May 2013 Data May 2013 Employment Situation In May 2013, nonfarm employment was up 15,800 (+0.4 percent) in Georgia with the total number of jobs increasing from 4,027,400 in April to 4,043,200 in May. Statewide payrolls have now increased for four consecutive months. Over the month, employment gains occurred in sectors including Leisure and Hospitality, Professional and Business Services, Education and Health Services, and Construction. Government and Manufacturing endured job losses in May. With Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation adding 1,000 positions and Accommodation and Food Services picking up 4,200 additional payroll employees, the Leisure and Hospitality sector experienced job growth of 5,200 in May after adding a revised 10,500 and 9,200 positions in March and April, respectively. Employment in the Professional and Business Services sector grew by 4,000 in May as Professional and Technical Services lost 3,600 workers, jobs held steady in the Management of Companies industry, and Administrative and Support Services employment increased by 7,600. Education and Health Services jobs were up 3,100 in May after growing by 1,900 in April. Construction employment was up 2,500 over the month and has grown for three months in a row. Government jobs were down 2,400 in May as federal government jobs decreased by 800, state government jobs were down 2,600, and local governments across the state added 1,000 workers. Manufacturing positions were down 900 in May after the sector lost 2,300 jobs in April. Over the year, Georgia has added 68,500 jobs with most of the gains being in Professional and Business Services, Education and Health Services, and Leisure and Hospitality. Government, Manufacturing, and Other Services have experienced job losses from May to May. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up from 8.2 percent in April to 8.3 percent in May and initial claims for jobless benefits grew from 42,644 to 46,882 over the same span. In May 2012 the unemployment rate was 9.1 percent and 46,763 initial claims were filed. Volume XXXIX, Number 5 Georgia Employment (In Millions) 3.975 3.958 3.930 3.963 3.953 3.993 4.004 4.004 3.956 3.973 3.996 4.027 4.043 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2012 2013 Georgia Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted) 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 9.0% 8.9% 8.8% 8.7% 8.7% 8.7% 8.6% 8.4% 8.3% 8.2% May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 from APR 2013 Net % from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 4,043.2 4,027.4 3,974.7 15.8 0.4 68.5 1.7 Total Private 3,363.5 3,345.3 3,285.0 18.2 0.5 78.5 2.4 Goods Producing 505.9 504.3 504.6 1.6 0.3 1.3 0.3 Service-Providing 3,537.3 3,523.1 3,470.1 14.2 0.4 67.2 1.9 Private Service-Providing 2,857.6 2,841.0 2,780.4 16.6 0.6 77.2 2.8 Mining and Logging 8.5 8.5 8.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.2 Construction 144.5 142.0 141.0 2.5 1.8 3.5 2.5 Construction of Buildings 30.7 30.6 30.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 2.0 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 21.7 21.2 20.4 0.5 2.4 1.3 6.4 Specialty Trade Contractors 92.1 90.2 90.5 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.8 Manufacturing 352.9 353.8 355.0 -0.9 -0.2 -2.1 -0.6 Durable Goods 166.2 167.0 167.5 -0.8 -0.5 -1.3 -0.8 Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg 21.7 21.6 22.3 0.1 0.5 -0.6 -2.7 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 44.2 44.5 43.8 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 0.9 Non-Durable Goods 186.7 186.8 187.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.4 Food Manufacturing 62.1 62.4 62.4 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.5 Textile Mills 18.6 18.5 18.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 Textile Product Mills 26.4 26.5 27.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.7 -2.6 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 843.9 842.1 835.0 1.8 0.2 8.9 1.1 Wholesale Trade 203.4 204.5 202.5 -1.1 -0.5 0.9 0.4 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 95.6 97.2 99.1 -1.6 -1.6 -3.5 -3.5 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 62.0 61.9 59.5 0.1 0.2 2.5 4.2 Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 45.8 45.4 43.9 0.4 0.9 1.9 4.3 Retail Trade 447.9 446.5 444.7 1.4 0.3 3.2 0.7 Food and Beverage Stores 83.6 83.2 82.8 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0 General Merchandise Stores 101.0 101.2 102.3 -0.2 -0.2 -1.3 -1.3 Miscellaneous Store Retailers 20.3 20.1 20.5 0.2 1.0 -0.2 -1.0 Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 192.6 191.1 187.8 1.5 0.8 4.8 2.6 Utilities 19.6 19.5 19.9 0.1 0.5 -0.3 -1.5 Transportation and Warehousing 173.0 171.6 167.9 1.4 0.8 5.1 3.0 Air Transportation 40.3 39.8 40.2 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.2 Truck Transportation 45.9 46.5 45.2 -0.6 -1.3 0.7 1.6 Couriers and Messengers 18.2 18.1 18.7 0.1 0.6 -0.5 -2.7 Warehousing and Storage 28.3 28.1 27.8 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.8 Information 104.0 103.8 99.5 0.2 0.2 4.5 4.5 Telecommunications 48.2 48.2 46.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.9 Wired Telecommunications Carriers 29.4 29.5 28.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 3.2 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 12.0 12.0 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.2 Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP 5.9 5.9 6.3 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -6.3 Financial Activities 228.6 228.4 226.6 0.2 0.1 2.0 0.9 Finance and Insurance 171.1 171.3 168.5 -0.2 -0.1 2.6 1.5 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 81.2 80.8 79.1 0.4 0.5 2.1 2.6 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 57.5 57.1 58.1 0.4 0.7 -0.6 -1.0 Professional and Business Services 595.6 591.6 563.2 4.0 0.7 32.4 5.8 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 238.4 242.0 230.7 -3.6 -1.5 7.7 3.3 Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services 40.7 44.0 38.2 -3.3 -7.5 2.5 6.5 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 37.4 37.0 35.9 0.4 1.1 1.5 4.2 Computer Systems Design and Related Services 56.7 57.6 55.7 -0.9 -1.6 1.0 1.8 Management and Technical Consulting Services 31.9 32.5 32.5 -0.6 -1.8 -0.6 -1.8 Management of Companies and Enterprises 58.8 58.8 57.3 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.6 Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 298.4 290.8 275.2 7.6 2.6 23.2 8.4 Employment Services 143.8 139.4 129.4 4.4 3.2 14.4 11.1 Education and Health Services 511.8 508.7 496.5 3.1 0.6 15.3 3.1 Educational Services 71.2 70.3 68.6 0.9 1.3 2.6 3.8 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 33.8 33.4 32.2 0.4 1.2 1.6 5.0 Health Care and Social Assistance 440.6 438.4 427.9 2.2 0.5 12.7 3.0 Ambulatory Health Care Services 173.7 172.2 165.0 1.5 0.9 8.7 5.3 Hospitals 147.6 147.2 144.7 0.4 0.3 2.9 2.0 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 59.1 59.2 58.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.9 1.6 Social Assistance 60.2 59.8 60.0 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.3 Leisure and Hospitality 420.2 415.0 405.3 5.2 1.2 14.9 3.7 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 45.9 44.9 44.6 1.0 2.2 1.3 2.9 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries 33.2 32.7 32.3 0.5 1.5 0.9 2.8 Accommodation and Food Services 374.3 370.1 360.7 4.2 1.1 13.6 3.8 Accommodation 41.1 40.2 40.8 0.9 2.2 0.3 0.7 Food Services and Drinking Places 333.2 329.9 319.9 3.3 1.0 13.3 4.2 Other Services 153.5 151.4 154.3 2.1 1.4 -0.8 -0.5 Repair and Maintenance 34.2 33.4 34.0 0.8 2.4 0.2 0.6 Personal and Laundry Services 32.6 32.4 34.2 0.2 0.6 -1.6 -4.7 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar 86.7 85.6 86.1 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.7 Government 679.7 682.1 689.7 -2.4 -0.4 -10.0 -1.4 Federal Government 98.9 99.7 102.2 -0.8 -0.8 -3.3 -3.2 Department of Defense 39.9 40.6 41.8 -0.7 -1.7 -1.9 -4.5 State Government 174.6 177.2 176.6 -2.6 -1.5 -2.0 -1.1 State Government Educational Services 101.7 104.3 101.5 -2.6 -2.5 0.2 0.2 Local Government 406.2 405.2 410.9 1.0 0.2 -4.7 -1.1 Local Government Educational Services 246.2 246.5 251.1 -0.3 -0.1 -4.9 -2.0 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 Revised Revised APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 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 2,407.4 2,088.0 238.6 2,168.8 1,849.4 1.1 91.3 18.0 60.2 146.2 73.8 14.3 72.4 24.5 539.0 146.1 72.2 40.4 33.5 260.6 51.0 54.3 13.2 132.3 10.1 122.2 39.1 27.7 14.4 85.1 39.9 24.4 10.4 5.5 154.5 114.2 55.3 40.3 435.5 187.2 28.4 25.4 48.6 29.1 45.8 202.5 97.1 294.2 49.4 244.8 97.2 82.6 37.8 246.4 30.1 216.3 22.2 194.1 94.7 19.6 23.7 319.4 44.8 71.2 203.4 2,393.9 2,073.5 235.8 2,158.1 1,837.7 1.1 90.1 17.8 58.9 144.6 72.9 14.5 71.7 24.6 535.5 145.1 71.9 40.1 33.1 259.8 51.0 54.6 13.2 130.6 10.1 120.5 38.9 27.7 14.3 85.7 39.9 24.4 10.4 5.4 155.2 114.5 55.0 40.7 433.4 189.4 28.8 25.3 48.9 29.3 45.9 198.1 94.1 292.2 49.0 243.2 96.9 82.0 37.4 241.7 28.5 213.2 21.8 191.4 94.0 19.5 23.5 320.4 44.8 72.6 203.0 2,359.5 2,035.8 236.3 2,123.2 1,799.5 1.2 86.9 17.7 57.0 148.2 75.6 15.0 72.6 24.5 529.4 147.9 73.6 39.6 34.7 253.5 50.2 54.8 13.5 128.0 10.4 117.6 39.6 27.6 14.6 81.4 38.3 24.1 9.9 5.8 153.4 111.9 52.6 41.5 416.6 183.1 27.7 25.1 48.5 29.0 44.7 188.8 89.3 284.9 48.8 236.1 92.9 79.5 37.7 240.5 30.3 210.2 22.0 188.2 93.3 19.8 23.6 323.7 45.3 71.8 206.6 13.5 0.6 14.5 0.7 2.8 1.2 10.7 0.5 11.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.3 0.2 1.1 1.3 2.2 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.2 -0.2 -1.4 0.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 3.5 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.6 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.4 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 -0.6 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.8 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.3 0.6 -0.4 -1.0 2.1 0.5 -2.2 -1.2 -0.4 -1.4 0.1 0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 -0.2 4.4 2.2 3.0 3.2 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.1 4.7 1.9 1.6 5.6 3.1 1.4 0.4 1.8 2.7 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.8 -1.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.9 0.4 0.2 47.9 2.0 52.2 2.6 2.3 1.0 45.6 2.1 49.9 2.8 -0.1 -8.3 4.4 5.1 0.3 1.7 3.2 5.6 -2.0 -1.4 -1.8 -2.4 -0.7 -4.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0.0 9.6 1.8 -1.8 -1.2 -1.4 -1.9 0.8 2.0 -1.2 -3.5 7.1 2.8 0.8 1.6 -0.5 -0.9 -0.3 -2.2 4.3 3.4 -0.3 -2.9 4.6 3.9 -0.5 -1.3 0.1 0.4 -0.2 -1.4 3.7 4.5 1.6 4.2 0.3 1.2 0.5 5.0 -0.3 -5.2 1.1 0.7 2.3 2.1 2.7 5.1 -1.2 -2.9 18.9 4.5 4.1 2.2 0.7 2.5 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.1 2.5 13.7 7.3 7.8 8.7 9.3 3.3 0.6 1.2 8.7 3.7 4.3 4.6 3.1 3.9 0.1 0.3 5.9 2.5 -0.2 -0.7 6.1 2.9 0.2 0.9 5.9 3.1 1.4 1.5 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 0.4 -4.3 -1.3 -0.5 -1.1 -0.6 -0.8 -3.2 -1.6 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private 60.8 61.2 61.1 -0.4 -0.6 47.4 47.6 47.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0.4 Goods Producing 6.4 6.5 6.6 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2 -3.0 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 54.4 54.7 54.5 -0.3 -0.6 41.0 41.1 40.6 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.4 1.0 Manufacturing 4.3 4.3 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.4 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade 12.4 12.4 12.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.6 -0.1 -1.3 Government 13.4 13.6 13.9 -0.2 -1.5 -0.5 -3.6 Federal Government State Government 3.0 3.1 3.2 -0.1 -3.2 -0.2 -6.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 -0.1 -3.0 0.0 0.0 Local Government 7.2 7.2 7.5 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -4.0 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 88.3 89.0 87.5 -0.7 -0.8 0.8 0.9 Total Private 57.7 57.8 56.5 -0.1 -0.2 1.2 2.1 Goods Producing 9.4 9.5 9.1 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 3.3 Service-Providing 78.9 79.5 78.4 -0.6 -0.8 0.5 0.6 Private Service-Providing 48.3 48.3 47.4 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.9 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 13.0 13.1 12.9 -0.1 -0.8 0.1 0.8 Retail Trade 9.2 9.2 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Professional and Business Services 7.2 7.2 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 9.1 Leisure and Hospitality 9.2 9.0 8.4 0.2 2.2 0.8 9.5 Government 30.6 31.2 31.0 -0.6 -1.9 -0.4 -1.3 Federal Government 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 State Government 21.2 21.9 21.6 -0.7 -3.2 -0.4 -1.8 Local Government 8.1 8.0 8.1 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 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 216.9 170.7 30.6 186.3 140.1 10.9 19.7 37.4 4.6 25.4 7.4 2.7 7.7 30.8 30.6 22.8 8.1 46.2 9.2 16.1 20.9 218.9 172.5 30.5 188.4 142.0 10.8 19.7 37.2 4.7 25.1 7.4 2.7 7.7 30.9 30.4 25.1 8.0 46.4 9.2 16.3 20.9 214.8 168.0 31.0 183.8 137.0 11.2 19.8 35.7 4.8 24.1 6.8 2.6 7.6 31.0 30.0 22.0 8.1 46.8 9.1 16.2 21.5 -2.0 -0.9 -1.8 -1.0 0.1 0.3 -2.1 -1.1 -1.9 -1.3 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 -0.1 -2.1 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0.7 -2.3 -9.2 0.1 1.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.0 2.7 1.6 -0.4 -1.3 2.5 1.4 3.1 2.3 -0.3 -2.7 -0.1 -0.5 1.7 4.8 -0.2 -4.2 1.3 5.4 0.6 8.8 0.1 3.8 0.1 1.3 -0.2 -0.6 0.6 2.0 0.8 3.6 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -1.3 0.1 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.6 -2.8 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 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 40.8 40.5 40.9 0.3 0.7 30.7 30.5 30.8 0.2 0.7 4.9 5.0 4.6 -0.1 -2.0 35.9 35.5 36.3 0.4 1.1 25.8 25.5 26.2 0.3 1.2 7.9 8.0 7.8 -0.1 -1.2 5.3 5.3 5.5 0.0 0.0 10.1 10.0 10.1 0.1 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 6.7 6.6 6.5 0.1 1.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 6.5 -0.4 -1.1 -0.4 -1.5 0.1 1.3 -0.2 -3.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -11.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.1 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 120.7 119.9 120.8 0.8 0.7 -0.1 -0.1 Total Private Goods Producing 95.4 94.8 95.3 15.0 14.8 14.8 0.6 0.6 0.2 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.4 Service-Providing 105.7 105.1 106.0 0.6 0.6 -0.3 -0.3 Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 80.4 80.0 80.5 19.0 18.8 18.9 0.4 0.5 0.2 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.5 Retail Trade 13.6 13.6 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.3 Information Financial Activities 1.4 1.4 1.4 13.0 13.0 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.4 Finance and Insurance 11.0 11.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.8 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services 4.6 4.6 4.6 12.8 12.7 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.2 Leisure and Hospitality 14.5 14.2 14.3 0.3 2.1 0.2 1.4 Government Federal Government 25.3 25.1 25.5 7.0 6.9 7.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -0.2 -2.8 State Government 4.8 4.8 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 Local Government 13.5 13.4 13.6 0.1 0.8 -0.1 -0.7 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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, selfemployed 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 63.5 63.4 64.0 56.4 56.3 57.0 22.1 22.0 22.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.5 -0.8 -0.6 -1.1 -0.1 -0.4 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing 41.4 41.4 41.8 34.3 34.3 34.8 20.7 20.7 21.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -0.5 -1.4 -0.4 -1.9 Textile Mills Textile Product Mills Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 13.9 14.1 14.6 -0.2 -1.4 16.0 16.0 16.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -4.8 -0.1 -0.6 Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Professional and Business Services 7.5 7.5 4.3 4.3 6.3 6.3 7.5 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.4 0.3 5.0 Government Federal Government State Government 7.1 7.1 0.2 0.2 1.1 1.1 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Local Government 5.8 5.8 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.8 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 75.9 75.0 75.8 0.9 1.2 0.1 0.1 Total Private 66.0 65.1 65.7 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.5 Goods Producing 19.9 19.8 19.4 0.1 0.5 0.5 2.6 Service-Providing 56.0 55.2 56.4 0.8 1.4 -0.4 -0.7 Private Service-Providing 46.1 45.3 46.3 0.8 1.8 -0.2 -0.4 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 14.8 14.8 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.1 Retail Trade 7.9 8.0 7.8 -0.1 -1.2 0.1 1.3 Government 9.9 9.9 10.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -2.0 Federal Government 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -20.0 State Government 2.2 2.3 2.2 -0.1 -4.3 0.0 0.0 Local Government 7.3 7.2 7.4 0.1 1.4 -0.1 -1.4 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 19.8 19.8 20.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.0 Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing 12.1 12.0 11.9 0.1 0.8 2.7 2.6 2.3 0.1 3.8 17.1 17.2 17.7 -0.1 -0.6 0.2 1.7 0.4 17.4 -0.6 -3.4 Private Service-Providing Government Federal Government 9.4 9.4 7.7 7.8 4.0 4.1 9.6 0.0 0.0 8.1 -0.1 -1.3 4.4 -0.1 -2.4 -0.2 -2.1 -0.4 -4.9 -0.4 -9.1 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 not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 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 99.2 98.9 98.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 83.9 83.6 83.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 8.9 8.9 9.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 90.3 90.0 89.8 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 75.0 74.7 74.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 20.1 19.9 19.6 0.2 1.0 0.5 2.5 13.1 13.1 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.3 3.5 3.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.3 9.3 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1 11.6 11.5 10.8 0.1 0.9 0.8 7.4 21.1 21.0 20.5 0.1 0.5 0.6 2.9 9.8 9.6 9.6 0.2 2.1 0.2 2.1 15.3 15.3 15.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.6 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -8.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.4 10.1 10.1 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 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 38.6 38.7 32.5 32.6 6.2 6.1 32.4 32.6 26.3 26.5 5.6 5.6 6.4 6.4 3.9 3.9 9.8 9.9 6.1 6.1 0.2 0.2 1.7 1.7 4.2 4.2 39.0 -0.1 -0.3 32.7 -0.1 -0.3 6.4 0.1 1.6 32.6 -0.2 -0.6 26.3 -0.2 -0.8 5.6 0.0 0.0 6.4 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 9.6 -0.1 -1.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 -3.1 -0.2 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.5 0.2 2.1 -0.2 -3.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -5.6 -0.1 -2.3 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 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 159.4 135.3 21.2 138.2 114.1 5.6 15.6 34.9 5.6 18.6 10.7 1.4 5.9 17.8 24.0 23.3 6.8 24.1 3.0 6.3 14.8 159.3 135.2 21.2 138.1 114.0 5.6 15.6 35.1 5.6 18.7 10.8 1.4 5.9 18.0 24.0 22.9 6.7 24.1 3.0 6.3 14.8 158.6 134.7 20.6 138.0 114.1 5.5 15.1 34.8 5.6 18.0 11.2 1.5 5.9 18.3 24.2 22.7 6.7 23.9 3.2 6.3 14.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.8 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 2.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.5 3.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 3.3 -0.5 -4.5 -0.1 -6.7 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -2.7 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 2.6 0.1 1.5 0.2 0.8 -0.2 -6.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.8 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 2012 Net % Total Nonfarm 55.1 54.9 54.8 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing 41.0 41.0 40.7 6.6 6.6 6.3 48.5 48.3 48.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.3 4.8 0.0 0.0 Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade 34.4 34.4 10.1 10.2 7.5 7.5 34.4 0.0 0.0 10.5 -0.1 -1.0 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -3.8 0.0 0.0 Government Federal Government State Government 14.1 13.9 14.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 4.8 4.7 4.7 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 Local Government 8.1 8.0 8.2 0.1 1.2 -0.1 -1.2 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 APR 2013 MAY 2012 Change in Jobs from APR 2013 Net % Change in Jobs from MAY 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 59.3 59.5 34.5 34.2 6.1 6.0 53.2 53.5 28.4 28.2 8.3 8.3 6.6 6.5 24.8 25.3 15.3 15.8 1.1 1.0 8.4 8.5 59.7 -0.2 -0.3 34.3 0.3 0.9 6.1 0.1 1.7 53.6 -0.3 -0.6 28.2 0.2 0.7 8.1 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.1 1.5 25.4 -0.5 -2.0 16.1 -0.5 -3.2 1.0 0.1 10.0 8.3 -0.1 -1.2 -0.4 -0.7 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.8 0.2 0.7 0.2 2.5 0.1 1.5 -0.6 -2.4 -0.8 -5.0 0.1 10.0 0.1 1.2 Note: These not seasonally adjusted 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 MAY 2013 Revised APR 2013 Revised MAY 2012 Total Private ........................................................................................... $776.65 ........................ $779.10 ................... $742.98 Goods Producing .............................................................................. $912.83 ........................ $903.07 ................... $861.49 Private Service Providing ................................................................... $751.90 ........................ $758.20 ................... $721.05 Construction .................................................................................... $914.12 ........................ $895.06 ................... $842.01 Manufacturing .................................................................................. $912.73 ........................ $907.22 ................... $870.57 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ................................................ $696.26 ........................ $694.14 ................... $690.62 Financial Activities ........................................................................ $1,095.94 ..................... $1,092.24 ................... $954.58 Professional and Business Services ............................................. $943.32 ........................ $954.45 ................... $926.93 Educational and Health Services .................................................... $797.60 ........................ $811.57 ................... $762.58 Leisure and Hospitality ................................................................... $315.86 ........................ $319.20 ................... $324.79 Other Services ................................................................................. $562.10 ........................ $561.22 ................... $522.44 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary MAY 2013 Revised APR 2013 Revised MAY 2012 Total Private .................................................................................................. 35.0 .............................. 35.0 ......................... 34.8 Goods Producing .....................................................................................41.1 .............................. 40.9 ......................... 39.7 Private Service Providing .......................................................................... 33.9 .............................. 34.0 ......................... 33.9 Construction ...........................................................................................40.7 .............................. 40.3 ......................... 39.0 Manufacturing ......................................................................................... 41.3 .............................. 41.2 ......................... 40.1 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .......................................................34.4 .............................. 34.5 ......................... 34.6 Financial Activities ..................................................................................37.0 .............................. 36.9 ......................... 35.9 Professional and Business Services ....................................................37.3 .............................. 37.4 ......................... 36.9 Educational and Health Services ........................................................... 34.1 .............................. 34.2 ......................... 34.6 Leisure and Hospitality .......................................................................... 26.3 .............................. 26.6 ......................... 26.6 Other Services ........................................................................................29.2 .............................. 29.2 ......................... 29.4 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary MAY 2013 Revised APR 2013 Revised MAY 2012 Total Private ............................................................................................. $22.19 .......................... $22.26 ..................... $21.35 Goods Producing ................................................................................ $22.21 .......................... $22.08 ..................... $21.70 Private Service Providing ..................................................................... $22.18 .......................... $22.30 ..................... $21.27 Construction ...................................................................................... $22.46 .......................... $22.21 ..................... $21.59 Manufacturing .................................................................................... $22.10 .......................... $22.02 ..................... $21.71 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .................................................. $20.24 .......................... $20.12 ..................... $19.96 Financial Activities ............................................................................. $29.62 .......................... $29.60 ..................... $26.59 Professional and Business Services ............................................... $25.29 .......................... $25.52 ..................... $25.12 Educational and Health Services ...................................................... $23.39 .......................... $23.73 ..................... $22.04 Leisure and Hospitality ..................................................................... $12.01 .......................... $12.00 ..................... $12.21 Other Services ................................................................................... $19.25 .......................... $19.22 ..................... $17.77 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 MAY 2013 Revised APR 2013 Revised MAY 2012 Albany MSA ............................................................................................ $560.12 ........................ $549.73 ................... $553.10 Athens-Clarke County MSA ................................................................... $572.83 ........................ $578.73 ................... $614.61 Atlanta MSA ............................................................................................ $853.93 ........................ $862.69 ................... $822.39 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ........................................................... $780.08 ........................ $780.71 ................... $757.17 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................... $515.71 ........................ $583.44 ................... $422.82 Columbus MSA ..................................................................................... $678.25 ........................ $681.66 ................... $672.17 Dalton MSA ............................................................................................ $651.45 ........................ $638.18 ................... $558.44 Gainesville MSA .................................................................................... $771.06 ........................ $803.51 ................... $756.39 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................. $792.48 ........................ $718.41 ................... $677.90 Macon MSA ............................................................................................ $713.82 ........................ $747.68 ................... $708.38 Rome MSA ............................................................................................ $750.83 ........................ $732.17 ................... $655.32 Savannah MSA ...................................................................................... $676.70 ........................ $676.68 ................... $674.68 Valdosta MSA ......................................................................................... $605.16 ........................ $614.89 ................... $571.89 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................. $585.68 ........................ $572.89 ................... $576.54 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary MAY 2013 Revised APR 2013 Revised MAY 2012 Albany MSA ................................................................................................... 33.4 .............................. 32.8 ......................... 33.1 Athens-Clarke County MSA .......................................................................... 30.6 .............................. 30.8 ......................... 30.7 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................... 34.6 .............................. 34.8 ......................... 34.7 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. 35.8 .............................. 35.6 ......................... 35.8 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. 30.3 .............................. 33.0 ......................... 29.1 Columbus MSA ............................................................................................34.1 .............................. 34.1 ......................... 35.1 Dalton MSA ................................................................................................... 38.8 .............................. 38.1 ......................... 33.3 Gainesville MSA ...........................................................................................36.2 .............................. 37.6 ......................... 36.4 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .........................................................................44.1 .............................. 38.5 ......................... 39.9 Macon MSA ................................................................................................... 38.9 .............................. 38.8 ......................... 37.5 Rome MSA ................................................................................................... 35.5 .............................. 34.7 ......................... 34.4 Savannah MSA ............................................................................................. 33.5 .............................. 33.4 ......................... 33.4 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................ 36.0 .............................. 37.7 ......................... 33.9 Warner Robins MSA .....................................................................................37.4 .............................. 36.7 ......................... 34.4 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary MAY 2013 Revised APR 2013 Revised MAY 2012 Albany MSA .............................................................................................. $16.77 .......................... $16.76 ..................... $16.71 Athens-Clarke County MSA ..................................................................... $18.72 .......................... $18.79 ..................... $20.02 Atlanta MSA .............................................................................................. $24.68 .......................... $24.79 ..................... $23.70 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ............................................................. $21.79 .......................... $21.93 ..................... $21.15 Brunswick MSA ........................................................................................ $17.02 .......................... $17.68 ..................... $14.53 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................... $19.89 .......................... $19.99 ..................... $19.15 Dalton MSA .............................................................................................. $16.79 .......................... $16.75 ..................... $16.77 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................... $21.30 .......................... $21.37 ..................... $20.78 Hinesville-Fort Stewart MSA .................................................................... $17.97 .......................... $18.66 ..................... $16.99 Macon MSA .............................................................................................. $18.35 .......................... $19.27 ..................... $18.89 Rome MSA .............................................................................................. $21.15 .......................... $21.10 ..................... $19.05 Savannah MSA ........................................................................................ $20.20 .......................... $20.26 ..................... $20.20 Valdosta MSA ........................................................................................... $16.81 .......................... $16.31 ..................... $16.87 Warner Robins MSA ................................................................................ $15.66 .......................... $15.61 ..................... $16.76 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% May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2012 2013 WA 6.8 OR 7.8 ID 6.2 NV 9.5 UT CA 4.6 8.6 AZ 7.8 AK 5.9 State unemployment rates May 2013 National Unemployment Rate: 7.6% Rates are seasonally adjusted MT 5.4 WY 4.6 CO 6.9 NM 6.7 ND 3.2 SD 4.0 NE 3.8 KS 5.7 MN 5.3 WI 7.0 IA 4.6 IL 9.1 MO 6.8 OK 5.0 TX 6.5 AR 7.3 MS 9.1 LA 6.8 NH 5.3 ME VT 6.8 4.1 MI 8.4 OH IN 7.0 8.3 KY 8.1 TN 8.3 PA 7.5 WV 6.2 VA 5.3 NC 8.8 SC 8.0 AL GA 6.8 8.3 FL 7.1 MA 6.6 NY 7.6 RI 8.9 CT NJ 8.0 8.6 DE 7.2 DC 8.5 MD 6.7 Unemployment rate 10.0% or greater 7.0% to 9.9% 6.0% to 6.9% 5.0% to 5.9% 4.0% to 4.9% 3.0% to 3.9% Less than 3.0% HI 4.7 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 MAY 2013 4,819,407 4,418,038 401,369 8.3 4,830,197 4,417,695 412,502 8.5 73,790 66,773 7,017 9.5 113,372 106,290 7,082 6.2 2,766,176 2,538,759 227,417 8.2 264,821 242,664 22,157 8.4 50,864 45,979 4,885 9.6 131,926 120,672 11,254 8.5 59,485 53,104 6,381 10.7 91,585 85,278 6,307 6.9 APR 2013 4,812,972 4,418,333 394,639 8.2 4,785,768 4,410,369 375,399 7.8 73,423 67,122 6,301 8.6 113,222 106,947 6,275 5.5 2,740,105 2,532,656 207,449 7.6 265,521 245,214 20,307 7.6 50,159 45,778 4,381 8.7 130,907 120,572 10,335 7.9 59,089 53,086 6,003 10.2 90,799 84,601 6,198 6.8 MAY 2012 4,800,473 4,362,093 438,380 9.1 4,807,428 4,381,190 426,238 8.9 74,766 67,666 7,100 9.5 112,568 105,245 7,323 6.5 2,728,641 2,491,338 237,303 8.7 263,614 240,815 22,799 8.6 51,379 46,361 5,018 9.8 132,217 120,661 11,556 8.7 60,112 53,403 6,709 11.2 91,362 84,699 6,663 7.3 Change From APR 2013 MAY 2012 6,435 -295 6,730 18,934 55,945 -37,011 44,429 7,326 37,103 22,769 36,505 -13,736 367 -349 716 -976 -893 -83 150 -657 807 804 1,045 -241 26,071 6,103 19,968 37,535 47,421 -9,886 -700 -2,550 1,850 1,207 1,849 -642 705 -515 201 -382 504 -133 1,019 100 919 -291 11 -302 396 -627 18 -299 378 -328 786 223 677 579 109 -356 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 MAY 2013 33,392 30,292 3,100 9.3 114,209 103,910 10,299 9.0 47,867 43,421 4,446 9.3 182,920 168,518 14,402 7.9 68,891 63,329 5,562 8.1 71,201 65,878 5,323 7.5 APR 2013 33,086 30,302 2,784 8.4 113,051 103,860 9,191 8.1 47,787 43,733 4,054 8.5 181,668 168,736 12,932 7.1 67,939 62,998 4,941 7.3 70,866 66,153 4,713 6.7 MAY 2012 33,804 30,808 2,996 8.9 114,434 103,707 10,727 9.4 48,830 43,967 4,863 10.0 182,584 167,739 14,845 8.1 68,929 63,198 5,731 8.3 71,346 65,989 5,357 7.5 Change From APR 2013 MAY 2012 306 -412 -10 -516 316 104 1,158 50 1,108 -225 203 -428 80 -312 392 -963 -546 -417 1,252 -218 1,470 336 779 -443 952 -38 331 131 621 -169 335 -275 610 -145 -111 -34 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 MAY 2013 155,658,000 143,898,000 11,760,000 7.6 APR 2013 155,238,000 143,579,000 11,659,000 7.5 MAY 2012 155,007,000 142,287,000 12,720,000 8.2 Change From APR 2013 MAY 2012 420,000 319,000 101,000 651,000 1,611,000 -960,000 United States (Not Seasonally adjusted) Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 155,734,000 144,432,000 11,302,000 7.3 154,739,000 143,724,000 11,014,000 7.1 154,998,000 142,727,000 12,271,000 7.9 995,000 708,000 288,000 736,000 1,705,000 -969,000 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 May 2013 April 2013 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,830,197 4,417,695 412,502 8.5 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,785,768 4,410,369 375,399 7.8 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 9,700 2,908 4,492 1,352 17,227 8,706 2,552 4,055 1,242 15,131 994 10.2 356 12.2 437 9.7 110 8.1 2,096 12.2 9,470 2,866 4,346 1,363 17,090 8,586 2,525 3,978 1,249 15,287 884 9.3 341 11.9 368 8.5 114 8.4 1,803 10.6 Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 10,531 35,051 49,396 6,513 7,997 9,886 32,346 45,171 5,765 7,208 645 6.1 2,705 7.7 4,225 8.6 748 11.5 789 9.9 10,350 34,773 48,825 6,400 7,846 9,781 32,268 45,063 5,716 7,147 569 5.5 2,505 7.2 3,762 7.7 684 10.7 699 8.9 Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 74,953 4,948 7,705 7,484 16,447 67,911 4,173 6,910 6,894 15,174 7,042 9.4 775 15.7 795 10.3 590 7.9 1,273 7.7 74,203 4,863 7,536 7,444 16,373 67,879 4,177 6,880 6,858 15,194 6,324 8.5 686 14.1 656 8.7 586 7.9 1,179 7.2 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 32,940 10,030 10,113 2,148 21,322 29,670 8,802 9,118 1,899 19,471 3,270 9.9 1,228 12.2 995 9.8 249 11.6 1,851 8.7 32,639 9,997 9,959 2,101 21,104 29,511 8,904 9,096 1,877 19,435 3,128 9.6 1,093 10.9 863 8.7 224 10.7 1,669 7.9 Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 4,583 4,100 483 10.5 53,413 48,181 5,232 9.8 34,574 32,467 2,107 6.1 4,491 3,986 505 11.2 138,516 127,375 11,141 8.0 4,501 52,899 34,688 4,384 137,453 4,030 48,065 32,516 3,955 127,540 471 10.5 4,834 9.1 2,172 6.3 429 9.8 9,913 7.2 Chattahoochee 2,156 Chattooga 10,349 Cherokee 116,170 Clarke 68,805 Clay 1,309 1,781 9,281 108,135 64,279 1,194 375 17.4 1,068 10.3 8,035 6.9 4,526 6.6 115 8.8 2,135 10,297 114,973 68,698 1,282 1,777 9,319 107,875 64,677 1,173 358 16.8 978 9.5 7,098 6.2 4,021 5.9 109 8.5 Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 131,340 118,139 13,201 10.1 2,674 2,404 270 10.1 381,317 352,591 28,726 7.5 14,880 12,971 1,909 12.8 19,798 17,757 2,041 10.3 129,911 117,855 12,056 9.3 2,621 2,370 251 9.6 377,604 351,743 25,861 6.8 14,557 12,836 1,721 11.8 19,165 17,571 1,594 8.3 Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 67,279 6,416 64,753 6,172 9,137 62,649 5,733 59,803 5,641 7,893 4,630 6.9 683 10.6 4,950 7.6 531 8.6 1,244 13.6 67,577 6,278 64,150 6,136 8,978 63,378 5,681 59,660 5,639 7,859 4,199 6.2 597 9.5 4,490 7.0 497 8.1 1,119 12.5 16 May 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,807,428 4,381,190 426,238 8.9 10,081 3,018 4,796 1,385 18,036 9,086 2,667 4,364 1,259 15,957 995 9.9 351 11.6 432 9.0 126 9.1 2,079 11.5 10,441 34,585 48,689 6,909 8,063 9,780 31,742 44,328 6,029 7,279 661 6.3 2,843 8.2 4,361 9.0 880 12.7 784 9.7 75,185 5,067 7,850 7,537 16,363 67,779 4,448 6,968 6,880 15,104 7,406 9.9 619 12.2 882 11.2 657 8.7 1,259 7.7 32,828 9,896 9,987 2,213 21,204 29,547 8,733 8,948 1,985 19,341 3,281 10.0 1,163 11.8 1,039 10.4 228 10.3 1,863 8.8 4,708 52,404 34,672 4,519 138,165 4,251 47,281 32,375 4,013 126,787 457 9.7 5,123 9.8 2,297 6.6 506 11.2 11,378 8.2 2,152 10,380 114,349 68,325 1,325 1,785 9,313 106,115 63,647 1,207 367 17.1 1,067 10.3 8,234 7.2 4,678 6.8 118 8.9 130,179 2,796 376,633 15,530 20,293 115,932 2,508 346,005 13,558 18,510 14,247 10.9 288 10.3 30,628 8.1 1,972 12.7 1,783 8.8 66,825 6,527 63,933 6,218 9,445 62,162 5,836 58,686 5,630 8,362 4,663 7.0 691 10.6 5,247 8.2 588 9.5 1,083 11.5 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older May 2013 April 2013 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,284 7,621 663 8.0 11,455 10,702 753 6.6 10,980 9,761 1,219 11.1 373,080 340,825 32,255 8.6 8,709 7,624 1,085 12.5 8,243 7,632 611 7.4 11,400 10,676 724 6.4 10,877 9,771 1,106 10.2 370,126 340,006 30,120 8.1 8,469 7,594 875 10.3 Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 4,441 42,517 69,261 5,315 2,060 3,830 38,010 63,390 4,905 1,939 611 13.8 4,507 10.6 5,871 8.5 410 7.7 121 5.9 4,368 42,189 68,618 5,283 2,068 3,803 38,208 63,238 4,920 1,928 565 12.9 3,981 9.4 5,380 7.8 363 6.9 140 6.8 Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin 27,956 8,975 10,216 4,836 10,349 25,968 7,960 8,999 4,423 9,406 1,988 7.1 1,015 11.3 1,217 11.9 413 8.5 943 9.1 27,842 8,839 10,060 4,812 10,252 26,002 7,946 8,976 4,393 9,388 1,840 6.6 893 10.1 1,084 10.8 419 8.7 864 8.4 Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 54,100 50,070 4,030 7.4 47,867 43,421 4,446 9.3 95,419 89,302 6,117 6.4 9,725 8,757 968 10.0 468,756 426,452 42,304 9.0 53,443 49,950 3,493 6.5 47,787 43,733 4,054 8.5 94,573 89,087 5,486 5.8 9,607 8,707 900 9.4 463,789 425,427 38,362 8.3 Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 12,078 1,135 37,383 26,349 11,611 10,913 1,001 33,900 23,831 10,753 1,165 9.6 134 11.8 3,483 9.3 2,518 9.6 858 7.4 12,003 1,119 36,932 26,036 11,464 10,900 1,002 33,752 23,752 10,695 1,103 9.2 117 10.5 3,180 8.6 2,284 8.8 769 6.7 Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock 7,138 6,452 686 9.6 444,236 411,471 32,765 7.4 19,639 17,973 1,666 8.5 91,585 85,278 6,307 6.9 2,776 2,382 394 14.2 7,024 6,399 625 8.9 440,537 410,482 30,055 6.8 19,322 17,843 1,479 7.7 90,799 84,601 6,198 6.8 2,811 2,406 405 14.4 Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 12,916 17,011 9,777 5,087 107,887 11,714 15,925 8,741 4,598 98,924 1,202 9.3 1,086 6.4 1,036 10.6 489 9.6 8,963 8.3 12,735 11,685 1,050 8.2 16,921 15,888 1,033 6.1 9,652 8,706 946 9.8 5,050 4,587 463 9.2 106,711 98,686 8,025 7.5 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 71,201 3,522 28,056 6,482 5,247 65,878 3,090 25,807 5,964 4,534 5,323 7.5 432 12.3 2,249 8.0 518 8.0 713 13.6 70,866 3,475 27,837 6,393 5,060 66,153 3,065 25,767 5,950 4,469 4,713 6.7 410 11.8 2,070 7.4 443 6.9 591 11.7 May 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,252 11,375 11,274 367,663 8,833 7,599 10,502 10,018 334,459 7,895 653 7.9 873 7.7 1,256 11.1 33,204 9.0 938 10.6 4,594 43,024 68,473 5,505 2,067 4,017 38,518 62,206 5,042 1,934 577 12.6 4,506 10.5 6,267 9.2 463 8.4 133 6.4 28,056 9,241 10,120 4,910 10,602 25,848 8,222 9,032 4,493 9,605 2,208 7.9 1,019 11.0 1,088 10.8 417 8.5 997 9.4 53,396 48,830 93,938 10,164 462,457 49,135 43,967 87,634 9,104 418,487 4,261 8.0 4,863 10.0 6,304 6.7 1,060 10.4 43,970 9.5 12,568 1,138 37,718 26,238 12,116 11,314 1,020 34,182 23,662 11,222 1,254 10.0 118 10.4 3,536 9.4 2,576 9.8 894 7.4 7,349 437,680 19,782 91,362 2,963 6,680 403,785 18,132 84,699 2,512 669 9.1 33,895 7.7 1,650 8.3 6,663 7.3 451 15.2 12,730 17,067 10,302 4,994 106,326 11,495 15,962 9,209 4,512 97,076 1,235 9.7 1,105 6.5 1,093 10.6 482 9.7 9,250 8.7 71,346 3,617 27,978 6,514 5,469 65,989 3,232 25,585 5,853 4,732 5,357 7.5 385 10.6 2,393 8.6 661 10.1 737 13.5 17 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older May 2013 April 2013 Labor Force 6,811 2,482 3,541 14,622 8,609 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 5,767 2,083 3,091 13,534 7,730 1,044 15.3 399 16.1 450 12.7 1,088 7.4 879 10.2 Labor Force 6,655 2,448 3,514 14,474 8,502 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 5,748 2,074 3,085 13,527 7,711 907 13.6 374 15.3 429 12.2 947 6.5 791 9.3 Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 4,874 20,372 15,386 25,760 3,661 4,499 18,080 14,256 23,172 3,298 375 7.7 2,292 11.3 1,130 7.3 2,588 10.0 363 9.9 4,809 4,476 333 6.9 20,017 18,045 1,972 9.9 15,373 14,331 1,042 6.8 25,483 23,180 2,303 9.0 3,638 3,301 337 9.3 Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 7,632 54,473 13,301 10,206 5,776 7,120 49,997 12,135 9,238 5,169 512 6.7 4,476 8.2 1,166 8.8 968 9.5 607 10.5 7,603 7,122 481 6.3 53,617 49,736 3,881 7.2 13,098 12,074 1,024 7.8 10,264 9,346 918 8.9 5,691 5,146 545 9.6 Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 4,803 16,380 3,937 9,136 3,387 4,107 15,337 3,652 8,199 3,173 696 14.5 1,043 6.4 285 7.2 937 10.3 214 6.3 4,752 16,326 3,890 9,082 3,345 4,092 15,432 3,643 8,179 3,154 660 13.9 894 5.5 247 6.3 903 9.9 191 5.7 Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 9,634 14,428 4,814 9,230 16,881 8,724 13,210 4,269 8,515 15,020 910 9.4 1,218 8.4 545 11.3 715 7.7 1,861 11.0 9,509 8,684 825 8.7 14,249 13,204 1,045 7.3 4,665 4,221 444 9.5 9,106 8,463 643 7.1 16,655 15,015 1,640 9.8 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding 85,680 78,015 7,665 8.9 48,775 44,217 4,558 9.3 19,792 18,783 1,009 5.1 8,394 7,890 504 6.0 73,750 68,025 5,725 7.8 84,939 77,835 7,104 8.4 48,280 44,111 4,169 8.6 19,812 18,899 913 4.6 8,385 7,939 446 5.3 73,129 67,862 5,267 7.2 Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 12,503 14,651 8,533 8,318 20,544 11,122 13,468 7,805 7,640 18,856 1,381 11.0 1,183 8.1 728 8.5 678 8.2 1,688 8.2 12,374 11,144 1,230 9.9 14,500 13,436 1,064 7.3 8,401 7,752 649 7.7 8,262 7,622 640 7.7 20,329 18,790 1,539 7.6 Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 4,382 8,670 839 6,409 2,532 3,933 7,797 740 5,675 2,209 449 10.2 873 10.1 99 11.8 734 11.5 323 12.8 4,306 8,625 839 6,271 2,483 3,918 7,825 739 5,595 2,192 388 9.0 800 9.3 100 11.9 676 10.8 291 11.7 May 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 6,770 2,615 3,529 14,747 8,430 5,917 2,178 3,129 13,508 7,586 853 12.6 437 16.7 400 11.3 1,239 8.4 844 10.0 4,814 20,752 15,554 26,047 3,701 4,490 18,304 14,447 23,567 3,336 324 6.7 2,448 11.8 1,107 7.1 2,480 9.5 365 9.9 7,758 54,511 13,225 10,174 5,812 7,241 49,894 12,023 9,167 5,212 517 6.7 4,617 8.5 1,202 9.1 1,007 9.9 600 10.3 4,989 16,240 3,955 8,938 3,528 4,288 15,187 3,660 8,045 3,311 701 14.1 1,053 6.5 295 7.5 893 10.0 217 6.2 10,086 14,239 4,696 9,431 17,189 9,200 13,185 4,259 8,707 15,104 886 8.8 1,054 7.4 437 9.3 724 7.7 2,085 12.1 85,984 48,178 19,668 8,336 72,856 78,196 43,391 18,598 7,813 66,755 7,788 9.1 4,787 9.9 1,070 5.4 523 6.3 6,101 8.4 12,588 14,343 8,693 8,180 20,792 11,223 13,217 7,878 7,498 18,977 1,365 10.8 1,126 7.9 815 9.4 682 8.3 1,815 8.7 4,430 8,980 889 6,461 2,733 4,039 8,053 792 5,704 2,359 391 8.8 927 10.3 97 10.9 757 11.7 374 13.7 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 May 2013 April 2013 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 89,029 42,187 1,886 6,825 3,795 80,533 38,375 1,696 6,073 3,469 8,496 9.5 3,812 9.0 190 10.1 752 11.0 326 8.6 89,233 41,924 1,864 6,838 3,723 81,471 38,282 1,696 6,054 3,428 7,762 8.7 3,642 8.7 168 9.0 784 11.5 295 7.9 29,141 13,312 2,230 12,799 3,159 26,025 12,220 1,960 11,165 2,870 3,116 10.7 1,092 8.2 270 12.1 1,634 12.8 289 9.1 28,855 13,167 2,195 12,712 3,112 25,963 12,160 1,946 11,164 2,856 2,892 10.0 1,007 7.6 249 11.3 1,548 12.2 256 8.2 681 9,499 3,350 4,584 4,037 631 8,528 2,959 3,878 3,660 50 7.3 971 10.2 391 11.7 706 15.4 377 9.3 678 9,302 3,302 4,416 4,020 626 8,414 2,941 3,882 3,679 52 7.7 888 9.5 361 10.9 534 12.1 341 8.5 21,815 18,685 14,143 5,607 2,820 20,150 16,918 12,669 5,174 2,436 1,665 7.6 1,767 9.5 1,474 10.4 433 7.7 384 13.6 21,573 18,253 13,879 5,706 2,710 20,050 16,661 12,528 5,304 2,380 1,523 7.1 1,592 8.7 1,351 9.7 402 7.0 330 12.2 35,430 4,031 4,034 11,158 11,554 32,200 3,655 3,613 10,365 10,325 3,230 9.1 376 9.3 421 10.4 793 7.1 1,229 10.6 35,010 32,049 2,961 8.5 3,967 3,613 354 8.9 3,989 3,611 378 9.5 11,000 10,301 699 6.4 11,438 10,315 1,123 9.8 33,339 41,375 14,932 2,480 7,558 30,897 38,183 13,246 2,131 6,708 2,442 7.3 3,192 7.7 1,686 11.3 349 14.1 850 11.2 33,268 41,102 14,653 2,464 7,467 30,944 38,091 13,157 2,135 6,692 2,324 7.0 3,011 7.3 1,496 10.2 329 13.4 775 10.4 12,007 1,206 2,963 13,088 42,604 10,703 1,113 2,648 11,999 38,084 1,304 10.9 93 7.7 315 10.6 1,089 8.3 4,520 10.6 11,853 1,191 2,860 12,770 42,434 10,689 1,104 2,621 11,781 38,071 1,164 9.8 87 7.3 239 8.4 989 7.7 4,363 10.3 3,126 4,210 4,297 10,499 2,730 3,738 3,870 9,605 396 12.7 472 11.2 427 9.9 894 8.5 3,055 4,112 4,264 10,477 2,710 3,710 3,884 9,655 345 11.3 402 9.8 380 8.9 822 7.8 May 2012 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 89,028 41,852 2,003 7,021 3,898 79,908 37,658 1,768 6,237 3,554 9,120 10.2 4,194 10.0 235 11.7 784 11.2 344 8.8 28,676 13,255 2,212 13,283 3,127 25,539 12,076 1,970 11,633 2,851 3,137 10.9 1,179 8.9 242 10.9 1,650 12.4 276 8.8 729 9,806 3,414 4,637 4,156 653 8,884 2,989 4,000 3,709 76 10.4 922 9.4 425 12.4 637 13.7 447 10.8 22,084 19,359 14,039 5,573 2,901 20,337 17,441 12,642 5,111 2,508 1,747 7.9 1,918 9.9 1,397 10.0 462 8.3 393 13.5 34,552 4,359 4,045 11,155 11,704 31,244 3,948 3,606 10,320 10,453 3,308 9.6 411 9.4 439 10.9 835 7.5 1,251 10.7 33,238 40,882 14,849 2,561 7,776 30,809 37,470 13,371 2,175 6,932 2,429 7.3 3,412 8.3 1,478 10.0 386 15.1 844 10.9 12,243 1,206 3,000 13,026 42,924 10,862 1,108 2,708 11,915 38,299 1,381 11.3 98 8.1 292 9.7 1,111 8.5 4,625 10.8 3,044 4,374 4,415 10,646 2,684 3,889 4,004 9,733 360 11.8 485 11.1 411 9.3 913 8.6 19 New Developments A carpet backings producer company from Dubai and Saudi Arabia has announced that it will expand its operations in Georgia. Mattex will invest $60 million and create 200 jobs over a three year period as they move to build an extrusion manufacturing plant in Murray County. The plant will be the company's U.S. headquarters and its first manufacturing facility outside the Middle East. Plans are for the manufacturing facility to be between 275,000 and 375,000 square feet with construction to start in summer 2013 and operations beginning in 2014. Headquartered in Dubai, Mattex Group is a leading provider for polyolefinbased textiles, developing and producing primary and secondary carpet backings, artificial grass backings and woven and nonwoven geotextiles. A Dawson County steel fabricating company plans to add more than 150 jobs over the next three years at its plant in Dawsonville as it prepares to supply parts to the new Caterpillar facility. Impulse Manufacturing will produce parts for several small excavators that will be produced at the new Caterpillar production plant near Athens. The 850,000 square foot Caterpillar plant is expected to directly employ 1,400 workers once it is fully operational. Impulse Manufacturing will ship parts to the plant daily via truck. PointClear Solutions, a Healthcare software company, has announced that it will relocate its headquarters to Atlanta. PointClear designs and develops customized and healthcare technologies for hospitals, health systems and physician practices by partnering with health IT vendors. The company plans to bring 200 tech jobs over the next three years as it moves its headquarters in Dunwoody. Engineered Floors announced that it will invest $450 million over five years in two new carpet plants in northwest Georgia. The two facilities, in Whitfield and Murray Counties, would employ 2,400 people. The factory in Whitfield County will create 1,000 jobs and the plant in Murray County would create 1,400 jobs. Engineered Floors has been focusing on the growing apartment sector and makes stain-resistant and colorfast PureColor next-generation solution dyed polyester fiber with SoilShielf for residential replacement and multifamily housing carpeting. The company's first plant was built in 2009 in Calhoun, Georgia. Software company Overgroup Consulting has relocated its headquarters to Atlanta. Overgroup has leased nearly 5,000 square feet of space in Atlantic Station and has relocated 25 employees to its office with plans to add 15 additional jobs in the next few years. The company develops billing and back-office software for telecom providers. Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins has announced that it will expand. Construction on a $40 million renovation and expansion of the medical center has begun and the project will likely be complete by 2015. Houston Medical plans to add to the east side of the Warner Robins location. The expansion will include new surgical suites, more pain clinic rooms, outpatient surgical rooms and a central waiting area. Suniva Inc., a maker of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, has said it plans to add 48 jobs at its Norcross headquarters. The company is looking to hire for positions including those on the manufacturing line and supervisory jobs. Suniva is expanding module assembly operations to boost its capacity for Buy America Act compliant modules. An alternative energy project in DeKalb County has been approved by Georgia environmental regulators. The state Environmental Protection Division has signed-off on an air permit to South Carolina-based Green Energy Partners to build and operate a plant that will convert biomass into electricity. The fuel source will be clean yard waste the company will buy from the county. Green Energy Partners has a long-term contract to sell the electricity the plant produces to Georgia Power. The plant will have a generating capacity of 11.5 megawatts. Boilers for the facility will be made by Hurst Boilers & Welding Co. Inc., which is a Georgia company. Note: Information in New Developments are from a variety of public sources and by no means are a comprehensive listing of new and expanding business in Georgia 20 Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics and Economic Research Georgia Unemployment Rates by County May 2013 Dade 8.0 Catoosa 6.1 Walker Whitfield Murray 11.0 Fannin 9.1 Union 7.1 Towns 7.7 Rabun 11.5 7.3 10.6 Chattooga 10.3 Gordon 9.6 Floyd 9.3 Bartow 8.6 Gilmer 9.6 Pickens 8.1 Cherokee 6.9 Lumpkin 8.8 Dawson 6.6 Forsyth 6.4 White Habersham 8.3 8.5 Stephens 8.2 Banks Franklin Hall 6.1 10.0 6.9 Jackson 8.0 Madison 6.4 Hart 10.6 Elbert 11.3 10.0% or greater 67 counties (42%) 9.0% to 9.9% 27 counties (17%) 8.0% to 8.9% 26 counties (16%) Polk 8.2 Paulding Cobb 7.5 Gwinnett 7.4 Barrow 7.7 Clarke Oglethorpe 6.6 6.0 Less than 8.0% 39 counties (25%) Haralson 9.3 Carroll 9.8 Heard 9.6 7.8 Douglas 8.5 Coweta 7.6 DeKalb Walton Fulton 9.0 8.6 Rockdale 7.7 Oconee 5.1 Clayton 9.0 Newton 10.1 9.3 Fayette Henry 7.4 8.3 Morgan 7.7 Spalding 10.7 Butts 9.8 Jasper 8.0 Putnam 10.1 Wilkes 11.2 Lincoln 9.9 Percentages of number of counties may not total 100 due to rounding Greene 9.6 Taliaferro 7.3 McDuffie Warren 9.5 Columbia 6.9 14.1 Richmond Hancock 9.5 14.2 Glascock 11.8 Troup 9.1 Meriwether 10.3 Pike 8.2 Lamar 10.2 Monroe 8.4 Jones 7.4 Baldwin 12.2 Washington Jefferson 15.3 Burke 12.2 Upson 11.2 Harris 6.4 Talbot 9.1 Muscogee 8.9 Marion Chattahoochee 7.2 10.6 Taylor 11.7 Crawford 8.6 Bibb 9.4 Wilkinson Twiggs 9.9 10.4 Peach Macon 14.5 11.0 Houston 7.5 Bleckley 15.7 Laurens 11.3 Johnson 12.7 Emanuel 11.9 Jenkins 16.1 Screven 11.0 Treutlen 13.6 Candler 10.5 Bulloch 9.9 Effingham 7.1 17.4 Stewart 12.1 Schley 10.1 Webster 7.7 Sumter 12.8 Quitman 11.8 Randolph Terrell Lee 12.8 9.3 7.3 Clay Dooly 13.8 Pulaski 10.2 Dodge 12.5 Crisp 13.6 Wilcox 12.7 Turner 9.3 Ben Hill 11.5 Montgomery Wheeler 10.6 11.3 Toombs 10.4 Evans 8.5 Tattnall Telfair 10.2 15.4 Jeff Davis 13.6 Appling 10.2 Long 6.7 Bryan 7.7 Liberty 10.0 Chatham 8.0 8.8 Calhoun Dougherty 11.6 10.6 Early 7.7 Miller 6.3 Baker 8.1 Mitchell 9.4 Worth 8.5 Colquitt 10.3 Irwin 12.3 Tift 9.5 Coffee 12.8 Berrien Atkinson 9.9 12.2 Cook 10.6 Lanier Bacon 9.7 Wayne 10.9 Pierce 8.5 Ware 11.3 Brantley 10.3 McIntosh 10.5 Glynn 9.3 Seminole 8.6 Decatur 11.1 Grady 7.4 Thomas 7.6 Brooks 7.9 7.7 Lowndes 8.2 Clinch 10.1 Charlton 11.2 Camden 8.7 Echols 5.9 Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 8.5% (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 21 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County County May Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County May Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County May Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks Georgia 46,882 ....... $257 ...... 12.3 Appling 180 ...... $244 ..... 13.1 Atkinson 75 ...... $238 ....... 8.9 Bacon 69 ...... $235 ..... 11.1 Baker 37 ...... $148 ....... 9.3 Baldwin 198 ...... $175 ..... 14.0 Banks 83 ...... $231 ..... 11.3 Barrow 243 ...... $245 ..... 13.1 Bartow 455 ...... $245 ....... 9.3 Ben Hill 49 ...... $225 ....... 9.7 Berrien 82 ...... $210 ..... 13.6 Bibb 811 ...... $186 ..... 14.8 Bleckley 150 ...... $184 ..... 14.8 Brantley 67 ...... $222 ..... 14.3 Brooks 51 ...... $189 ..... 12.0 Bryan 115 ...... $251 ..... 13.8 Bulloch 341 ...... $220 ..... 11.9 Burke 199 ...... $216 ..... 12.4 Butts 100 ...... $223 ..... 13.4 Calhoun 68 ...... $152 ....... 9.5 Camden 137 ...... $220 ..... 13.9 Candler 78 ...... $189 ..... 11.7 Carroll 637 ...... $211 ....... 9.8 Catoosa 142 ...... $246 ..... 10.3 Charlton 38 ...... $238 ..... 14.7 Chatham 1,463 ...... $214 ..... 14.7 Chattahoochee 15 ...... $209 ..... 16.8 Chattooga 68 ...... $224 ..... 15.7 Cherokee 639 ...... $266 ..... 13.4 Clarke 419 ...... $203 ..... 12.7 Clay 10 ...... $219 ..... 11.7 Clayton 1,625 ...... $223 ..... 14.8 Clinch 26 ...... $205 ..... 11.0 Cobb 2,396 ...... $251 ..... 14.9 Coffee 295 ...... $214 ..... 11.1 Colquitt 294 ...... $230 ..... 10.6 Columbia 328 ...... $254 ..... 12.8 Cook 83 ...... $200 ..... 14.5 Coweta 362 ...... $238 ..... 12.1 Crawford 65 ...... $216 ..... 14.1 Crisp 219 ...... $189 ..... 12.2 Dade 68 ...... $226 ..... 10.0 Dawson 83 ...... $254 ..... 14.0 Decatur 191 ...... $192 ..... 12.0 DeKalb 3,634 ...... $235 ..... 14.6 Dodge 368 ...... $178 ..... 13.1 Dooly 100 ...... $194 ..... 11.3 Dougherty 1,035 ...... $164 ..... 12.7 Douglas 568 ...... $246 ..... 14.3 Early 68 ...... $178 ..... 12.1 Echols 5 ...... $263 ..... 15.2 Effingham 155 ...... $254 ..... 13.5 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 97 ...... $225 ....... 7.7 367 ...... $176 ..... 12.6 35 ...... $191 ..... 11.5 75 ...... $237 ..... 11.3 244 ...... $260 ..... 14.9 748 ...... $228 ..... 10.9 337 ...... $271 ..... 14.8 95 ...... $210 ..... 10.1 4,149 ...... $231 ..... 14.8 85 ...... $247 ..... 11.6 10 ...... $232 ..... 11.2 276 ...... $209 ..... 13.4 427 ...... $250 ....... 8.4 130 ...... $190 ....... 9.3 56 ...... $213 ..... 11.9 2,460 ...... $257 ..... 14.6 272 ...... $209 ....... 9.3 768 ...... $237 ..... 10.7 46 ...... $202 ..... 10.7 107 ...... $225 ..... 10.2 82 ...... $222 ..... 11.7 105 ...... $228 ....... 9.0 55 ...... $239 ....... 9.3 898 ...... $238 ..... 14.2 491 ...... $217 ..... 14.2 37 ...... $191 ..... 10.8 222 ...... $238 ..... 11.7 46 ...... $256 ..... 11.4 206 ...... $215 ..... 10.9 297 ...... $184 ..... 14.5 104 ...... $191 ..... 12.0 99 ...... $175 ..... 13.7 90 ...... $236 ..... 14.8 112 ...... $204 ..... 11.5 31 ...... $209 ..... 13.2 426 ...... $187 ..... 12.1 104 ...... $236 ..... 11.4 158 ...... $218 ..... 14.4 59 ...... $224 ....... 9.3 54 ...... $242 ..... 14.0 488 ...... $171 ..... 13.6 159 ...... $203 ..... 11.3 136 ...... $180 ..... 13.0 104 ...... $237 ..... 11.2 19 ...... $186 ..... 10.8 275 ...... $226 ..... 11.2 46 ...... $210 ..... 13.2 165 ...... $222 ....... 8.8 32 ...... $212 ..... 10.9 411 ...... $146 ....... 8.9 119 ...... $229 ..... 12.4 162 ...... $202 ..... 11.4 71 ...... $232 ..... 13.6 309 ...... $244 ....... 7.6 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 679 ...... $215 ..... 12.3 478 ...... $234 ..... 13.4 39 ...... $232 ..... 13.6 64 ...... $221 ..... 12.7 461 ...... $254 ..... 14.2 257 ...... $166 ..... 13.2 93 ...... $245 ..... 11.0 107 ...... $210 ..... 13.3 56 ...... $251 ..... 12.6 239 ...... $235 ....... 9.5 47 ...... $208 ..... 13.0 51 ...... $226 ..... 11.0 1 ...... $278 ....... 9.5 75 ...... $206 ..... 14.1 83 ...... $171 ....... 7.0 1,163 ...... $199 ..... 13.0 365 ...... $245 ..... 15.0 19 ...... $221 ..... 11.6 199 ...... $227 ....... 8.8 31 ...... $216 ..... 11.9 422 ...... $208 ..... 12.7 110 ...... $217 ....... 9.3 22 ...... $208 ..... 12.5 210 ...... $163 ..... 12.3 41 ...... $217 ..... 10.1 11 ...... $240 ....... 9.0 89 ...... $214 ..... 11.9 40 ...... $225 ..... 14.1 499 ...... $135 ....... 9.9 166 ...... $132 ..... 10.0 224 ...... $187 ..... 12.1 171 ...... $188 ..... 13.2 401 ...... $206 ..... 11.6 29 ...... $231 ..... 14.0 66 ...... $213 ..... 12.3 366 ...... $223 ....... 9.2 40 ...... $192 ..... 12.3 53 ...... $221 ..... 16.2 70 ...... $212 ..... 12.8 119 ...... $208 ..... 11.5 257 ...... $245 ....... 8.7 227 ...... $235 ..... 13.6 248 ...... $204 ..... 13.1 117 ...... $214 ..... 11.6 95 ...... $205 ..... 13.0 130 ...... $235 ..... 13.9 9 ...... $175 ..... 11.8 131 ...... $176 ....... 9.2 110 ...... $211 ..... 12.4 748 ...... $238 ....... 7.4 95 ...... $178 ..... 11.7 78 ...... $230 ..... 11.1 31 ...... $234 ..... 15.6 97 ...... $212 ..... 12.5 Mark Butler, Commissioner 148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E. 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