- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce, 2017 October
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Labor
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10
- Subject:
- Labor market--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals
Wages--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals
Hours of labor--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals - Location:
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- Monthly employment statistics for Georgia.
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Jackson Madison Elbert
Polk
Cobb
Gwinnett Barrow Clarke
D I M E N S I O Paulding
Haralson Douglas
DeKalb Rock-
Walton
Oconee Oglethorpe
Wilkes
Lincoln
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Carroll
Fulton Clayton
dale Newton
Morgan Greene Taliaferro
Columbia
Fayette Henry
McDuffie Warren
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Measuring Georgia's Workforce Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Upson
Jones
Baldwin
Jefferson Washington
Burke
Harris
Talbot
October 2017 Data
Muscogee
Taylor
Bibb Crawford
Peach
Wilkinson Twiggs
Johnson
Jenkins Emanuel
Screven
Volume XLIII, Number 10
October 2017 Employment Situation Marion Chattahoo-
Houston Bleckley Macon
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4.49
4.51
Activities saw the largest job cuts in October.
Clay
Calhoun
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Irwin
Coffee
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Bacon
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McIntosh
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Oct-16
Pierce
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Jun-17
Jul-17
Aug-17
Sep-17
Oct-17
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Charlton
Camden
Georgia Unemployment Rate
October, the second consecutive month of growth. Educa-
(Seasonally Adjusted)
tion and Health Services employment rose by 2,000 in
October. Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance gained 900 and 1,100 jobs, respectively. Manu-
5.5% 5.5% 5.5% 5.4%
5.3%
facturing employment increased by 1,900 in October with Non-durable Goods accounting for 1,400 of the jobs.
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment fell by
5.1% 5.0% 4.9% 4.8% 4.7% 4.7%
2,600 in October after being down 1,100 in September.
Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities employment decreased by 1,400,
4.4% 4.3%
100, and 1,100, respectively. Financial Activities employ-
ment declined by 1,700 in October, its second consecutive month of decline. Finance and Insurance employment fell
Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17
by 2,300, while Real Estate and Rental and Leasing gained
600 jobs in October.
Over the year, Georgia has added 87,800 jobs to its economy. Professional and Business Services (+24,900 jobs); Education and Health Services (+15,300 jobs); Leisure and Hospitality (+14,500 jobs); and Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (+11,700 jobs) gained the most jobs over the year.
Georgia's unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) decreased in October 2017, from the revised rate of 4.4 percent in September to 4.3 percent in October. Over the year, the unemployment rate is down from 5.4 percent in October 2016.
Workforce Statistics & Economic Research Mark Butler, Commissioner
For more information, contact Corey Smith or Evan Cross at (404) 232-3875
corey.smith@gdol.ga.gov evan.cross@gdol.ga.gov
Equal Opportunity Employer/ProgramAuxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities
GEORGIA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Total Nonfarm
4,510.1
4,494.3
4,422.3
15.8 0.4
87.8 2.0
Total Private
3,809.1
3,796.5
3,731.4
12.6 0.3
77.7 2.1
Goods Producing
576.9
569.6
577.8
7.3 1.3
-0.9 -0.2
Service-Providing
3,933.2
3,924.7
3,844.5
8.5 0.2
88.7 2.3
Private Service-Providing
3,232.2
3,226.9
3,153.6
5.3 0.2
78.6 2.5
Mining and Logging
10.3
10.4
9.5
-0.1 -1.0
0.8 8.4
Mining, Logging and Construction
189.2
183.8
187.6
5.4 2.9
1.6 0.9
Construction
178.9
173.4
178.1
5.5 3.2
0.8 0.4
Manufacturing
387.7
385.8
390.2
1.9 0.5
-2.5 -0.6
Durable Goods
187.9
187.4
190.0
0.5 0.3
-2.1 -1.1
Non-Durable Goods
199.8
198.4
200.2
1.4 0.7
-0.4 -0.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
942.7
945.3
931.0
-2.6 -0.3
11.7 1.3
Wholesale Trade
229.2
230.6
222.2
-1.4 -0.6
7.0 3.2
Retail Trade
494.0
494.1
494.3
-0.1 0.0
-0.3 -0.1
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
219.5
220.6
214.5
-1.1 -0.5
5.0 2.3
Information
113.1
112.7
112.1
0.4 0.4
1.0 0.9
Financial Activities
246.6
248.3
240.8
-1.7 -0.7
5.8 2.4
Finance and Insurance
183.3
185.6
177.2
-2.3 -1.2
6.1 3.4
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
63.3
62.7
63.6
0.6 1.0
-0.3 -0.5
Professional and Business Services
690.8
685.6
665.9
5.2 0.8
24.9 3.7
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
271.3
273.6
264.6
-2.3 -0.8
6.7 2.5
Management of Companies and Enterprises
67.9
67.3
68.2
0.6 0.9
-0.3 -0.4
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation
351.6
344.7
333.1
6.9 2.0
18.5 5.6
Education and Health Services
582.9
580.9
567.6
2.0 0.3
15.3 2.7
Educational Services
78.7
77.8
76.1
0.9 1.2
2.6 3.4
Health Care and Social Assistance
504.2
503.1
491.5
1.1 0.2
12.7 2.6
Leisure and Hospitality
492.7
493.3
478.2
-0.6 -0.1
14.5 3.0
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
50.5
50.5
49.3
0.0 0.0
1.2 2.4
Accommodation and Food Services
442.2
442.8
428.9
-0.6 -0.1
13.3 3.1
Other Services
163.4
160.8
158.0
2.6 1.6
5.4 3.4
Government
701.0
697.8
690.9
3.2 0.5
10.1 1.5
Federal Government
102.1
101.8
100.9
0.3 0.3
1.2 1.2
State Government
178.9
180.2
176.2
-1.3 -0.7
2.7 1.5
Local Government
420.0
415.8
413.8
4.2 1.0
6.2 1.5
Note: These 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
Georgia Department of Labor, Mark Butler, Commissioner Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available Upon Request to Individuals With Disabilities
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GEORGIA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Total Nonfarm
4,527.0
4,482.3
4,439.0
44.7 1.0
88.0 2.0
Total Private
3,819.7
3,782.7
3,742.0
37.0 1.0
77.7 2.1
Goods Producing
579.1
572.3
580.0
6.8 1.2
-0.9 -0.2
Service-Providing
3,947.9
3,910.0
3,859.0
37.9 1.0
88.9 2.3
Private Service-Providing
3,240.6
3,210.4
3,162.0
30.2 0.9
78.6 2.5
Mining and Logging
10.4
10.3
9.6
0.1 1.0
0.8 8.3
Mining, Logging and Construction
192.1
187.3
190.6
4.8 2.6
1.5 0.8
Construction
181.7
177.0
181.0
4.7 2.7
0.7 0.4
Construction of Buildings
42.5
41.5
39.0
1.0 2.4
3.5 9.0
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
28.2
27.1
27.8
1.1 4.1
0.4 1.4
Specialty Trade Contractors
111.0
108.4
114.2
2.6 2.4
-3.2 -2.8
Manufacturing
387.0
385.0
389.4
2.0 0.5
-2.4 -0.6
Durable Goods
186.9
186.4
188.9
0.5 0.3
-2.0 -1.1
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
51.7
51.9
51.3
-0.2 -0.4
0.4 0.8
Non-Durable Goods
200.1
198.6
200.5
1.5 0.8
-0.4 -0.2
Food Manufacturing
67.7
67.3
67.1
0.4 0.6
0.6 0.9
Textile Mills
19.4
19.4
19.4
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
Textile Product Mills
27.6
27.7
28.1
-0.1 -0.4
-0.5 -1.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
944.1
937.6
932.3
6.5 0.7
11.8 1.3
Wholesale Trade
230.5
229.3
223.4
1.2 0.5
7.1 3.2
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
112.5
113.2
108.7
-0.7 -0.6
3.8 3.5
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
64.5
63.1
62.8
1.4 2.2
1.7 2.7
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 53.5
53.0
51.9
0.5 0.9
1.6 3.1
Retail Trade
494.5
489.3
494.8
5.2 1.1
-0.3 -0.1
Food and Beverage Stores
91.7
90.8
91.3
0.9 1.0
0.4 0.4
General Merchandise Stores
110.1
108.6
109.2
1.5 1.4
0.9 0.8
Miscellaneous Store Retailers
22.5
21.8
22.4
0.7 3.2
0.1 0.5
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
219.1
219.0
214.1
0.1 0.1
5.0 2.3
Utilities
19.7
19.7
20.1
0.0 0.0
-0.4 -2.0
Transportation and Warehousing
199.4
199.3
194.0
0.1 0.1
5.4 2.8
Air Transportation
40.0
40.1
38.7
-0.1 -0.3
1.3 3.4
Truck Transportation
50.6
51.2
51.1
-0.6 -1.2
-0.5 -1.0
Couriers and Messengers
24.0
23.8
22.6
0.2 0.8
1.4 6.2
Warehousing and Storage
42.8
42.2
41.4
0.6 1.4
1.4 3.4
Information
113.4
112.5
112.4
0.9 0.8
1.0 0.9
Telecommunications
45.2
45.4
45.4
-0.2 -0.4
-0.2 -0.4
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
30.7
30.9
32.1
-0.2 -0.7
-1.4 -4.4
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
7.2
7.1
7.2
0.1 1.4
0.0 0.0
Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP
10.2
10.1
9.8
0.1 1.0
0.4 4.1
Financial Activities
248.4
247.4
242.5
1.0 0.4
5.9 2.4
Finance and Insurance
184.1
184.5
177.9
-0.4 -0.2
6.2 3.5
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
86.1
86.6
83.6
-0.5 -0.6
2.5 3.0
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
64.3
62.9
64.6
1.4 2.2
-0.3 -0.5
Professional and Business Services
695.3
684.6
670.4
10.7 1.6
24.9 3.7
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
271.8
270.4
265.0
1.4 0.5
6.8 2.6
Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services
34.9
33.5
34.4
1.4 4.2
0.5 1.5
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
44.4
44.0
42.4
0.4 0.9
2.0 4.7
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
68.7
68.7
67.2
0.0 0.0
1.5 2.2
Management and Technical Consulting Services
42.5
42.3
41.7
0.2 0.5
0.8 1.9
Management of Companies and Enterprises
68.0
67.7
68.3
0.3 0.4
-0.3 -0.4
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation
355.5
346.5
337.1
9.0 2.6
18.4 5.5
Employment Services
185.1
179.9
166.4
5.2 2.9
18.7 11.2
Education and Health Services
587.5
579.3
572.2
8.2 1.4
15.3 2.7
Educational Services
80.4
76.3
77.7
4.1 5.4
2.7 3.5
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
38.9
35.1
36.4
3.8 10.8
2.5 6.9
Health Care and Social Assistance
507.1
503.0
494.5
4.1 0.8
12.6 2.6
Ambulatory Health Care Services
199.9
197.8
194.0
2.1 1.1
5.9 3.0
Hospitals
177.3
176.3
171.9
1.0 0.6
5.4 3.1
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
61.4
60.9
60.0
0.5 0.8
1.4 2.3
Social Assistance
68.5
68.0
68.6
0.5 0.7
-0.1 -0.2
Leisure and Hospitality
489.2
489.1
474.8
0.1 0.0
14.4 3.0
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
48.8
50.6
47.8
-1.8 -3.6
1.0 2.1
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
37.6
38.0
35.8
-0.4 -1.1
1.8 5.0
Accommodation and Food Services
440.4
438.5
427.0
1.9 0.4
13.4 3.1
Accommodation
44.5
44.0
44.9
0.5 1.1
-0.4 -0.9
Food Services and Drinking Places
395.9
394.5
382.1
1.4 0.4
13.8 3.6
Other Services
162.7
159.9
157.4
2.8 1.8
5.3 3.4
Repair and Maintenance
39.0
37.8
38.7
1.2 3.2
0.3 0.8
Personal and Laundry Services
38.4
37.2
36.9
1.2 3.2
1.5 4.1
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar
85.3
84.9
81.8
0.4 0.5
3.5 4.3
Government
707.3
699.6
697.0
7.7 1.1
10.3 1.5
Federal Government
101.8
101.3
100.6
0.5 0.5
1.2 1.2
Department of Defense
42.0
41.8
41.1
0.2 0.5
0.9 2.2
State Government
182.8
180.9
180.0
1.9 1.1
2.8 1.6
State Government Educational Services
109.1
108.3
107.5
0.8 0.7
1.6 1.5
Local Government
422.7
417.4
416.4
5.3 1.3
6.3 1.5
Local Government Educational Services
249.3
246.7
246.8
2.6 1.1
2.5 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 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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ALBANY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Retail Trade Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government
62.9
62.2
63.3
0.7 1.1
50.5
49.9
50.5
0.6 1.2
7.0
6.9
7.3
0.1 1.5
55.9
55.3
56.0
0.6 1.1
43.5
43.0
43.2
0.5 1.2
4.2
4.2
4.3
0.0 0.0
11.3
11.3
12.4
0.0 0.0
7.3
7.4
7.9
-0.1 -1.4
12.4
12.3
12.8
0.1 0.8
2.6
2.6
2.6
0.0 0.0
2.7
2.7
2.8
0.0 0.0
7.1
7.0
7.4
0.1 1.4
-0.4 -0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -4.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.7 -0.1 -2.3 -1.1 -8.9 -0.6 -7.6 -0.4 -3.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -3.6 -0.3 -4.1
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 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 familyworkers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2016 benchmark.
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Retail Trade Professional and Business Services Leisure and Hospitality Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government
98.9
98.4
94.8
0.5 0.5
67.0
67.2
64.1
-0.2 -0.3
9.6
9.6
9.6
0.0 0.0
89.3
88.8
85.2
0.5 0.6
57.4
57.6
54.5
-0.2 -0.4
15.8
15.8
15.9
0.0 0.0
10.7
10.6
10.3
0.1 0.9
8.3
8.2
8.0
0.1 1.2
11.2
11.2
10.7
0.0 0.0
31.9
31.2
30.7
0.7 2.2
1.0
1.0
1.1
0.0 0.0
22.9
22.5
21.5
0.4 1.8
8.0
7.7
8.1
0.3 3.9
4.1 4.3 2.9 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.1 4.8 2.9 5.3 -0.1 -0.6 0.4 3.9 0.3 3.8 0.5 4.7 1.2 3.9 -0.1 -9.1 1.4 6.5 -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 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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ATLANTA MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Total Nonfarm
2,774.0
2,754.3
2,708.2
19.7 0.7
65.8 2.4
Total Private
2,434.2
2,419.7
2,375.6
14.5 0.6
58.6 2.5
Goods Producing
286.6
283.3
285.0
3.3 1.2
1.6 0.6
Service-Providing
2,487.4
2,471.0
2,423.2
16.4 0.7
64.2 2.7
Private Service-Providing
2,147.6
2,136.4
2,090.6
11.2 0.5
57.0 2.7
Mining and Logging
1.8
1.8
1.8
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
Mining, Logging and Construction
125.1
122.3
122.5
2.8 2.3
2.6 2.1
Construction
123.3
120.5
120.7
2.8 2.3
2.6 2.2
Construction of Buildings
28.3
27.4
26.1
0.9 3.3
2.2 8.4
Specialty Trade Contractors
79.0
77.8
77.3
1.2 1.5
1.7 2.2
Manufacturing
161.5
161.0
162.5
0.5 0.3
-1.0 -0.6
Durable Goods
81.4
81.2
82.8
0.2 0.3
-1.4 -1.7
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
14.1
14.2
15.1
-0.1 -0.7
-1.0 -6.6
Non-Durable Goods
80.1
79.8
79.7
0.3 0.4
0.4 0.5
Food Manufacturing
26.7
26.6
26.1
0.1 0.4
0.6 2.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
600.2
596.5
594.7
3.7 0.6
5.5 0.9
Wholesale Trade
165.1
164.7
161.5
0.4 0.2
3.6 2.2
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
82.4
82.6
79.7
-0.2 -0.2
2.7 3.4
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
41.4
41.0
39.7
0.4 1.0
1.7 4.3
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
41.3
41.1
42.1
0.2 0.5
-0.8 -1.9
Retail Trade
284.9
281.5
286.7
3.4 1.2
-1.8 -0.6
Food and Beverage Stores
56.5
56.3
56.3
0.2 0.4
0.2 0.4
General Merchandise Stores
60.2
59.2
59.2
1.0 1.7
1.0 1.7
Miscellaneous Store Retailers
15.2
14.7
14.9
0.5 3.4
0.3 2.0
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities
150.2
150.3
146.5
-0.1 -0.1
3.7 2.5
Utilities
9.8
9.8
10.4
0.0 0.0
-0.6 -5.8
Transportation and Warehousing
140.4
140.5
136.1
-0.1 -0.1
4.3 3.2
Air Transportation
39.4
39.5
38.4
-0.1 -0.3
1.0 2.6
Truck Transportation
32.1
32.1
31.9
0.0 0.0
0.2 0.6
Couriers and Messengers
18.8
18.8
17.9
0.0 0.0
0.9 5.0
Information
98.5
99.2
95.4
-0.7 -0.7
3.1 3.3
Telecommunications
37.6
38.0
39.2
-0.4 -1.1
-1.6 -4.1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
27.1
27.3
27.8
-0.2 -0.7
-0.7 -2.5
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
6.7
6.6
6.5
0.1 1.5
0.2 3.1
Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP
10.1
10.0
9.3
0.1 1.0
0.8 8.6
Financial Activities
173.2
172.9
168.6
0.3 0.2
4.6 2.7
Finance and Insurance
126.2
126.9
121.8
-0.7 -0.6
4.4 3.6
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
60.8
61.0
59.5
-0.2 -0.3
1.3 2.2
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
47.0
46.0
46.8
1.0 2.2
0.2 0.4
Professional and Business Services
528.1
525.4
503.5
2.7 0.5
24.6 4.9
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
214.6
213.5
211.3
1.1 0.5
3.3 1.6
Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services
26.3
25.4
25.2
0.9 3.5
1.1 4.4
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
31.0
30.6
30.0
0.4 1.3
1.0 3.3
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
59.4
58.7
57.0
0.7 1.2
2.4 4.2
Management and Technical Consulting Services
39.2
38.8
37.3
0.4 1.0
1.9 5.1
Management of Companies and Enterprises
55.3
54.9
56.1
0.4 0.7
-0.8 -1.4
Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation
258.2
257.0
236.1
1.2 0.5
22.1 9.4
Employment Services
136.8
134.0
119.0
2.8 2.1
17.8 15.0
Education and Health Services
351.2
346.4
341.2
4.8 1.4
10.0 2.9
Educational Services
57.2
54.6
54.8
2.6 4.8
2.4 4.4
Health Care and Social Assistance
294.0
291.8
286.4
2.2 0.8
7.6 2.7
Ambulatory Health Care Services
117.4
116.5
115.6
0.9 0.8
1.8 1.6
Hospitals
102.7
101.5
98.1
1.2 1.2
4.6 4.7
Social Assistance
42.6
42.5
43.8
0.1 0.2
-1.2 -2.7
Leisure and Hospitality
295.5
296.0
288.2
-0.5 -0.2
7.3 2.5
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
34.9
35.6
33.8
-0.7 -2.0
1.1 3.3
Accommodation and Food Services
260.6
260.4
254.4
0.2 0.1
6.2 2.4
Accommodation
24.4
24.4
24.5
0.0 0.0
-0.1 -0.4
Food Services and Drinking Places
236.2
236.0
229.9
0.2 0.1
6.3 2.7
Other Services
100.9
100.0
99.0
0.9 0.9
1.9 1.9
Repair and Maintenance
23.5
23.4
23.7
0.1 0.4
-0.2 -0.8
Personal and Laundry Services
26.4
26.8
26.5
-0.4 -1.5
-0.1 -0.4
Government
339.8
334.6
332.6
5.2 1.6
7.2 2.2
Federal Government
46.8
46.8
46.4
0.0 0.0
0.4 0.9
State Government
76.1
75.4
75.2
0.7 0.9
0.9 1.2
Local Government
216.9
212.4
211.0
4.5 2.1
5.9 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 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, Morgan, 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
241.4 192.9
33.7 207.7 159.2
12.2 21.5 40.1
5.8 26.6
7.7 2.7 7.6 38.6 36.3 25.6 8.3 48.5 9.3 16.5 22.7
240.1 192.0
33.9 206.2 158.1
12.3 21.6 39.8
5.8 26.3
7.7 2.7 7.6 37.8 35.9 26.0 8.3 48.1 9.3 16.4 22.4
235.2 187.5
33.2 202.0 154.3
11.8 21.4 40.0
5.8 26.7
7.5 2.7 7.5 38.2 33.2 24.5 8.2 47.7 9.4 16.2 22.1
1.3 0.5 0.9 0.5 -0.2 -0.6 1.5 0.7 1.1 0.7 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.1 0.4 1.1 -0.4 -1.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.3 1.3
6.2 2.6 5.4 2.9 0.5 1.5 5.7 2.8 4.9 3.2 0.4 3.4 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.4 1.1 3.1 9.3 1.1 4.5 0.1 1.2 0.8 1.7 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 1.9 0.6 2.7
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 Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, 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 2016 benchmark.
BRUNSWICK MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
44.1
43.8
44.1
0.3 0.7
35.4
35.0
35.5
0.4 1.1
3.9
3.9
3.9
0.0 0.0
40.2
39.9
40.2
0.3 0.8
31.5
31.1
31.6
0.4 1.3
9.1
8.7
9.2
0.4 4.6
5.5
5.4
5.9
0.1 1.9
8.7
8.8
8.6
-0.1 -1.1
1.9
1.9
1.9
0.0 0.0
2.0
2.0
1.9
0.0 0.0
4.8
4.9
4.8
-0.1 -2.0
0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -1.1 -0.4 -6.8 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 5.3 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 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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COLUMBUS MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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 Finance and Insurance
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services Education and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government
121.6 96.4 14.5
107.1 81.9 4.4 10.1 19.0 3.2 13.5 2.3 1.3 13.4 11.8 4.6 12.5 16.6 14.5 4.6 25.2 6.9 4.8 13.5
121.0 96.0 14.3
106.7 81.7 4.4 9.9 19.1 3.2 13.6 2.3 1.3 13.3 11.8 4.5 12.5 16.4 14.5 4.6 25.0 6.9 4.8 13.3
121.0 96.2 14.5
106.5 81.7 4.4 10.1 19.3 3.1 14.0 2.2 1.3 13.4 11.6 4.5 12.8 16.2 14.2 4.5 24.8 6.8 4.8 13.2
0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5
0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -1.6 0.1 3.2 -0.5 -3.6 0.1 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 0.1 2.2 -0.3 -2.3 0.4 2.5 0.3 2.1 0.1 2.2 0.4 1.6 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 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 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 2016 benchmark.
DALTON MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing
Textile Mills Textile Product Mills Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Professional and Business Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government
70.3
70.8
69.7
-0.5 -0.7
63.5
64.0
62.9
-0.5 -0.8
26.6
26.9
26.4
-0.3 -1.1
43.7
43.9
43.3
-0.2 -0.5
36.9
37.1
36.5
-0.2 -0.5
25.1
25.6
25.0
-0.5 -2.0
4.0
4.0
4.1
0.0 0.0
15.2
15.2
15.3
0.0 0.0
16.9
16.8
16.5
0.1 0.6
8.9
8.8
8.6
0.1 1.1
3.9
3.9
3.8
0.0 0.0
6.4
6.4
6.2
0.0 0.0
6.8
6.8
6.8
0.0 0.0
0.2
0.3
0.2
-0.1 -33.3
1.0
0.9
1.0
0.1 11.1
5.6
5.6
5.6
0.0 0.0
0.6 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.1 0.4 -0.1 -2.4 -0.1 -0.7 0.4 2.4 0.3 3.5 0.1 2.6 0.2 3.2 0.0 0.0 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 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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GAINESVILLE MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
90.5
89.5
88.3
79.8
79.0
77.8
24.6
24.4
23.7
65.9
65.1
64.6
55.2
54.6
54.1
15.7
15.3
16.5
8.3
8.2
9.0
10.7
10.5
10.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
2.7
2.6
2.5
7.5
7.4
7.5
1.0 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.1 0.4 2.6 0.1 1.2 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.9 0.1 1.4
2.2 2.5 2.0 2.6 0.9 3.8 1.3 2.0 1.1 2.0 -0.8 -4.9 -0.7 -7.8 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 8.0 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 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 2016 benchmark.
HINESVILLE MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised Revised OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government
20.5
20.5
20.2
12.4
12.4
12.2
2.4
2.4
2.4
18.1
18.1
17.8
10.0
10.0
9.8
8.1
8.1
8.0
3.9
3.9
3.9
0.5
0.5
0.5
3.7
3.7
3.6
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.3 1.5 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 0.2 2.0 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 Hinesville 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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MACON-BIBB COUNTY MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
103.3 89.2 10.4 92.9 78.8 20.2 13.7 3.8 10.1 11.8 21.9 10.8 14.1 1.2 3.8 9.1
103.1 88.9 10.5 92.6 78.4 20.2 13.6 3.8 10.1 11.5 21.6 10.9 14.2 1.2 3.8 9.2
103.4 89.0 10.6 92.8 78.4 20.6 13.9 3.9 10.0 11.4 21.5 10.5 14.4 1.2 3.9 9.3
0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -1.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.6 0.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.1
-0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -1.9 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 -0.4 -1.9 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1 -2.6 0.1 1.0 0.4 3.5 0.4 1.9 0.3 2.9 -0.3 -2.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.6 -0.2 -2.2
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 Macon-Bibb County 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 2016 benchmark.
ROME MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
41.3
41.1
41.2
35.5
35.4
35.4
7.3
7.3
7.1
34.0
33.8
34.1
28.2
28.1
28.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
7.6
7.6
8.0
5.1
5.1
5.1
10.5
10.5
10.3
5.8
5.7
5.8
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.6
1.5
1.6
4.0
4.0
4.0
0.2 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 6.7 0.0 0.0
0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 2.8 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -5.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.0 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 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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SAVANNAH MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
181.4 156.7
24.4 157.0 132.3
7.5 16.9 41.1
7.1 22.0 12.0
1.5 6.5 20.6 27.6 27.4 7.6 24.7 3.0 6.2 15.5
178.8 154.1
24.3 154.5 129.8
7.5 16.8 39.9
7.0 20.9 12.0
1.5 6.5 20.1 27.3 27.0 7.5 24.7 3.0 6.2 15.5
176.2 151.2
23.6 152.6 127.6
7.0 16.6 39.6
6.8 21.1 11.7
1.5 6.4 19.9 26.9 26.0 7.3 25.0 2.9 6.4 15.7
2.6 1.5 2.6 1.7 0.1 0.4 2.5 1.6 2.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.2 3.0 0.1 1.4 1.1 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.5 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5.2 3.0 5.5 3.6 0.8 3.4 4.4 2.9 4.7 3.7 0.5 7.1 0.3 1.8 1.5 3.8 0.3 4.4 0.9 4.3 0.3 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 0.7 3.5 0.7 2.6 1.4 5.4 0.3 4.1 -0.3 -1.2 0.1 3.5 -0.2 -3.1 -0.2 -1.3
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 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 2016 benchmark.
VALDOSTA MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
57.1
56.7
56.9
44.3
43.9
43.7
7.5
7.3
7.5
49.6
49.4
49.4
36.8
36.6
36.2
12.9
12.8
12.4
7.5
7.4
7.4
12.8
12.8
13.2
1.1
1.1
1.2
3.7
3.7
3.9
8.0
8.0
8.1
0.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 0.2 2.7 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.4 0.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.7 0.5 4.0 0.1 1.4 -0.4 -3.0 -0.1 -8.3 -0.2 -5.1 -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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonfarm Employment
(In thousands)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
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
74.4
74.5
73.3
-0.1 -0.1
47.0
47.3
45.9
-0.3 -0.6
10.9
11.1
10.2
-0.2 -1.8
63.5
63.4
63.1
0.1 0.2
36.1
36.2
35.7
-0.1 -0.3
10.6
10.5
10.5
0.1 1.0
8.5
8.4
8.2
0.1 1.2
27.4
27.2
27.4
0.2 0.7
14.9
14.9
14.8
0.0 0.0
2.4
2.3
2.5
0.1 4.4
10.1
10.0
10.1
0.1 1.0
1.1 1.5 1.1 2.4 0.7 6.9 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.1 1.0 0.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 -0.1 -4.0 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 Warner Robins Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Houston, Peach and Pulaski 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 2016 benchmark.
Total Nonfarm Employment by Metro Statistical Area
(In thousands)
(Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary
Revised
Revised
OCT 2017 SEP 2017 OCT 2016
Change in Jobs from SEP 2017
Net %
Change in Jobs from OCT 2016
Net %
Albany MSA
62.7
62.7
63.1
0.0 0.0
-0.4 -0.6
Athens-Clarke County MSA
97.6
97.6
93.5
0.0 0.0
4.1 4.4
Atlanta MSA
2,762.1
2,762.0
2,697.1
0.1 0.0
65.0 2.4
Augusta-Richmond County MSA
241.7
241.2
235.5
0.5 0.2
6.2 2.6
Brunswick MSA
44.3
44.2
44.3
0.1 0.2
0.0 0.0
Columbus MSA
121.5
121.1
120.9
0.4 0.3
0.6 0.5
Dalton MSA
70.2
70.7
69.6
-0.5 -0.7
0.6 0.9
Gainesville MSA
90.2
89.5
88.0
0.7 0.8
2.2 2.5
Hinesville MSA
20.5
20.6
20.2
-0.1 -0.5
0.3 1.5
Macon-Bibb County MSA
103.2
103.6
103.3
-0.4 -0.4
-0.1 -0.1
Rome MSA
41.2
41.1
41.1
0.1 0.2
0.1 0.2
Savannah MSA
181.3
179.4
176.0
1.9 1.1
5.3 3.0
Valdosta MSA
56.8
57.0
56.6
-0.2 -0.4
0.2 0.4
Warner Robins MSA
74.2
74.7
73.1
-0.5 -0.7
1.1 1.5
Note: These 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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Georgia Statewide Hours and Earnings
All Employee
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE)
Preliminary OCT 2017
Revised SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Total Private.................................................................................................... $932.80............................ $903.77.......................$882.46 Goods Producing.......................................................................................$1,006.48............................. $971.70.................... $1,025.07 Private Service Providing..............................................................................$919.34.............................$891.59.......................$856.93 Construction............................................................................................ $1,029.10............................ $980.44.................... $1,024.14 Manufacturing.........................................................................................$1,002.05.............................$974.83.................... $1,018.87 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities............................................................$794.42............................ $789.53.......................$772.80 Financial Activities..................................................................................$1,328.44.......................... $1,237.22.................... $1,237.44 Professional and Business Services...................................................... $1,189.41.......................... $1,138.53....................$1,093.33 Educational and Health Services............................................................ $1,031.28..........................$1,010.94....................... $939.13 Leisure and Hospitality.............................................................................. $350.30............................ $333.54.......................$341.28 Other Services.......................................................................................... $669.06............................ $643.80...................... $692.22
Average Weekly Hours (AWH)
Preliminary OCT 2017
Revised SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Total Private...........................................................................................................35.2...................................33.9.............................35.2 Goods Producing................................................................................................ 41.3...................................39.5............................. 41.3 Private Service Providing....................................................................................34.1...................................32.9............................. 34.1 Construction..................................................................................................... 41.0.................................. 38.6.............................40.9 Manufacturing.................................................................................................. 41.7...................................40.1............................. 41.3 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..................................................................34.6...................................33.9.............................34.5 Financial Activities...........................................................................................38.9.................................. 36.8............................. 37.9 Professional and Business Services...............................................................35.2.................................. 33.3.............................35.8 Educational and Health Services.....................................................................35.5.................................. 34.8.............................35.6 Leisure and Hospitality.....................................................................................26.7...................................25.5.............................26.6 Other Services.................................................................................................31.5...................................30.0.............................33.2
Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)
Preliminary OCT 2017
Revised SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Total Private.......................................................................................................$26.50.............................. $26.66.........................$25.07 Goods Producing............................................................................................$24.37...............................$24.60.........................$24.82 Private Service Providing............................................................................... $26.96............................... $27.10......................... $25.13 Construction................................................................................................. $25.10.............................. $25.40.........................$25.04 Manufacturing..............................................................................................$24.03............................... $24.31......................... $24.67 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities............................................................. $22.96.............................. $23.29.........................$22.40 Financial Activities....................................................................................... $34.15.............................. $33.62.........................$32.65 Professional and Business Services...........................................................$33.79...............................$34.19.........................$30.54 Educational and Health Services.................................................................$29.05.............................. $29.05.........................$26.38 Leisure and Hospitality................................................................................. $13.12...............................$13.08.........................$12.83 Other Services.............................................................................................$21.24...............................$21.46.........................$20.85
Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm
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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Georgia MSA Hours and Earnings
All Employee Total Private
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE)
Preliminary OCT 2017
Revised SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Albany MSA ....................................................................................................$708.75............................ $673.53.......................$661.68 Athens-Clarke County MSA ........................................................................... $667.75............................ $666.51....................... $710.49 Atlanta MSA ...............................................................................................$1,006.07............................ $972.06...................... $980.99 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. $849.53............................ $835.03...................... $836.86 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................ $636.54............................ $642.02.......................$615.89 Columbus MSA ..............................................................................................$744.28............................ $691.22.......................$734.50 Dalton MSA ...................................................................................................$738.02............................. $711.90.......................$652.88 Gainesville MSA .......................................................................................... $1,016.75............................ $958.36.......................$963.37 Hinesville MSA ...............................................................................................$861.80............................ $866.57........................$715.13 Macon-Bibb County MSA ..............................................................................$798.75.............................$790.78.......................$774.36 Rome MSA .....................................................................................................$782.09............................ $753.46.......................$851.56 Savannah MSA ............................................................................................. $798.66.............................$772.42.......................$793.73 Valdosta MSA .................................................................................................$700.43.............................$620.71.......................$689.68 Warner Robins MSA .......................................................................................$781.28............................ $789.36........................$787.15
Average Weekly Hours (AWH)
Preliminary OCT 2017
Revised SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Albany MSA ..........................................................................................................33.4...................................31.4.............................33.2 Athens-Clarke County MSA .................................................................................30.9.................................. 30.2.............................33.0 Atlanta MSA ........................................................................................................35.5.................................. 34.3.............................35.3 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .........................................................................35.8...................................35.1.............................35.4 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................................30.9...................................29.6............................. 31.2 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................................35.8...................................34.0.............................35.5 Dalton MSA .........................................................................................................34.6...................................35.0............................. 37.5 Gainesville MSA ................................................................................................... 41.5.................................. 38.8.............................40.7 Hinesville MSA .....................................................................................................35.7.................................. 34.9.............................33.2 Macon-Bibb County MSA ....................................................................................35.5...................................34.1.............................35.9 Rome MSA ...........................................................................................................39.4................................... 37.3............................. 37.3 Savannah MSA ....................................................................................................34.0...................................31.8............................. 31.8 Valdosta MSA .......................................................................................................35.7.................................. 33.3............................. 37.0 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................................38.0.................................. 38.3............................. 38.1
Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)
Preliminary OCT 2017
Revised SEP 2017
Revised OCT 2016
Albany MSA ......................................................................................................$21.22...............................$21.45......................... $19.93 Athens-Clarke County MSA .............................................................................$21.61...............................$22.07.........................$21.53 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................... $28.34.............................. $28.34......................... $27.79 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .....................................................................$23.73...............................$23.79.........................$23.64 Brunswick MSA ...............................................................................................$20.60...............................$21.69......................... $19.74 Columbus MSA ................................................................................................$20.79.............................. $20.33.........................$20.69 Dalton MSA .....................................................................................................$21.33.............................. $20.34..........................$17.41 Gainesville MSA ...............................................................................................$24.50...............................$24.70.........................$23.67 Hinesville MSA ................................................................................................. $24.14...............................$24.83.........................$21.54 Macon-Bibb County MSA ............................................................................... $22.50............................... $23.19......................... $21.57 Rome MSA .......................................................................................................$19.85.............................. $20.20.........................$22.83 Savannah MSA ................................................................................................$23.49.............................. $24.29.........................$24.96 Valdosta MSA ...................................................................................................$19.62...............................$18.64.........................$18.64 Warner Robins MSA .........................................................................................$20.56...............................$20.61.........................$20.66
Read more about the hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm
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 2016 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force
Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.
7%
6%
5%
4%
3% Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct
Georgia
U.S.
WA 4.5 OR 4.3 NV 5.0 CA 4.9
AK 7.2
ID 2.9
UT 3.3 AZ 4.5
StaStteatuenUenmepmlopylomymenetnrt aRtaetses
October 2017
National Unemployment Rate: 4.1% Rates are seasonally adjusted
MT 3.9
WY 4.2
CO 2.7 NM 6.1
ND 2.5 SD 3.5
NE 2.7
KS 3.6
MN 3.3
WI 3.4
IA 3.0
IL 4.9 MO 3.5
OK 4.4 TX 3.9
AR 3.6
MS 4.9 LA 4.8
MI 4.5
OH
IN
5.1
3.9
KY 5.0 TN 3.0
PA 4.7
WV
5.1
VA
3.6
NC 4.1
SC 3.9
AL
GA
3.6
4.3
FL 3.6
NH
2.7 ME
VT
3.5
2.9
MA 3.7
NY 4.8
RI 4.2
CT
NJ 4.9
4.5
DE
4.8
DC 6.6
MD 3.8
Unemployment rate
6.0% or greater 5.0% to 5.9% 4.0% to 4.9% 3.0% to 3.9% Less than 3.0%
HI 2.2 Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates
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
Preliminary OCT 2017
5,085,519 4,865,859
219,660 4.3
5,075,140 4,853,499
221,641 4.4
67,607 64,117 3,490
5.2
101,854 97,650 4,204 4.1
3,046,032 2,919,796
126,236 4.1
269,139 256,757
12,382 4.6
52,951 50,498
2,453 4.6
124,337 118,006
6,331 5.1
62,890 59,812
3,078 4.9
99,966 96,392
3,574 3.6
Revised SEP 2017
5,070,396 4,845,225
225,171 4.4
5,088,267 4,873,760
214,507 4.2
67,364 63,936
3,428 5.1
102,109 97,969 4,140 4.1
3,056,766 2,934,330
122,436 4.0
269,779 258,113 11,666
4.3
53,652 50,523
3,129 5.8
124,514 118,468
6,046 4.9
63,908 60,759
3,149 4.9
99,992 96,491
3,501 3.5
Revised OCT 2016
4,962,078 4,692,457
269,621 5.4
4,972,208 4,695,974
276,234 5.6
67,731 63,415
4,316 6.4
97,610 92,427
5,183 5.3
2,974,846 2,819,658
155,188 5.2
264,188 248,838
15,350 5.8
52,747 49,569
3,178 6.0
124,227 116,052
8,175 6.6
62,511 58,582
3,929 6.3
97,686 93,037
4,649 4.8
Change From
SEP 2017
OCT 2016
15,123 20,634 -5,511
123,441 173,402 -49,961
-13,127 -20,261
7,134
102,932 157,525 -54,593
243
-124
181
702
62
-826
-255 -319
64
4,244 5,223
-979
-10,734 -14,534
3,800
71,186 100,138 -28,952
-640 -1,356
716
4,951 7,919 -2,968
-701 -25
-676
204 929 -725
-177 -462 285
110 1,954 -1,844
-1,018 -947 -71
379 1,230
-851
-26
2,280
-99
3,355
73
-1,075
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.
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, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Augusta-Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, 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 MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon-Bibb County 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, Peach and Pulaski counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Hinesville MSA
Macon-Bibb County MSA Rome MSA Savannah MSA
Valdosta MSA Warner Robins MSA
Georgia Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Preliminary OCT 2017
33,337 31,763
1,574 4.7
105,105 99,804
5,301 5.0
Revised SEP 2017
33,549 31,995
1,554 4.6
105,561 100,548
5,013 4.7
Revised OCT 2016
32,825 30,872
1,953 5.9
105,321 98,615 6,706 6.4
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
43,953 41,896 2,057
4.7
186,107 178,533
7,574 4.1
44,223 42,184 2,039
4.6
185,373 178,091
7,282 3.9
43,957 41,325 2,632
6.0
181,266 171,487
9,779 5.4
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
65,358 62,575
2,783 4.3
85,207 80,824
4,383 5.1
65,351 62,617 2,734
4.2
85,234 81,518
3,716 4.4
64,633 61,220
3,413 5.3
84,683 78,790
5,893 7.0
Change From
SEP 2017
OCT 2016
-212 -232
20
512 891 -379
-456 -744 288
-216 1,189 -1,405
-270 -288
18
-4 571 -575
734
4,841
442
7,046
292
-2,205
7
725
-42
1,355
49
-630
-27 -694 667
524 2,034 -1,510
Area United States
(Seasonally adjusted)
United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)
United States Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
OCT 2017
160,381,000 153,861,000
6,520,000 4.1
160,465,000 154,223,000
6,242,000 3.9
SEP 2017
161,146,000 154,345,000
6,801,000 4.2
161,049,000 154,494,000
6,556,000 4.1
OCT 2016
159,643,000 151,902,000
7,740,000 4.8
159,783,000 152,335,000
7,447,000 4.7
Change From
SEP 2017
OCT 2016
-765,000 -484,000 -281,000
738,000 1,959,000 -1,220,000
-584,000 -271,000 -314,000
682,000 1,888,000 -1,205,000
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.
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, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Augusta-Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, 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 MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon-Bibb County 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, Peach and Pulaski counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Georgia
Preliminary October 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
5,075,140 4,853,499 221,641 4.4
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin
9,281 4,153 5,144 1,218 18,121
8,844 3,991 4,932 1,145 17,129
437 4.7 162 3.9 212 4.1
73 6.0 992 5.5
Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien
9,290 8,946 344 3.7
38,674 37,232 1,442 3.7
50,054 48,014 2,040 4.1
5,582 5,205
377 6.8
7,392 7,038 354 4.8
Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan
69,450 65,817 3,633 5.2
4,589 4,286
303 6.6
7,291 6,894
397 5.4
7,288 6,985
303 4.2
17,091 16,419
672 3.9
Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden
36,691 35,028 1,663 4.5
9,671 9,017 654 6.8
10,767 10,293
474 4.4
2,271 2,158
113 5.0
20,801 19,805 996 4.8
Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham
5,283 5,082
201 3.8
55,064 52,615 2,449 4.4
33,295 32,027 1,268 3.8
4,866 4,631
235 4.8
140,287 134,478 5,809 4.1
Chattahoochee 2,124 1,978
146 6.9
Chattooga
10,818 10,362
456 4.2
Cherokee 129,249 124,778 4,471 3.5
Clarke
61,710 58,994 2,716 4.4
Clay
887
818
69 7.8
Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt
134,077 126,976 7,101 5.3
2,719 2,565
154 5.7
426,988 411,162 15,826 3.7
18,530 17,724 806 4.3
22,283 21,366
917 4.1
Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp
72,486 69,627 2,859 3.9
7,725 7,405
320 4.1
72,667 69,902 2,765 3.8
5,788 5,463
325 5.6
9,361 8,890
471 5.0
Revised September 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
5,088,267 4,873,760 214,507 4.2
9,330 4,106 5,120 1,186 18,216
8,883 3,948 4,893 1,110 17,245
447 4.8 158 3.8 227 4.4
76 6.4 971 5.3
9,191 8,861
330 3.6
38,783 37,395 1,388 3.6
50,176 48,200 1,976 3.9
5,608 5,248 360 6.4
7,292 6,957
335 4.6
69,784 66,368 3,416 4.9
4,521 4,260
261 5.8
7,324 6,875 449 6.1
7,198 6,907
291 4.0
17,017 16,373 644 3.8
36,884 35,186 1,698 4.6
9,568 9,014 554 5.8
10,797 10,331 466 4.3
2,212
2,106
106 4.8
20,878 19,880 998 4.8
5,251 5,033
218 4.2
55,266 52,833 2,433 4.4
33,450 32,233 1,217 3.6
4,861 4,632
229 4.7
139,774 134,165 5,609 4.0
2,114 1,978
136 6.4
10,865 10,412
453 4.2
129,766 125,442 4,324 3.3
61,907 59,211 2,696 4.4
869
802
67 7.7
134,420 127,560 6,860 5.1
2,736 2,575
161 5.9
428,606 413,341 15,265 3.6
18,626 17,828
798 4.3
21,807 20,888
919 4.2
72,754 70,027 2,727 3.7
7,747
7,419
328 4.2
72,868 70,219 2,649 3.6
5,750 5,482
268 4.7
9,311 8,877 434 4.7
Revised October 2016
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
4,972,208 4,695,974 276,234 5.6
9,231 8,645 586 6.3
4,011 3,806
205 5.1
4,911 4,649
262 5.3
1,196 1,098
98 8.2
18,033 16,758 1,275 7.1
8,921 8,466 455 5.1
37,795 35,960 1,835 4.9
48,908 46,348 2,560 5.2
5,673 5,194
479 8.4
7,205 6,762
443 6.1
69,660 65,112 4,548 6.5
4,487 4,104
383 8.5
7,184 6,703
481 6.7
7,093 6,728
365 5.1
16,616 15,755
861 5.2
36,197 9,503 10,532 2,223 20,559
34,087 8,657 9,938 2,084 19,341
2,110 5.8 846 8.9 594 5.6 139 6.3
1,218 5.9
5,003 4,766
237 4.7
53,970 50,743 3,227 6.0
32,565 30,960 1,605 4.9
4,805 4,522 283 5.9
136,659 129,179 7,480 5.5
2,120 10,770 126,004 59,270
877
1,938 10,138 120,455 55,881
787
182 8.6 632 5.9 5,549 4.4 3,389 5.7
90 10.3
131,420 122,697 8,723 6.6
2,760 2,593
167 6.1
416,641 397,045 19,596 4.7
18,285 17,221 1,064 5.8
21,479 20,365 1,114 5.2
70,506 67,056 3,450 4.9
7,535 7,125
410 5.4
71,065 67,509 3,556 5.0
5,855 5,377
478 8.2
9,346 8,701
645 6.9
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge
Preliminary October 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,359 8,023 336 4.0
11,751 11,325
426 3.6
11,729 11,137
592 5.0
398,661 381,119 17,542 4.4
7,273 6,650
623 8.6
Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols
5,225 4,949
276 5.3
38,845 36,645 2,200 5.7
72,834 69,592 3,242 4.5
4,535 4,298
237 5.2
2,015 1,942
73 3.6
Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin
28,729 27,636 1,093 3.8
7,869 7,485 384 4.9
8,741 8,199
542 6.2
4,941 4,736 205 4.1
11,232 10,764 468 4.2
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton
58,017 55,837 2,180 3.8 43,953 41,896 2,057 4.7 112,429 108,454 3,975 3.5 10,027 9,582 445 4.4 550,473 526,306 24,167 4.4
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady
12,000 11,446 554 4.6
1,308 1,243
65 5.0
39,506 37,741 1,765 4.5
26,425 25,309 1,116 4.2
10,726 10,236 490 4.6
Greene
7,107 6,775
332 4.7
Gwinnett 485,486 466,555 18,931 3.9
Habersham 19,332 18,550
782 4.0
Hall
99,966 96,392 3,574 3.6
Hancock
2,563 2,398
165 6.4
Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry
12,618 12,071
547 4.3
15,888 15,244 644 4.1
11,189 10,725 464 4.1
5,240 5,014 226 4.3
112,153 107,147 5,006 4.5
Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis
69,008 65,674 3,334 4.8
3,238 3,049
189 5.8
35,443 34,263 1,180 3.3
6,914 6,645 269 3.9
6,157 5,795 362 5.9
Revised September 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,404 8,080
324 3.9
11,783 11,371
412 3.5
11,674 11,078 596 5.1
399,968 383,144 16,824 4.2
7,162 6,731
431 6.0
5,109 4,877
232 4.5
38,755 36,598 2,157 5.6
73,121 69,959 3,162 4.3
4,483 4,265
218 4.9
1,967 1,901
66 3.4
28,582 27,553 1,029 3.6
7,923
7,547
376 4.7
8,775
8,188
587 6.7
4,927 4,733
194 3.9
11,247 10,794 453 4.0
58,244 56,114 2,130 3.7 44,223 42,184 2,039 4.6 112,797 108,965 3,832 3.4 10,010 9,601 409 4.1 552,445 528,926 23,519 4.3
12,028 11,506
522 4.3
1,303 1,240
63 4.8
40,169 37,819 2,350 5.9
26,687 25,617 1,070 4.0
10,713 10,233 480 4.5
7,173 6,856
317 4.4
487,337 469,065 18,272 3.7
19,365 18,607
758 3.9
99,992 96,491 3,501 3.5
2,537 2,378
159 6.3
12,664 12,134 530 4.2
15,907 15,312 595 3.7
11,235 10,795 440 3.9
5,246 5,028
218 4.2
112,561 107,634 4,927 4.4
69,208 66,306 2,902 4.2
3,215 3,021
194 6.0
35,159 34,031 1,128 3.2
6,926 6,661 265 3.8
6,156 5,828
328 5.3
Revised October 2016
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
8,145 11,457 11,658 389,556
7,158
7,712 10,901 10,879 368,225
6,419
433 5.3 556 4.9 779 6.7 21,331 5.5 739 10.3
5,130 4,771
359 7.0
39,020 36,310 2,710 6.9
71,177 67,222 3,955 5.6
4,464 4,161
303 6.8
1,947 1,861
86 4.4
27,991 26,553 1,438 5.1
7,745 7,252
493 6.4
8,452 7,792 660 7.8
4,895 4,660
235 4.8
10,897 10,311 586 5.4
56,700 53,953 2,747 4.8
43,957 41,325 2,632 6.0
109,437 104,708 4,729 4.3
9,733 9,192
541 5.6
537,894 508,318 29,576 5.5
11,910 11,205
705 5.9
1,277 1,197
80 6.3
39,443 37,141 2,302 5.8
25,073 23,633 1,440 5.7
10,216 9,610 606 5.9
6,878 6,474
404 5.9
473,336 450,393 22,943 4.8
19,592 18,443 1,149 5.9
97,686 93,037 4,649 4.8
2,529 2,315
214 8.5
12,332 15,737 10,931
5,126 109,766
11,645 14,950 10,304
4,831 103,617
687 5.6 787 5.0 627 5.7 295 5.8 6,149 5.6
68,478 64,106 4,372 6.4
3,226 2,971
255 7.9
33,897 32,451 1,446 4.3
6,729 6,396
333 4.9
6,242 5,812
430 6.9
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar
Preliminary October 2017
Labor Force
6,683 3,195 3,999 13,858 8,118
Employment
6,302 3,007 3,798 13,273 7,715
Unemployment Number Rate
381 5.7 188 5.9 201 5.0 585 4.2 403 5.0
Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln
3,938 3,738 200 5.1
19,264 18,080 1,184 6.1
14,619 14,039 580 4.0
25,890 24,660 1,230 4.8
3,573 3,389
184 5.1
Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh
7,447 7,103 344 4.6
52,117 49,910 2,207 4.2
16,930 16,307
623 3.7
9,118 8,602
516 5.7
6,154 5,863
291 4.7
Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller
4,813 13,673 3,438
9,169 2,863
4,416 13,125 3,245 8,709 2,743
397 8.2 548 4.0 193 5.6 460 5.0 120 4.2
Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray
8,391 13,001
3,659 9,094 16,391
7,913 12,453
3,424 8,724 15,497
478 5.7 548 4.2 235 6.4 370 4.1 894 5.5
Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding
78,931 74,456 4,475 5.7
51,640 49,154 2,486 4.8
19,151 18,502 649 3.4
7,320 7,029
291 4.0
81,823 78,721 3,102 3.8
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk
11,947 14,866
8,696 8,815 18,382
11,128 14,285
8,327 8,457 17,498
819 6.9 581 3.9 369 4.2 358 4.1 884 4.8
Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph
4,252 8,195
824 6,894 2,505
4,022 7,762
774 6,589 2,358
230 5.4 433 5.3
50 6.1 305 4.4 147 5.9
Revised September 2017
Labor Force
6,671 3,222 4,008 13,921 8,180
Employment
6,310 3,020 3,803 13,354 7,757
Unemployment Number Rate
361 5.4 202 6.3 205 5.1 567 4.1 423 5.2
3,919 3,742
177 4.5
19,221 18,175 1,046 5.4
14,586 14,014
572 3.9
26,091 24,874 1,217 4.7
3,539 3,380
159 4.5
7,458
7,121
337 4.5
52,267 50,067 2,200 4.2
17,043 16,410 633 3.7
9,141 8,642 499 5.5
6,159 5,829 330 5.4
4,651 13,690
3,436 9,187 2,801
4,369 13,172 3,256 8,732 2,683
282 6.1 518 3.8 180 5.2 455 5.0 118 4.2
8,277 13,075 3,681
9,077 16,626
7,789 12,530
3,445 8,725 15,721
488 5.9 545 4.2 236 6.4 352 3.9 905 5.4
79,303 74,962 4,341 5.5
51,747 49,360 2,387 4.6
19,204 18,569 635 3.3
7,308
7,017
291 4.0
82,109 79,071 3,038 3.7
11,800 14,912 8,692 8,864 18,505
11,178 14,357
8,320 8,488 17,659
622 5.3 555 3.7 372 4.3 376 4.2 846 4.6
4,226 8,150
831 7,029 2,455
4,034 7,743
784 6,739 2,308
192 4.5 407 5.0
47 5.7 290 4.1 147 6.0
Revised October 2016
Labor Force
6,567 3,166 3,962 13,790 7,959
Employment
6,070 2,931 3,704 13,089 7,442
Unemployment Number Rate
497 7.6 235 7.4 258 6.5 701 5.1 517 6.5
3,871 3,651
220 5.7
19,077 17,684 1,393 7.3
14,601 13,899
702 4.8
25,551 24,007 1,544 6.0
3,446 3,242
204 5.9
7,274 51,722 16,065 8,948
6,120
6,865 48,980 15,254
8,289 5,725
409 5.6 2,742 5.3
811 5.0 659 7.4 395 6.5
4,869 13,087
3,429 8,986 2,806
4,281 12,413
3,174 8,380 2,660
588 12.1 674 5.2 255 7.4 606 6.7 146 5.2
8,525 12,970 3,625 8,820 16,311
7,964 12,265
3,349 8,365 15,159
561 6.6 705 5.4 276 7.6 455 5.2 1,152 7.1
78,768 73,242 5,526 7.0
50,496 47,457 3,039 6.0
18,273 17,500
773 4.2
6,980 6,633
347 5.0
79,813 76,046 3,767 4.7
12,000 14,532
8,428 8,600 18,226
10,790 13,799
7,956 8,146 17,124
1,210 10.1 733 5.0 472 5.6 454 5.3
1,102 6.0
4,205 7,981
802 6,692 2,479
3,894 7,408
731 6,291 2,272
311 7.4 573 7.2
71 8.9 401 6.0 207 8.4
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole
Preliminary October 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
88,122 83,230 4,892 5.6
45,117 42,967 2,150 4.8
2,135 2,025
110 5.2
5,191 4,898
293 5.6
3,100 2,922
178 5.7
Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot
28,629 27,136 1,493 5.2
11,066 10,520 546 4.9
2,213 2,092
121 5.5
12,944 12,113
831 6.4
2,753 2,594
159 5.8
Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell
615 9,554 2,841 4,755 3,742
584 9,115 2,572 4,144 3,538
31 5.0 439 4.6 269 9.5 611 12.8 204 5.5
Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen
17,362 19,308 11,654
3,840 2,730
16,401 18,441 10,959 3,607 2,580
961 5.5 867 4.5 695 6.0 233 6.1 150 5.5
Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson
37,064 35,562 1,502 4.1
3,312 3,136
176 5.3
3,008 2,798
210 7.0
10,281 9,867
414 4.0
11,283 10,692
591 5.2
Walker
31,131 29,818 1,313 4.2
Walton
44,645 42,891 1,754 3.9
Ware
15,625 14,932
693 4.4
Warren
2,721 2,569
152 5.6
Washington 7,435 7,021
414 5.6
Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield
11,483 982
1,775 15,885 46,499
10,913 914
1,555 15,338 44,315
570 5.0 68 6.9
220 12.4 547 3.4 2,184 4.7
Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
2,797 4,071 3,723 9,183
2,634 3,872 3,519 8,750
163 5.8 199 4.9 204 5.5 433 4.7
Revised September 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
88,204 83,693 4,511 5.1
45,316 43,186 2,130 4.7
2,129 2,022
107 5.0
5,187 4,886
301 5.8
3,109 2,926
183 5.9
28,843 27,253 1,590 5.5
11,067 10,563 504 4.6
2,207 2,094
113 5.1
12,873 12,071
802 6.2
2,751 2,609
142 5.2
620 9,553 2,785 4,568 3,739
588 9,130 2,584 4,218 3,525
32 5.2 423 4.4 201 7.2 350 7.7 214 5.7
17,387 19,280 11,732
3,885 2,773
16,451 18,418 11,029 3,661 2,603
936 5.4 862 4.5 703 6.0 224 5.8 170 6.1
37,283 35,813 1,470 3.9
3,252 3,080
172 5.3
3,031 2,814
217 7.2
10,240 9,861
379 3.7
11,351 10,777
574 5.1
31,209 29,972 1,237 4.0
44,757 43,079 1,678 3.7
15,613 14,931
682 4.4
2,738 2,584
154 5.6
7,437
7,050
387 5.2
11,620 11,028
592 5.1
964
898
66 6.8
1,704 1,551
153 9.0
15,964 15,408 556 3.5
47,282 45,038 2,244 4.7
2,741 4,084 3,698 9,098
2,597 3,889 3,511 8,689
144 5.3 195 4.8 187 5.1 409 4.5
Revised October 2016
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
86,621 80,285 6,336 7.3
44,088 41,500 2,588 5.9
2,104 1,965
139 6.6
5,217 4,821
396 7.6
3,117 2,858
259 8.3
28,124 26,195 1,929 6.9
11,133 10,452
681 6.1
2,143 2,000
143 6.7
12,797 11,746 1,051 8.2
2,770 2,574
196 7.1
599 9,390 3,868 4,859 3,743
557 8,874 3,444 4,163 3,493
42 7.0 516 5.5 424 11.0 696 14.3 250 6.7
17,133 16,005 1,128 6.6
18,486 17,456 1,030 5.6
11,589 10,701
888 7.7
4,285 4,006
279 6.5
2,738 2,489
249 9.1
36,927 35,035 1,892 5.1
3,296 3,061
235 7.1
3,046 2,772
274 9.0
10,431 9,931
500 4.8
11,243 10,446
797 7.1
30,458 43,583 15,143
2,723 7,246
28,797 41,424 14,288
2,513 6,770
1,661 5.5 2,159 5.0
855 5.6 210 7.7 476 6.6
11,400 972
1,741 14,748 46,200
10,610 883
1,528 14,047 43,423
790 6.9 89 9.2 213 12.2
701 4.8 2,777 6.0
2,867 3,968 3,729
9,171
2,644 3,682 3,479 8,615
223 7.8 286 7.2 250 6.7 556 6.1
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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City Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Preliminary October 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
Revised September 2017
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
*Albany 31,468 29,649 1,819 5.8
*Alpharetta 36,160 34,910 1,250 3.5
*Athens 61,710 58,994 2,716 4.4
*Atlanta 250,084 238,472 11,612 4.6
Fulton Part 230,678 219,801 10,877 4.7
Dekalb Part
19,406 18,671
735 3.8
*Augusta 88,122 83,230 4,892 5.6
*Brookhaven
33,768 32,774
994 2.9
Canton 13,802 13,361
441 3.2
Carrollton 11,637 11,017
620 5.3
Chamblee 19,887 19,316
571 2.9
*Columbus 78,931 74,456 4,475 5.7
Dalton 14,736 14,060
676 4.6
Douglasville
17,155 16,326
829 4.8
Duluth 16,292 15,715
577 3.5
*Dunwoody 27,828 26,859
969 3.5
East Point
17,515 16,463 1,052 6.0
Gainesville 18,833 18,119
714 3.8
Hinesville 15,034 14,414
620 4.1
*Johns Creek
45,575 43,993 1,582 3.5
Kennesaw 20,184 19,494
690 3.4
LaGrange 15,365 14,687
678 4.4
Lawrenceville
15,167 14,492
675 4.5
*Macon-Bibb
69,450 65,817 3,633 5.2
*Marietta 35,470 34,124 1,346 3.8
Milton 19,839 19,114
725 3.7
Newnan 17,726 16,991
735 4.1
Peachtree City 18,761 18,119
642 3.4
P'tree Corners 24,156 23,251
905 3.7
Rome 15,473 14,693
780 5.0
*Roswell 55,101 53,212 1,889 3.4
*Sandy Springs 65,181 62,964 2,217 3.4
*Savannah 68,136 65,015 3,121 4.6
*Smyrna 35,720 34,438 1,282 3.6
Statesboro 14,200 13,423
777 5.5
Stockbridge
14,130 13,438
692 4.9
*Valdosta 25,935 24,775 1,160 4.5
*Warner Robins 32,794 31,151 1,643 5.0
Woodstock 16,510 15,951
559 3.4
31,373 29,611 1,762 5.6
36,309 35,084 1,225 3.4
61,907 59,211 2,696 4.4
251,088 239,665 11,423 4.5
231,610 220,895 10,715 4.6
19,478 18,770
708 3.6
88,204 83,693 4,511 5.1
33,888 32,948
940 2.8
13,875 13,433
442 3.2
11,722 11,063
659 5.6
19,950 19,419
531 2.7
79,303 74,962 4,341 5.5
14,984 14,289
695 4.6
17,220 16,412
808 4.7
16,353 15,800
553 3.4
27,901 27,002
899 3.2
17,479 16,545
934 5.3
18,883 18,138
745 3.9
15,185 14,539
646 4.3
45,801 44,213 1,588 3.5
20,287 19,597
690 3.4
15,468 14,791
677 4.4
15,187 14,570
617 4.1
69,784 66,368 3,416 4.9
35,582 34,305 1,277 3.6
19,872 19,209
663 3.3
17,768 17,068
700 3.9
18,836 18,209
627 3.3
24,238 23,376
862 3.6
15,552 14,794
758 4.9
55,285 53,476 1,809 3.3
65,354 63,278 2,076 3.2
67,910 64,864 3,046 4.5
35,861 34,621 1,240 3.5
14,306 13,484
822 5.7
14,256 13,499
757 5.3
26,062 24,853 1,209 4.6
32,901 31,450 1,451 4.4
16,558 16,036
522 3.2
Revised October 2016
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment Number Rate
31,636 29,378 2,258 7.1
35,301 33,717 1,584 4.5
59,270 55,881 3,389 5.7
244,740 230,328 14,412 5.9
225,811 212,289 13,522 6.0
18,929 18,039
890 4.7
86,621 80,285 6,336 7.3
32,802 31,665 1,137 3.5
13,297 12,737
560 4.2
11,413 10,625
788 6.9
11,157 10,796
361 3.2
78,768 73,242 5,526 7.0
14,731 13,777
954 6.5
16,742 15,770
972 5.8
15,930 15,171
759 4.8
27,096 25,950 1,146 4.2
17,206 15,900 1,306 7.6
18,421 17,489
932 5.1
14,844 14,032
812 5.5
44,490 42,490 2,000 4.5
19,679 18,825
854 4.3
15,345 14,469
876 5.7
14,822 13,990
832 5.6
69,660 65,112 4,548 6.5
34,558 32,953 1,605 4.6
19,299 18,461
838 4.3
17,436 16,409 1,027 5.9
18,357 17,507
850 4.6
23,603 22,446 1,157 4.9
15,432 14,493
939 6.1
53,629 51,393 2,236 4.2
63,571 60,812 2,759 4.3
66,477 62,453 4,024 6.1
34,900 33,256 1,644 4.7
14,149 13,063 1,086 7.7
13,888 12,995
893 6.4
25,822 24,313 1,509 5.8
32,550 30,405 2,145 6.6
16,064 15,398
666 4.1
Note: City estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. All cities listed have total population of 25,000 or more and an asterisks (*) designates cities with population of 50,000 or more.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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UNEMGPeoLrOgiaYUMneEmNploTymReAntTREateBs bYy CCoOunUtyNTIES OCTOBER 2017 October 2017
Dade 4.0
Catoosa 3.8
Walker
Whitfield
Murray 5.5
Fannin 4.2
Union 4.0
Towns 6.1
Rabun 4.4
4.2
4.7
Chattooga 4.2
Gordon 4.2
Floyd 4.7
Bartow 4.1
Gilmer 4.6
Pickens 3.9
Cherokee 3.5
Lumpkin 3.7
Dawson 3.6
Forsyth 3.5
White Habersham
3.4
4.0
Stephens
4.9
Banks Franklin
Hall
3.7
4.4
3.6
Jackson 3.3
Madison 4.0
Hart 4.1
Elbert 4.9
6.0% or greater 22 counties (14%)
5.0% to 5.9% 48 counties (30%)
4.0% to 4.9% 64 counties (40%)
Polk 4.8
Paulding
Cobb 3.7
Gwinnett 3.9
Barrow 3.7
Clarke 4.4
Oglethorpe 4.0
Less than 4.0% 25 counties (16%)
Haralson 4.3
Carroll 4.4
Heard 4.3
3.8 Douglas 4.5
Coweta 3.8
Fulton 4.4
DeKalb 4.4 Rockdale
Walton 3.9
Oconee 3.4
Clayton
4.8 Newton
5.3
Fayette 3.8
Henry 4.5
4.8
Morgan 4.1
Spalding 5.2
Butts 4.4
Jasper 3.9
Putnam 5.3
Wilkes 4.9
Lincoln 5.1
Percentages of number of counties may not total 100 due to rounding
Greene 4.7
Taliaferro
5.0
McDuffie
Warren 5.7
Columbia 3.9
5.6
Richmond
Hancock
5.6
6.4
Glascock
5.0
Troup 4.1
Meriwether 5.0
Pike 4.1
Lamar 5.0
Monroe 4.2
Jones 4.2
Baldwin 5.5
Washington
Jefferson 5.7
Burke 6.8
Upson
5.6
Harris 4.1
Talbot 5.8
Muscogee 5.7
Marion Chattahoochee 5.6
5.2
Taylor 9.5
Crawford 5.6
Bibb 5.2
Twiggs 7.0
Wilkinson 5.5
Peach
6.9
Houston
Macon
4.8
8.2
Bleckley 6.6
Laurens 6.1
Johnson 5.0
Emanuel 6.2
Jenkins 5.9
Screven 5.6
Treutlen 5.5
Candler 3.8
Bulloch 4.5
Effingham 3.8
6.9
Stewart 5.5
Schley 5.2
Webster 6.9
Sumter 6.4
Quitman
6.1 Randolph Terrell
Lee
5.9
5.5
4.0
Clay 7.8
Calhoun 5.0
Dougherty 5.7
Early 5.2
Miller 4.2
Baker 6.0
Mitchell 5.7
Dooly 5.3
Pulaski 5.4
Dodge 8.6
Crisp 5.0
Wilcox 5.8
Turner 5.3
Ben Hill 6.8
Montgomery
Wheeler 12.4
6.4
Toombs 6.0
Evans 4.1
Tattnall
Telfair
4.6
12.8
Jeff Davis 5.9
Appling 4.7
Long 4.6
Bryan 3.9
Liberty 4.8
Worth 4.7
Colquitt 4.1
Irwin 5.8 Tift 4.5
Coffee 4.3
Berrien
Atkinson
4.8
3.9
Cook
4.1 Lanier
Bacon 4.1
Wayne 5.0
Pierce 4.2
Ware 4.4
Brantley 5.4
McIntosh 4.7
Glynn 4.5
Chatham 4.1
Seminole 5.7
Decatur 5.0
Grady 4.6
Thomas 5.5
Brooks 4.2
5.1
Lowndes 4.2
Clinch 5.7
Charlton 4.8
Camden 4.8
Echols
3.6
Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 4.4%
Georgia's U(nNoet SmeasponlaollyyAmdjusetend)t Rate: 4.4% (not seasonally adjusted) Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics and Economic Research
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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County
County
October 2017 Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks
County
October 2017 Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks
County
October 2017 Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks
Georgia
27,040........... $279.........8.4
Appling
127........ $244.........8.2
Atkinson
20........ $212.........5.8
Bacon
16........ $208.........6.9
Baker
2........ $223.........7.3
Baldwin
122........ $217.........8.8
Banks
26........ $235.........6.9
Barrow
112........ $246.........8.5
Bartow
193........ $250.........5.7
Ben Hill
84........ $187.........7.0
Berrien
33........ $243.........7.3
Bibb
670........ $203.......10.1
Bleckley
132........ $205.........8.5
Brantley
57........ $219.........6.3
Brooks
24........ $216.........9.1
Bryan
75........ $255.........8.4
Bulloch
147........ $231.........8.5
Burke
157........ $257.........9.2
Butts
43........ $213.........8.9
Calhoun
17........ $169.........7.6
Camden
161........ $219.........7.5
Candler
24........ $219.........7.6
Carroll
194........ $237.........7.5
Catoosa
64........ $260.........6.9
Charlton
11........ $249.......12.1
Chatham
882........ $221.........8.3
Chattahoochee
7........$239....... 11.2
Chattooga
33........ $260.........7.7
Cherokee
248........ $274.........9.3
Clarke
200........ $246.........8.5
Clay
6........ $193.........9.2
Clayton
890........ $243.......10.2
Clinch
24........ $235.........5.6
Cobb
1,244........ $265.......10.2
Coffee
130........ $197.........6.6
Colquitt
93........ $210.........8.8
Columbia
210........ $260.........9.2
Cook
16........ $227.........7.2
Coweta
196........ $259.........8.1
Crawford
80........ $236.........8.7
Crisp
94........ $202.........9.2
Dade
15........ $250.........5.7
Dawson
26........ $246.........9.5
Decatur
51........ $209.........9.9
DeKalb
1,751........ $250.......10.3
Dodge
266........ $182.........7.4
Dooly
78........ $244.........8.0
Dougherty
217........ $212.........9.1
Douglas
310........ $259.........9.8
Early
14........ $205.........9.9
Echols
11........ $203.........7.0
Effingham
110........ $258.........8.7
Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray
43........ $213.........5.0 214........ $206.........6.4
22........ $258.........8.4 27........ $248.........9.1 124........ $266.........9.7 216........ $234.........6.6 232........ $280.......10.1 30........ $265.........6.0 2,369........ $250.......10.5 44........ $253.........7.9
4........ $180.........6.8 803........ $187.........4.7 147........ $238.........5.5
33........ $178.........8.7 21........ $205.........7.2 1,522........ $264.......10.2 43........ $222.........5.9 323........ $251.........8.4 26........ $226.........7.0 35........ $244.........7.6 56........ $241.........6.5 49........ $205.........5.9 13........ $253.........7.3 427........ $257.........9.8 855........ $242.........8.9 22........ $225.........8.7 79........ $249.........7.6 20........ $247.........9.0 61........ $222.........6.5 87........ $204.........8.5 30........ $253.........6.9 58........ $189.........9.6 58........ $234.......10.2 35........ $234.........7.7 38........ $239.........7.6 296........ $185.........8.7 68........ $257.........7.7 170........ $223.........9.9 106........ $250.........6.2 27........ $257.......10.7 191........ $216.........8.8 34........ $240.........7.2 241........ $226.........9.6 50........ $270.........7.4 28........ $245.........7.7 110........ $225.........7.4 74........ $204.........5.9 47........ $217.........6.2
7........ $223.........9.4 32........ $229.........7.5 60........ $235.......10.2 95........ $202.........6.0 27........ $232.........8.7 288........ $259.........5.4
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
598........ $227.........8.3 281........ $243.........9.8
25........ $261.........8.4 20........ $274.........9.2 214........ $265.........9.4 495........ $237.........8.5 28........ $258.........8.7 31........ $257.........6.6 37........ $262.........7.0 98........ $236.........6.3 87........ $194.........9.3 35........ $242.........8.5
1........$272....... 11.0 29........ $249.........7.9 20........ $157.........5.9 764........ $231.........9.4 195........ $239.......10.0 14........ $231.........9.3 43........ $228.........7.6 15........$216....... 11.4 293........ $222.........7.8 75........ $233.........5.5 22........ $241.........9.4 217........ $199.........8.7 18........ $241.........5.8
2........ $115.........6.7 71........ $253.........9.2 155........ $254.........9.9 336........ $178.........6.9 31........ $214.........7.4 65........ $219.........9.4 83........ $218.........9.3 270........ $214.........6.6
7........ $245.........9.5 57........ $197.........5.6 149........ $257.........7.8 20........ $229.........8.8 42........ $206.........8.7 16........ $232.........8.8 115........ $232.........7.3 80........ $257.........5.5 141........ $245.........9.0 100........ $214.........8.5 51........ $178.........7.2 63........ $194.........9.9 66........ $227.........9.5
8........ $204.........8.7 90........ $185.........7.1 27........ $249.........8.5 464........ $252.........5.0 38........ $166.........8.5 37........ $213.........6.4 21........ $221.......10.5 47........ $224.........9.4
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.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics and Economic Research
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