 0.9 4.7 0.3 2.3 0.1 2.9 0.3 3.3 0.9 9.0 0.6 3.0 0.4 4.6 0.1 0.7 0.1 8.3 -0.2 -4.9 0.2 2.0 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 2012 benchmark. ROME MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 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 38.4 39.2 32.4 33.2 6.2 6.3 32.2 32.9 26.2 26.9 5.6 5.6 6.4 6.5 3.9 4.1 9.9 9.9 6.0 6.0 0.2 0.2 1.7 1.7 4.1 4.1 37.9 -0.8 -2.0 31.7 -0.8 -2.4 6.2 -0.1 -1.6 31.7 -0.7 -2.1 25.5 -0.7 -2.6 5.5 0.0 0.0 6.3 -0.1 -1.5 3.9 -0.2 -4.9 9.5 0.0 0.0 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.3 0.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.6 0.7 2.8 0.1 1.8 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.2 -0.2 -3.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -5.6 -0.1 -2.4 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 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 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 8 SAVANNAH MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 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 155.3 131.9 21.1 134.2 110.8 5.5 15.6 34.9 5.5 18.6 10.8 1.4 6.0 17.4 23.4 21.1 6.6 23.4 3.1 5.9 14.4 158.5 134.6 21.3 137.2 113.3 5.6 15.7 36.1 5.6 19.2 11.3 1.4 6.0 18.2 23.5 21.4 6.7 23.9 3.2 6.2 14.5 151.1 128.3 20.2 130.9 108.1 5.5 14.7 33.8 5.6 17.7 10.5 1.4 5.8 16.9 23.6 20.0 6.6 22.8 3.2 5.7 13.9 -3.2 -2.0 -2.7 -2.0 -0.2 -0.9 -3.0 -2.2 -2.5 -2.2 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 -0.6 -1.2 -3.3 -0.1 -1.8 -0.6 -3.1 -0.5 -4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -4.4 -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -1.4 -0.1 -1.5 -0.5 -2.1 -0.1 -3.1 -0.3 -4.8 -0.1 -0.7 4.2 2.8 3.6 2.8 0.9 4.5 3.3 2.5 2.7 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.9 6.1 1.1 3.3 -0.1 -1.8 0.9 5.1 0.3 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.5 0.5 3.0 -0.2 -0.9 1.1 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.6 -0.1 -3.1 0.2 3.5 0.5 3.6 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 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 2012 benchmark. VALDOSTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 53.5 54.0 52.6 -0.5 -0.9 0.9 1.7 Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing 39.9 40.3 39.1 -0.4 -1.0 6.6 6.6 6.2 0.0 0.0 46.9 47.4 46.4 -0.5 -1.1 0.8 2.1 0.4 6.5 0.5 1.1 Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade 33.3 33.7 10.1 10.4 7.5 7.7 32.9 -0.4 -1.2 10.5 -0.3 -2.9 7.4 -0.2 -2.6 0.4 1.2 -0.4 -3.8 0.1 1.4 Government Federal Government State Government 13.6 13.7 13.5 -0.1 -0.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 4.4 4.4 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 4.8 Local Government 8.0 8.1 8.1 -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 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 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 9 WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2013 DEC 2012 JAN 2012 Change in Jobs from DEC 2012 Net % Change in Jobs from JAN 2012 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 59.0 59.5 33.8 34.2 6.0 5.9 53.0 53.6 27.8 28.3 8.2 8.4 6.5 6.7 25.2 25.3 15.9 15.9 1.0 1.0 8.3 8.4 59.5 -0.5 -0.8 33.5 -0.4 -1.2 5.9 0.1 1.7 53.6 -0.6 -1.1 27.6 -0.5 -1.8 7.9 -0.2 -2.4 6.3 -0.2 -3.0 26.0 -0.1 -0.4 16.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 8.3 -0.1 -1.2 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 0.9 0.1 1.7 -0.6 -1.1 0.2 0.7 0.3 3.8 0.2 3.2 -0.8 -3.1 -0.8 -4.8 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 2012 benchmark. Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 10 Georgia Statewide Hours and Earnings All Employee Average Weekly Earnings Preliminary JAN 2013 Revised DEC 2012 Revised JAN 2012 Total Private ........................................................................................... $765.60 ........................ $788.46 ................... $769.30 Goods Producing ................................................................................ $882.57 ........................ $901.27 ................... $862.16 Private Service Providing .................................................................... $744.28 ........................ $769.50 ................... $751.03 Construction .................................................................................... $879.36 ........................ $904.76 ................... $836.27 Manufacturing .................................................................................. $887.65 ........................ $901.69 ................... $876.36 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ................................................ $699.39 ........................ $721.35 ................... $718.59 Financial Activities ........................................................................... $982.41 ..................... $1,099.40 ................... $925.41 Professional and Business Services ............................................. $929.88 ........................ $962.86 ................... $983.16 Educational and Health Services .................................................... $805.23 ........................ $808.98 ................... $788.18 Leisure and Hospitality ................................................................... $309.83 ........................ $318.85 ................... $323.23 Other Services ................................................................................. $546.01 ........................ $562.29 ................... $552.67 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary JAN 2013 Revised DEC 2012 Revised JAN 2012 Total Private .................................................................................................. 34.8 .............................. 35.5 ......................... 35.0 Goods Producing ....................................................................................... 40.3 .............................. 40.8 ......................... 39.1 Private Service Providing ........................................................................... 33.8 .............................. 34.6 ......................... 34.2 Construction ...........................................................................................39.1 .............................. 39.7 ......................... 37.3 Manufacturing ......................................................................................... 41.0 .............................. 41.4 ......................... 40.2 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .......................................................34.2 .............................. 35.0 ......................... 34.9 Financial Activities ..................................................................................37.1 .............................. 38.2 ......................... 37.3 Professional and Business Services ....................................................36.9 .............................. 38.3 ......................... 36.4 Educational and Health Services ........................................................... 34.5 .............................. 34.9 ......................... 35.6 Leisure and Hospitality .......................................................................... 25.5 .............................. 26.2 ......................... 26.3 Other Services ........................................................................................30.1 .............................. 31.1 ......................... 30.4 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary JAN 2013 Revised DEC 2012 Revised JAN 2012 Total Private ............................................................................................. $22.00 .......................... $22.21 ..................... $21.98 Goods Producing .................................................................................. $21.90 .......................... $22.09 ..................... $22.05 Private Service Providing ...................................................................... $22.02 .......................... $22.24 ..................... $21.96 Construction ...................................................................................... $22.49 .......................... $22.79 ..................... $22.42 Manufacturing .................................................................................... $21.65 .......................... $21.78 ..................... $21.80 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .................................................. $20.45 .......................... $20.61 ..................... $20.59 Financial Activities ............................................................................. $26.48 .......................... $28.78 ..................... $24.81 Professional and Business Services ............................................... $25.20 .......................... $25.14 ..................... $27.01 Educational and Health Services ...................................................... $23.34 .......................... $23.18 ..................... $22.14 Leisure and Hospitality ..................................................................... $12.15 .......................... $12.17 ..................... $12.29 Other Services ................................................................................... $18.14 .......................... $18.08 ..................... $18.18 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 JAN 2013 Revised DEC 2012 Revised JAN 2012 Albany MSA ............................................................................................ $526.08 ........................ $538.79 ................... $591.89 Athens-Clarke County MSA ................................................................... $642.96 ........................ $666.97 ................... $652.92 Atlanta MSA ............................................................................................ $837.90 ........................ $871.88 ................... $857.49 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ........................................................... $769.24 ........................ $791.47 ................... $751.39 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................... $503.13 ........................ $481.68 ................... $426.61 Columbus MSA ..................................................................................... $706.22 ........................ $712.00 ................... $647.33 Dalton MSA ............................................................................................ $618.20 ........................ $611.36 ................... $563.47 Gainesville MSA .................................................................................... $806.02 ........................ $820.44 ................... $814.95 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................. $802.33 ........................ $746.70 ................... $606.55 Macon MSA ............................................................................................ $746.03 ........................ $742.45 ................... $747.87 Rome MSA ............................................................................................ $697.32 ........................ $709.32 ................... $684.38 Savannah MSA ...................................................................................... $669.24 ........................ $670.00 ................... $679.73 Valdosta MSA ......................................................................................... $618.93 ........................ $616.03 ................... $604.31 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................. $566.89 ........................ $555.38 ................... $597.14 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary JAN 2013 Revised DEC 2012 Revised JAN 2012 Albany MSA ................................................................................................... 32.0 .............................. 33.3 ......................... 33.9 Athens-Clarke County MSA .......................................................................... 32.1 .............................. 33.1 ......................... 31.3 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................... 34.2 .............................. 35.1 ......................... 35.1 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. 35.4 .............................. 35.7 ......................... 35.9 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. 30.2 .............................. 30.7 ......................... 29.1 Columbus MSA ............................................................................................34.5 .............................. 35.3 ......................... 35.2 Dalton MSA ................................................................................................... 35.9 .............................. 35.4 ......................... 33.6 Gainesville MSA ...........................................................................................38.2 .............................. 38.5 ......................... 37.4 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .........................................................................41.4 .............................. 39.3 ......................... 35.0 Macon MSA ................................................................................................... 39.1 .............................. 39.2 ......................... 37.3 Rome MSA ................................................................................................... 33.9 .............................. 32.9 ......................... 36.5 Savannah MSA ............................................................................................. 33.0 .............................. 33.3 ......................... 33.6 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................ 38.3 .............................. 37.2 ......................... 34.2 Warner Robins MSA .....................................................................................34.8 .............................. 33.7 ......................... 34.9 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary JAN 2013 Revised DEC 2012 Revised JAN 2012 Albany MSA .............................................................................................. $16.44 .......................... $16.18 ..................... $17.46 Athens-Clarke County MSA ..................................................................... $20.03 .......................... $20.15 ..................... $20.86 Atlanta MSA .............................................................................................. $24.50 .......................... $24.84 ..................... $24.43 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ............................................................. $21.73 .......................... $22.17 ..................... $20.93 Brunswick MSA ........................................................................................ $16.66 .......................... $15.69 ..................... $14.66 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................... $20.47 .......................... $20.17 ..................... $18.39 Dalton MSA .............................................................................................. $17.22 .......................... $17.27 ..................... $16.77 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................... $21.10 .......................... $21.31 ..................... $21.79 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................... $19.38 .......................... $19.00 ..................... $17.33 Macon MSA .............................................................................................. $19.08 .......................... $18.94 ..................... $20.05 Rome MSA .............................................................................................. $20.57 .......................... $21.56 ..................... $18.75 Savannah MSA ........................................................................................ $20.28 .......................... $20.12 ..................... $20.23 Valdosta MSA ........................................................................................... $16.16 .......................... $16.56 ..................... $17.67 Warner Robins MSA ................................................................................ $16.29 .......................... $16.48 ..................... $17.11 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% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2012 2013 WA 7.5 OR 8.4 ID 6.3 NV 9.7 UT CA 5.4 9.8 AZ 8.0 AK 6.7 State unemployment rates January 2013 National Unemployment Rate: 7.9% Rates are seasonally adjusted MT 5.7 WY 4.9 CO 7.3 NM 6.6 ND 3.3 SD 4.4 NE 3.8 KS 5.5 MN 5.6 WI 7.0 IA 5.0 IL 9.0 MO 6.5 OK 5.1 TX 6.3 AR 7.2 MS 9.3 LA 5.9 NH 5.8 ME VT 7.3 4.7 MI 8.9 OH IN 7.0 8.6 KY 7.9 TN 7.7 PA 8.2 WV 7.4 VA 5.6 NC 9.5 SC 8.7 AL GA 6.9 8.7 FL 7.8 MA 6.7 NY 8.4 RI 9.8 CT NJ 8.1 9.5 DE 7.2 DC 8.6 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% Less than 3.0% HI 5.2 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 JAN 2013 4,846,362 4,423,025 423,337 8.7 4,850,742 4,410,507 440,235 9.1 75,216 67,884 7,332 9.7 114,609 107,099 7,510 6.6 2,772,485 2,530,126 242,359 8.7 265,697 241,653 24,044 9.0 51,047 45,793 5,254 10.3 132,062 119,611 12,451 9.4 60,514 53,325 7,189 11.9 91,293 84,487 6,806 7.5 DEC 2012 4,830,658 4,408,889 421,769 8.7 4,843,349 4,421,542 421,807 8.7 74,888 67,833 7,055 9.4 114,803 107,437 7,366 6.4 2,773,421 2,540,260 233,161 8.4 265,882 242,950 22,932 8.6 51,142 46,180 4,962 9.7 132,923 121,002 11,921 9.0 59,827 53,272 6,555 11.0 91,492 84,923 6,569 7.2 JAN 2012 4,792,235 4,344,937 447,298 9.3 4,770,628 4,313,490 457,138 9.6 74,903 67,436 7,467 10.0 112,190 104,268 7,922 7.1 2,709,038 2,454,293 254,745 9.4 263,224 239,195 24,029 9.1 50,318 44,838 5,480 10.9 131,694 119,619 12,075 9.2 60,629 52,846 7,783 12.8 89,652 82,502 7,150 8.0 Change From DEC 2012 JAN 2012 15,704 14,136 1,568 54,127 78,088 -23,961 7,393 -11,035 18,428 80,114 97,017 -16,903 328 313 51 448 277 -135 -194 -338 144 2,419 2,831 -412 -936 -10,134 9,198 63,447 75,833 -12,386 -185 -1,297 1,112 2,473 2,458 15 -95 -387 292 729 955 -226 -861 368 -1,391 -8 530 376 687 -115 53 479 634 -594 -199 -436 237 1,641 1,985 -344 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 JAN 2013 33,638 30,493 3,145 9.3 114,817 103,991 10,826 9.4 48,944 43,935 5,009 10.2 181,597 166,464 15,133 8.3 68,380 62,502 5,878 8.6 72,012 66,493 5,519 7.7 DEC 2012 33,167 30,161 3,006 9.1 115,381 104,872 10,509 9.1 49,017 44,416 4,601 9.4 183,298 168,509 14,789 8.1 68,075 62,355 5,720 8.4 71,841 66,468 5,373 7.5 JAN 2012 33,836 30,657 3,179 9.4 113,564 102,179 11,385 10.0 48,418 43,113 5,305 11.0 177,581 161,687 15,894 9.0 67,188 61,055 6,133 9.1 71,657 66,080 5,577 7.8 Change From DEC 2012 JAN 2012 471 -198 332 -164 139 -34 -564 -881 317 1,253 1,812 -559 -73 -481 408 526 822 -296 -1,701 -2,045 344 4,016 4,777 -761 305 1,192 147 1,447 158 -255 171 355 25 413 146 -58 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 JAN 2013 155,654,000 143,322,000 12,332,000 7.9 DEC 2012 155,511,000 143,305,000 12,206,000 7.8 JAN 2012 154,356,000 141,608,000 12,748,000 8.3 Change From DEC 2012 JAN 2012 143,000 17,000 126,000 1,298,000 1,714,000 -416,000 United States (Not Seasonally adjusted) Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 154,794,000 141,614,000 13,181,000 8.5 154,904,000 143,060,000 11,844,000 7.6 153,485,000 139,944,000 13,541,000 8.8 -110,000 -1,446,000 1,337,000 1,309,000 1,670,000 -360,000 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 January 2013 December 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,850,742 4,410,507 440,235 9.1 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,843,349 4,421,542 421,807 8.7 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 9,756 3,010 4,532 1,387 17,693 8,685 2,630 4,096 1,263 15,525 1,071 11.0 380 12.6 436 9.6 124 8.9 2,168 12.3 9,531 2,854 4,390 1,401 17,614 8,540 2,574 3,976 1,262 15,553 991 10.4 280 9.8 414 9.4 139 9.9 2,061 11.7 Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 10,263 35,180 49,609 6,804 8,061 9,541 32,236 45,018 5,875 7,243 722 7.0 2,944 8.4 4,591 9.3 929 13.7 818 10.1 10,274 35,132 49,432 6,687 7,945 9,605 32,365 45,198 5,816 7,171 669 6.5 2,767 7.9 4,234 8.6 871 13.0 774 9.7 Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 75,188 5,266 7,769 7,423 16,272 67,964 4,455 6,882 6,804 14,990 7,224 9.6 811 15.4 887 11.4 619 8.3 1,282 7.9 75,506 5,177 7,754 7,399 16,372 68,540 4,409 6,940 6,788 15,174 6,966 9.2 768 14.8 814 10.5 611 8.3 1,198 7.3 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 32,788 10,064 10,239 2,157 21,353 29,377 8,802 9,087 1,922 19,403 3,411 10.4 1,262 12.5 1,152 11.3 235 10.9 1,950 9.1 32,402 10,049 10,153 2,129 21,072 29,105 8,865 9,123 1,902 19,220 3,297 10.2 1,184 11.8 1,030 10.1 227 10.7 1,852 8.8 Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 4,550 4,042 508 11.2 54,154 48,017 6,137 11.3 34,222 32,302 1,920 5.6 4,538 4,011 527 11.6 137,510 125,823 11,687 8.5 4,283 3,822 461 10.8 52,902 48,210 4,692 8.9 34,691 32,623 2,068 6.0 4,478 3,979 499 11.1 138,879 127,369 11,510 8.3 Chattahoochee 2,199 Chattooga 10,528 Cherokee 116,088 Clarke 69,578 Clay 1,290 1,774 9,283 107,767 64,768 1,175 425 19.3 1,245 11.8 8,321 7.2 4,810 6.9 115 8.9 2,217 10,644 116,198 69,635 1,291 1,790 9,296 108,199 64,973 1,178 427 19.3 1,348 12.7 7,999 6.9 4,662 6.7 113 8.8 Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 132,233 117,737 14,496 11.0 2,700 2,352 348 12.9 381,085 351,392 29,693 7.8 15,610 13,366 2,244 14.4 19,974 18,028 1,946 9.7 132,209 118,208 14,001 10.6 2,577 2,285 292 11.3 381,839 352,799 29,040 7.6 15,126 13,084 2,042 13.5 19,461 17,666 1,795 9.2 Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 67,129 6,435 65,329 6,229 9,380 62,648 5,717 59,600 5,646 8,144 4,481 6.7 718 11.2 5,729 8.8 583 9.4 1,236 13.2 67,539 6,348 64,888 6,274 9,218 63,103 5,668 59,839 5,694 8,064 4,436 6.6 680 10.7 5,049 7.8 580 9.2 1,154 12.5 16 January 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,770,628 4,313,490 457,138 9.6 9,756 3,056 4,562 1,375 18,276 8,709 2,614 4,095 1,255 15,972 1,047 10.7 442 14.5 467 10.2 120 8.7 2,304 12.6 10,271 34,450 48,610 6,746 7,993 9,524 31,270 43,668 5,830 7,142 747 7.3 3,180 9.2 4,942 10.2 916 13.6 851 10.6 74,375 5,172 7,657 7,356 15,883 66,780 4,492 6,739 6,647 14,559 7,595 10.2 680 13.1 918 12.0 709 9.6 1,324 8.3 32,491 9,868 9,938 2,191 21,151 29,087 8,692 8,815 1,939 19,138 3,404 10.5 1,176 11.9 1,123 11.3 252 11.5 2,013 9.5 4,567 52,151 34,344 4,545 134,624 4,103 46,578 32,020 3,999 122,212 464 10.2 5,573 10.7 2,324 6.8 546 12.0 12,412 9.2 2,211 10,465 113,439 68,007 1,286 1,770 9,308 104,537 63,056 1,154 441 19.9 1,157 11.1 8,902 7.8 4,951 7.3 132 10.3 129,698 2,668 373,007 15,438 20,049 114,208 2,368 340,860 13,287 18,166 15,490 11.9 300 11.2 32,147 8.6 2,151 13.9 1,883 9.4 66,250 6,501 63,445 6,177 9,335 61,872 5,726 57,814 5,547 8,162 4,378 6.6 775 11.9 5,631 8.9 630 10.2 1,173 12.6 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older January 2013 December 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,087 7,582 505 6.2 11,572 10,665 907 7.8 11,303 10,018 1,285 11.4 373,653 339,666 33,987 9.1 8,824 7,772 1,052 11.9 8,209 7,657 552 6.7 11,604 10,708 896 7.7 10,981 9,751 1,230 11.2 374,241 341,027 33,214 8.9 8,704 7,708 996 11.4 Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 4,630 43,226 69,578 5,396 2,064 3,996 38,642 63,175 4,961 1,913 634 13.7 4,584 10.6 6,403 9.2 435 8.1 151 7.3 4,550 43,053 69,585 5,323 2,045 3,958 38,613 63,428 4,886 1,909 592 13.0 4,440 10.3 6,157 8.8 437 8.2 136 6.7 Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin 27,816 9,147 10,039 4,892 10,383 25,652 7,945 8,897 4,457 9,363 2,164 7.8 1,202 13.1 1,142 11.4 435 8.9 1,020 9.8 28,048 8,987 9,862 4,838 10,446 25,967 7,963 8,758 4,414 9,504 2,081 7.4 1,024 11.4 1,104 11.2 424 8.8 942 9.0 Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 54,022 49,900 4,122 7.6 48,944 43,935 5,009 10.2 95,383 88,998 6,385 6.7 10,017 8,896 1,121 11.2 469,104 425,002 44,102 9.4 54,066 50,100 3,966 7.3 49,017 44,416 4,601 9.4 95,540 89,355 6,185 6.5 9,825 8,800 1,025 10.4 470,093 426,704 43,389 9.2 Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 12,243 1,149 37,532 26,218 11,901 10,971 1,003 33,763 23,438 10,976 1,272 10.4 146 12.7 3,769 10.0 2,780 10.6 925 7.8 12,282 1,147 37,628 25,868 11,661 11,054 1,008 34,048 23,401 10,765 1,228 10.0 139 12.1 3,580 9.5 2,467 9.5 896 7.7 Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock 7,321 6,560 761 10.4 443,939 410,072 33,867 7.6 19,585 17,698 1,887 9.6 91,293 84,487 6,806 7.5 2,931 2,444 487 16.6 7,289 6,532 757 10.4 445,397 411,714 33,683 7.6 19,344 17,598 1,746 9.0 91,492 84,923 6,569 7.2 2,969 2,448 521 17.5 Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 12,919 17,100 10,150 5,165 108,313 11,674 15,867 8,920 4,582 98,587 1,245 9.6 1,233 7.2 1,230 12.1 583 11.3 9,726 9.0 12,809 17,073 9,937 5,068 108,403 11,720 16,007 8,858 4,600 98,982 1,089 8.5 1,066 6.2 1,079 10.9 468 9.2 9,421 8.7 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 72,012 3,577 28,113 6,554 5,225 66,493 3,149 25,666 5,944 4,491 5,519 7.7 428 12.0 2,447 8.7 610 9.3 734 14.0 71,841 3,562 28,134 6,534 5,139 66,468 3,118 25,761 5,968 4,445 5,373 7.5 444 12.5 2,373 8.4 566 8.7 694 13.5 January 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,100 11,282 11,262 365,591 8,832 7,516 10,346 9,916 329,486 7,832 584 7.2 936 8.3 1,346 12.0 36,105 9.9 1,000 11.3 4,669 43,109 67,988 5,467 2,017 4,010 38,387 61,281 4,993 1,869 659 14.1 4,722 11.0 6,707 9.9 474 8.7 148 7.3 27,074 9,326 10,249 4,857 10,586 24,916 8,090 9,122 4,413 9,430 2,158 8.0 1,236 13.3 1,127 11.0 444 9.1 1,156 10.9 52,864 48,418 92,980 10,217 458,951 48,405 43,113 86,331 9,100 412,264 4,459 8.4 5,305 11.0 6,649 7.2 1,117 10.9 46,687 10.2 12,480 1,141 37,001 25,803 11,999 11,068 1,009 33,059 22,999 11,061 1,412 11.3 132 11.6 3,942 10.7 2,804 10.9 938 7.8 7,187 433,436 19,632 89,652 3,008 6,439 397,781 17,724 82,502 2,514 748 10.4 35,655 8.2 1,908 9.7 7,150 8.0 494 16.4 12,611 17,154 10,383 5,006 105,546 11,324 15,828 9,220 4,445 95,632 1,287 10.2 1,326 7.7 1,163 11.2 561 11.2 9,914 9.4 71,657 3,599 27,837 6,439 5,356 66,080 3,125 25,257 5,766 4,578 5,577 7.8 474 13.2 2,580 9.3 673 10.5 778 14.5 17 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older January 2013 December 2012 Labor Force 6,918 2,489 3,667 14,734 8,750 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 5,876 2,052 3,092 13,545 7,704 1,042 15.1 437 17.6 575 15.7 1,189 8.1 1,046 12.0 Labor Force 6,777 2,458 3,697 14,834 8,658 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 5,807 2,044 3,111 13,659 7,735 970 14.3 414 16.8 586 15.9 1,175 7.9 923 10.7 Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 4,835 20,513 15,724 25,929 3,726 4,440 18,087 14,493 23,326 3,303 395 8.2 2,426 11.8 1,231 7.8 2,603 10.0 423 11.4 4,804 20,383 15,636 25,569 3,674 4,430 18,203 14,482 23,072 3,291 374 7.8 2,180 10.7 1,154 7.4 2,497 9.8 383 10.4 Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 7,709 54,057 13,093 10,273 5,746 7,167 49,344 11,837 9,238 5,148 542 7.0 4,713 8.7 1,256 9.6 1,035 10.1 598 10.4 7,599 7,089 510 6.7 53,826 49,228 4,598 8.5 13,025 11,849 1,176 9.0 10,295 9,305 990 9.6 5,759 5,191 568 9.9 Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 5,019 16,530 3,973 9,262 3,491 4,244 15,454 3,639 8,171 3,255 775 15.4 1,076 6.5 334 8.4 1,091 11.8 236 6.8 4,852 16,567 3,960 9,148 3,427 4,131 15,503 3,670 8,203 3,208 721 14.9 1,064 6.4 290 7.3 945 10.3 219 6.4 Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 10,227 14,493 4,724 9,443 17,248 9,291 13,221 4,227 8,681 15,082 936 9.2 1,272 8.8 497 10.5 762 8.1 2,166 12.6 10,007 14,606 4,597 9,404 17,103 9,090 13,333 4,141 8,660 15,067 917 9.2 1,273 8.7 456 9.9 744 7.9 2,036 11.9 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding 86,348 49,003 19,981 8,519 73,866 77,731 44,067 18,926 7,950 67,794 8,617 10.0 4,936 10.1 1,055 5.3 569 6.7 6,072 8.2 86,534 78,414 8,120 9.4 49,038 44,244 4,794 9.8 20,054 18,986 1,068 5.3 8,547 7,975 572 6.7 74,038 68,065 5,973 8.1 Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 12,896 14,862 8,666 8,588 21,010 11,491 13,422 7,812 7,614 19,148 1,405 10.9 1,440 9.7 854 9.9 974 11.3 1,862 8.9 12,751 14,684 8,370 8,443 20,838 11,417 13,476 7,630 7,645 19,084 1,334 10.5 1,208 8.2 740 8.8 798 9.5 1,754 8.4 Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 4,435 8,830 873 6,099 2,634 3,971 7,822 763 5,288 2,286 464 10.5 1,008 11.4 110 12.6 811 13.3 348 13.2 4,390 8,780 863 6,147 2,553 3,945 7,844 760 5,379 2,221 445 10.1 936 10.7 103 11.9 768 12.5 332 13.0 January 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 6,830 2,466 3,515 14,708 8,460 5,955 2,049 3,108 13,308 7,473 875 12.8 417 16.9 407 11.6 1,400 9.5 987 11.7 4,693 20,820 15,598 26,043 3,752 4,337 18,184 14,398 23,452 3,348 356 7.6 2,636 12.7 1,200 7.7 2,591 9.9 404 10.8 7,793 53,122 12,988 10,223 5,662 7,205 48,202 11,673 9,124 5,041 588 7.5 4,920 9.3 1,315 10.1 1,099 10.8 621 11.0 5,066 16,272 3,976 9,042 3,571 4,319 15,046 3,629 7,926 3,351 747 14.7 1,226 7.5 347 8.7 1,116 12.3 220 6.2 10,187 14,252 4,648 9,155 17,340 9,245 12,990 4,129 8,378 14,947 942 9.2 1,262 8.9 519 11.2 777 8.5 2,393 13.8 85,563 48,327 19,566 8,344 72,205 77,537 42,746 18,426 7,740 65,762 8,026 9.4 5,581 11.5 1,140 5.8 604 7.2 6,443 8.9 12,628 14,403 8,652 8,182 20,677 11,178 13,020 7,833 7,386 18,719 1,450 11.5 1,383 9.6 819 9.5 796 9.7 1,958 9.5 4,398 8,971 895 6,397 2,672 3,982 7,934 796 5,541 2,292 416 9.5 1,037 11.6 99 11.1 856 13.4 380 14.2 18 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and(nOotldseerasonally adjusted) January 2013 December 2012 January 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole 89,734 42,513 1,988 6,940 3,790 80,533 38,244 1,729 6,127 3,436 9,201 10.3 4,269 10.0 259 13.0 813 11.7 354 9.3 89,985 42,490 1,935 6,848 3,672 81,117 38,397 1,705 6,071 3,331 8,868 9.9 4,093 9.6 230 11.9 777 11.3 341 9.3 88,760 41,482 1,984 7,009 3,830 79,535 37,098 1,749 6,197 3,441 9,225 10.4 4,384 10.6 235 11.8 812 11.6 389 10.2 Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot 29,940 13,191 2,242 13,231 3,209 25,937 11,940 1,966 11,381 2,901 4,003 13.4 1,251 9.5 276 12.3 1,850 14.0 308 9.6 29,229 13,060 2,208 12,840 3,187 26,041 11,869 1,950 11,224 2,900 3,188 10.9 1,191 9.1 258 11.7 1,616 12.6 287 9.0 28,614 13,172 2,206 13,228 3,143 25,160 11,856 1,962 11,509 2,828 3,454 12.1 1,316 10.0 244 11.1 1,719 13.0 315 10.0 Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell 706 9,653 3,430 4,554 4,175 641 8,614 2,985 3,884 3,721 65 9.2 1,039 10.8 445 13.0 670 14.7 454 10.9 692 9,250 3,387 4,281 4,069 639 8,309 2,938 3,649 3,718 53 7.7 941 10.2 449 13.3 632 14.8 351 8.6 708 9,590 3,402 4,653 4,176 629 8,571 2,971 3,965 3,697 79 11.2 1,019 10.6 431 12.7 688 14.8 479 11.5 Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen 21,935 19,205 14,208 5,617 2,839 20,153 17,295 12,544 5,133 2,426 1,782 8.1 1,910 9.9 1,664 11.7 484 8.6 413 14.5 21,784 18,839 13,761 5,522 2,825 20,100 16,999 12,289 5,057 2,438 1,684 7.7 1,840 9.8 1,472 10.7 465 8.4 387 13.7 22,121 18,908 13,818 5,711 2,851 20,305 16,831 12,254 5,192 2,413 1,816 8.2 2,077 11.0 1,564 11.3 519 9.1 438 15.4 Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson 35,066 4,467 4,174 11,184 11,726 31,413 4,013 3,616 10,344 10,364 3,653 10.4 454 10.2 558 13.4 840 7.5 1,362 11.6 34,727 4,306 4,162 11,117 11,648 31,408 3,888 3,646 10,335 10,357 3,319 9.6 418 9.7 516 12.4 782 7.0 1,291 11.1 33,884 4,566 4,051 11,000 11,609 30,218 4,103 3,553 10,078 10,266 3,666 10.8 463 10.1 498 12.3 922 8.4 1,343 11.6 Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington 33,198 41,580 15,058 2,543 7,754 30,740 38,053 13,258 2,126 6,846 2,458 7.4 3,527 8.5 1,800 12.0 417 16.4 908 11.7 33,876 41,597 14,634 2,494 7,683 31,045 38,206 12,949 2,122 6,818 2,831 8.4 3,391 8.2 1,685 11.5 372 14.9 865 11.3 33,097 40,899 15,033 2,551 7,786 30,472 36,913 13,295 2,129 6,881 2,625 7.9 3,986 9.7 1,738 11.6 422 16.5 905 11.6 Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield 12,007 1,226 2,984 12,746 43,266 10,604 1,122 2,693 11,552 38,243 1,403 11.7 104 8.5 291 9.8 1,194 9.4 5,023 11.6 11,953 1,203 2,892 12,805 42,724 10,617 1,104 2,616 11,695 38,205 1,336 11.2 99 8.2 276 9.5 1,110 8.7 4,519 10.6 12,005 1,233 2,986 12,507 43,289 10,533 1,133 2,671 11,260 37,899 1,472 12.3 100 8.1 315 10.5 1,247 10.0 5,390 12.5 Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 3,107 4,356 4,415 10,703 2,708 3,871 3,970 9,764 399 12.8 485 11.1 445 10.1 939 8.8 3,042 4,339 4,295 10,727 2,669 3,875 3,880 9,757 373 12.3 464 10.7 415 9.7 970 9.0 3,090 4,359 4,468 10,647 2,696 3,865 4,014 9,700 394 12.8 494 11.3 454 10.2 947 8.9 19 New Developments A Japanese manufacturer of beverages and animal feed additives has announced plans to locate a new facility in Fayette County. Calpis U.S.A. Inc. will construct a 36,370 square-foot plant and a 10,036 square-foot office building on 11.82 acres in Peachtree City. The company will produce animal feed additives utilizing a process of culturing, drying and grinding a soybean based product into a probiotic additive in powder form. The operation is expected to begin in April of 2014 and will employ 42 people. Tractor Supply that had already announced plans to build a new distribution center in Bibb County made it known recently that they will need an additional 100 new employees for their new Macon facility. The $50 million, 700,000 square-foot building has been assigned 180 to 250 of the company's retail outlets to service. The company has decided that the volume of business that will run through the facility will require the additional workers. There is more good economic news coming from an established Chatham County employer. Gulfstream Aerospace has leased a 70,000 square-foot building in Savannah that will house their new Information Technology Center of Excellence. The new facility will employ more than 400 professionals and 100 of them will be new hires. A Fulton County mobile software firm is in the process of raising $150 million in an initial public offering during the first half of 2013. AirWatch LLC helps manage, monitor and secure employee cell phones, tablet computers and other mobile devices. With revenues growing at a rate of 40 percent quarter over quarter the Sandy Springs firm is the largest independent provider of mobile device management services. The growth is expected to produce about 700 new jobs this year. There will be a $250 million investment in Fulton County to expand the advance manufacturing operation of an eye-care products company. Alcon is adding roughly 70,000 square feet to their campus in John's Creek. The project is scheduled to start in September of this year and will take three to five years to complete. The 300 new jobs created will be working to produce a new contact lens product and will include engineering and manufacturing positions. The new job count will be 900 when the expansion of a Fulton County software company is complete. Cloud Sherpas helps large companies switch from software installed on employee computers and corporate servers to workforce applications such as Google Apps or Salesforce.com that are delivered and managed on the internet. The five-year old Atlanta company is expecting revenues to double this year and the additional employees will be needed to handle the 18 percent growth the company expects through 2016. A consolidation of a California-based computer company's Fulton County customer support facility with a call center will result in 200 new jobs. Hewlett-Packard has decided to bring the work from one of its New Mexico facilities to one of their existing locations in Alpharetta. These new positions should be in place by the end of October 2013. In Fulton County a $9 million investment at a medical facility will result in 11,000 more square feet and 50 new employees. Piedmont Healthcare will renovate its intensive care unit and add to its ICU that will include 18 new rooms. The project at the company's Atlanta location should be complete by late spring or early summer this year. A Gwinnett County communications company will build a new 60,000 square foot office building that will call for a $10 million investment. ViaSat Inc., which produces satellite and other digital communication products for government and commercial customers, will add 275 jobs as a result of this expansion. The new jobs at the Duluth facility will include software engineers, mechanical engineers, programmers and analysts with an average salary of about $90,000. A global payments company will create a mobile technology think tank in the Atlanta Metro area. Elavon, a subsidiary of Minneapolis banking giant, U. S. Bank, will use this new facility to develop new electronic payment technologies and business intelligence services that allow merchants to better understand sales trends, manage inventories and tweak business operations. The medical technology field is continuing to expand locally. EndoChoice, a company that sells endoscopy devices based in Alpharetta, has announced that the impending merger with an Israeli medical firm will bring 200 new jobs to the state with most of them being the Atlanta area. Once combined the company will retain its headquarter in Alpharetta, but will reach far beyond Georgia. A venture capital firm will aid the company in raising $43 million for the expansion. The banking industry will add more jobs to Georgia over the next six months as Wells Fargo plans to add 200 new employees. The bulk of the new hires will be in the Atlanta metro area and will include mortgage bankers, small business lenders, loan underwriters and financial lending along with other services. This is an effort to better service the company's clients as the economy continues to improve. 20 Georgia Unemployment Rates by County January 2013 Dade 6.2 Catoosa 5.6 Walker Whitfield Murray 12.6 Fannin 9.8 Union 7.5 Towns 8.6 Rabun 13.3 7.4 11.6 Gilmer 10.4 White Habersham 9.4 9.6 Chattooga 11.8 Gordon 10.6 Pickens 9.7 Lumpkin 9.6 Dawson Stephens 9.5 Banks Franklin 7.8 Hall 7.0 11.2 Floyd 10.2 Bartow 9.3 Cherokee 7.2 Forsyth 6.7 7.5 Jackson 8.7 Madison 6.5 Hart 12.1 Elbert 13.1 10.0% or greater 86 counties (54%) 9.0% to 9.9% 25 counties (16%) 8.0% to 8.9% 22 counties (14%) Polk 8.9 Paulding Cobb 7.8 Gwinnett 7.6 Barrow 8.4 Clarke Oglethorpe 6.9 6.7 Less than 8.0% 26 counties (16%) Haralson 9.6 Carroll 11.3 Heard 11.3 8.2 Douglas 9.2 Coweta 8.8 DeKalb Walton Fulton 9.4 9.1 Rockdale 8.5 Oconee 5.3 Wilkes 11.1 Lincoln 11.4 Percentages of number of counties may not total 100 due to rounding Clayton 10.0 Newton 11.0 Fayette 7.6 Henry 9.0 10.1 Morgan 8.1 Spalding 13.4 Butts 11.3 Jasper 9.3 Putnam 11.4 Greene 10.4 Taliaferro 9.2 McDuffie Warren 10.1 Columbia 6.7 16.4 Richmond Hancock 10.3 16.6 Glascock 12.7 Troup 10.4 Meriwether 11.8 Pike Lamar 11.3 12.0 Monroe 8.8 Jones 8.1 Baldwin 12.3 Washington Jefferson 15.1 Burke 12.5 Upson 11.7 Harris 7.2 Talbot 9.6 Muscogee 10.0 Marion Chattahoochee 8.4 11.6 Taylor 13.0 Crawford 9.4 Bibb 9.6 Wilkinson Twiggs 10.1 13.4 Peach 10.9 Houston Macon 7.7 15.4 Bleckley 15.4 Laurens 11.8 Johnson 15.7 Emanuel 11.4 Jenkins 17.6 Screven 11.7 Treutlen 14.5 Candler 11.2 Bulloch 10.4 Effingham 7.8 19.3 Stewart 12.3 Schley 13.0 Webster 8.5 Sumter 14.0 Quitman 12.6 Randolph 13.2 Terrell 10.9 Lee 7.8 Clay 8.9 Calhoun Dougherty 10.9 10.6 Early 8.1 Miller 6.8 Baker 8.9 Mitchell 9.2 Dooly 13.7 Pulaski 10.5 Dodge 11.9 Crisp 13.2 Wilcox 12.8 Turner 10.2 Ben Hill 13.7 Montgomery Wheeler 9.8 10.5 Toombs 11.7 Evans 8.9 Tattnall Telfair 10.8 14.7 Jeff Davis 14.0 Appling 11.0 Long 7.0 Bryan 7.9 Liberty 10.0 Worth 8.8 Colquitt 9.7 Irwin 12.0 Tift 9.9 Coffee 14.4 Berrien Atkinson 10.1 12.6 Cook 11.2 Lanier Bacon 9.6 Wayne 11.7 Pierce 9.9 Ware 12.0 Brantley 11.4 McIntosh 10.4 Glynn 10.0 Chatham 8.5 Seminole 9.3 Decatur 11.4 Grady 7.8 Thomas 8.1 Brooks 8.3 8.2 Lowndes 8.7 Clinch 12.9 Charlton 11.6 Camden 9.1 Echols 7.3 Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 9.1% (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 21 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County County January Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County January Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County January Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks Georgia 71,530 ...... $254 ..... 12.9 Appling 155 ...... $222 ..... 13.8 Atkinson 139 ...... $227 ....... 8.6 Bacon 53 ...... $228 ..... 11.8 Baker 16 ...... $215 ..... 13.6 Baldwin 208 ...... $201 ..... 15.3 Banks 186 ...... $232 ..... 10.6 Barrow 401 ...... $247 ..... 14.1 Bartow 1,679 ...... $232 ..... 10.0 Ben Hill 220 ...... $203 ....... 9.6 Berrien 96 ...... $205 ..... 11.4 Bibb 882 ...... $193 ..... 15.6 Bleckley 89 ...... $253 ..... 14.3 Brantley 87 ...... $234 ..... 15.8 Brooks 82 ...... $222 ..... 13.7 Bryan 134 ...... $238 ..... 14.7 Bulloch 399 ...... $208 ..... 12.5 Burke 225 ...... $204 ..... 13.5 Butts 190 ...... $222 ..... 13.5 Calhoun 70 ...... $177 ..... 13.2 Camden 166 ...... $201 ..... 15.6 Candler 105 ...... $203 ..... 11.7 Carroll 1,899 ...... $217 ....... 9.9 Catoosa 462 ...... $218 ..... 10.5 Charlton 39 ...... $224 ..... 15.8 Chatham 1,385 ...... $216 ..... 15.9 Chattahoochee 25 ...... $248 ..... 17.4 Chattooga 102 ...... $227 ..... 16.6 Cherokee 880 ...... $256 ..... 14.2 Clarke 477 ...... $202 ..... 13.3 Clay 26 ...... $202 ..... 14.8 Clayton 2,078 ...... $216 ..... 15.6 Clinch 63 ...... $161 ..... 11.8 Cobb 3,134 ...... $249 ..... 15.7 Coffee 404 ...... $210 ..... 11.3 Colquitt 347 ...... $204 ..... 12.0 Columbia 404 ...... $248 ..... 13.9 Cook 104 ...... $209 ..... 11.8 Coweta 801 ...... $222 ..... 12.2 Crawford 71 ...... $219 ..... 14.0 Crisp 284 ...... $175 ..... 12.1 Dade 72 ...... $224 ..... 11.0 Dawson 88 ...... $247 ..... 14.1 Decatur 262 ...... $205 ..... 13.2 DeKalb 3,941 ...... $231 ..... 15.3 Dodge 133 ...... $213 ..... 13.3 Dooly 121 ...... $186 ..... 12.1 Dougherty 671 ...... $183 ..... 15.4 Douglas 845 ...... $242 ..... 14.6 Early 71 ...... $196 ..... 14.8 Echols 14 ...... $204 ..... 13.0 Effingham 192 ...... $246 ..... 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 434 ...... $213 ....... 8.0 297 ...... $184 ..... 12.1 45 ...... $211 ..... 11.7 207 ...... $215 ..... 12.1 366 ...... $251 ..... 16.1 1,529 ...... $216 ..... 11.8 467 ...... $267 ..... 15.8 266 ...... $218 ..... 10.8 5,015 ...... $228 ..... 15.6 269 ...... $238 ..... 12.5 22 ...... $233 ..... 11.8 587 ...... $200 ..... 14.2 1,201 ...... $235 ....... 9.0 129 ...... $181 ..... 10.4 116 ...... $183 ..... 11.6 3,384 ...... $253 ..... 15.4 638 ...... $213 ....... 8.5 1,316 ...... $227 ..... 13.3 69 ...... $187 ..... 10.9 312 ...... $216 ..... 10.4 179 ...... $217 ..... 12.2 438 ...... $188 ....... 9.4 150 ...... $226 ....... 9.3 1,270 ...... $238 ..... 14.9 577 ...... $212 ..... 14.6 61 ...... $209 ..... 11.1 361 ...... $231 ..... 12.6 138 ...... $218 ..... 12.7 77 ...... $224 ..... 13.1 210 ...... $190 ..... 13.8 79 ...... $186 ..... 13.9 90 ...... $187 ..... 13.5 112 ...... $238 ..... 16.4 162 ...... $217 ..... 11.7 45 ...... $214 ..... 11.9 375 ...... $204 ..... 13.0 204 ...... $222 ..... 12.1 212 ...... $215 ..... 15.4 84 ...... $223 ..... 10.5 74 ...... $205 ..... 15.7 660 ...... $188 ..... 14.2 192 ...... $226 ..... 11.7 171 ...... $186 ..... 14.0 180 ...... $209 ..... 11.9 66 ...... $216 ..... 10.0 346 ...... $208 ..... 12.4 72 ...... $211 ..... 14.3 329 ...... $198 ....... 9.0 46 ...... $206 ..... 12.4 227 ...... $153 ..... 12.2 126 ...... $236 ..... 13.7 118 ...... $192 ..... 11.9 87 ...... $230 ..... 13.1 1,252 ...... $232 ....... 8.5 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 1,634 ...... $210 ..... 12.5 708 ...... $227 ..... 14.3 67 ...... $247 ..... 14.0 68 ...... $225 ..... 13.1 719 ...... $256 ..... 15.0 175 ...... $210 ..... 13.8 290 ...... $236 ..... 10.9 109 ...... $210 ..... 12.8 143 ...... $232 ..... 12.2 608 ...... $216 ..... 10.2 36 ...... $238 ..... 12.5 175 ...... $199 ..... 11.9 4 ...... $242 ..... 10.3 104 ...... $214 ..... 13.2 257 ...... $190 ....... 6.9 1,250 ...... $210 ..... 14.1 590 ...... $230 ..... 15.0 68 ...... $230 ..... 12.2 136 ...... $200 ..... 11.9 67 ...... $212 ..... 13.7 731 ...... $204 ..... 12.8 288 ...... $216 ..... 10.0 54 ...... $188 ..... 12.0 493 ...... $172 ..... 11.8 57 ...... $205 ..... 10.1 16 ...... $203 ..... 10.3 106 ...... $217 ..... 12.8 84 ...... $205 ..... 13.4 93 ...... $188 ..... 10.7 239 ...... $142 ..... 10.8 220 ...... $207 ..... 13.3 269 ...... $190 ..... 13.7 406 ...... $206 ..... 11.7 65 ...... $229 ..... 14.1 65 ...... $223 ..... 16.0 1,210 ...... $197 ....... 9.0 100 ...... $164 ..... 12.6 70 ...... $213 ..... 15.7 132 ...... $227 ..... 12.8 204 ...... $200 ..... 12.0 1,069 ...... $203 ....... 8.9 503 ...... $237 ..... 14.0 342 ...... $200 ..... 12.4 139 ...... $177 ..... 12.2 117 ...... $201 ..... 12.8 145 ...... $240 ..... 14.3 17 ...... $208 ....... 8.3 34 ...... $197 ..... 10.9 180 ...... $208 ..... 12.5 3,117 ...... $228 ....... 7.9 64 ...... $203 ..... 11.7 98 ...... $198 ..... 10.0 47 ...... $224 ..... 16.1 125 ...... $207 ..... 14.8 Mark Butler, Commissioner 148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 Return Service Requested