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9.7%

consecutive months of job losses. Non-Durable Goods

and Durable Goods manufacturing grew by 7,000 and

2,700, respectively, over the month.

Government employment fell by 11,900 in May, after shedding 13,500 jobs in April. State Government and Local Government employment, respectively, fell by 7,000 and 5,700 in May while Federal Government employment grew by 800. Information employment declined by 3,800 in May. This is the third straight month the sector has lost jobs.

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Georgia's unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) decreased to 9.7 percent in May from 12.6 percent in April 2020. Over the year, the unemployment rate is up from 3.6 percent in May 2019.

Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
For more information, contact Corey Smith or Evan Cross at (404) 232-3875
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Georgia Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
Net %

Total Nonfarm

4,200.1

4,120.5

4,603.2

79.6 1.9

-403.1 -8.8

Total Private

3,535.7

3,444.2

3,914.6

91.5 2.7

-378.9 -9.7

Goods Producing

573.8

560.2

620.5

13.6 2.4

-46.7 -7.5

Service-Providing

3,626.3

3,560.3

3,982.7

66.0 1.9

-356.4 -8.9

Private Service-Providing

2,961.9

2,884.0

3,294.1

77.9 2.7

-332.2 -10.1

Mining and Logging

9.0

9.0

9.3

0.0 0.0

-0.3 -3.2

Mining, Logging and Construction

206.0

202.1

213.1

3.9 1.9

-7.1 -3.3

Construction

197.0

193.1

203.8

3.9 2.0

-6.8 -3.3

Manufacturing

367.8

358.1

407.4

9.7 2.7

-39.6 -9.7

Durable Goods

183.1

180.4

203.6

2.7 1.5

-20.5 -10.1

Non-Durable Goods

184.7

177.7

203.8

7.0 3.9

-19.1 -9.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

907.6

906.2

942.5

1.4 0.2

-34.9 -3.7

Wholesale Trade

214.4

209.9

216.8

4.5 2.1

-2.4 -1.1

Retail Trade

474.1

471.4

494.1

2.7 0.6

-20.0 -4.0

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

219.1

224.9

231.6

-5.8 -2.6

-12.5 -5.4

Information

104.0

107.8

116.7

-3.8 -3.5

-12.7 -10.9

Financial Activities

243.9

238.8

249.9

5.1 2.1

-6.0 -2.4

Finance and Insurance

182.3

180.2

177.9

2.1 1.2

4.4 2.5

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

61.6

58.6

72.0

3.0 5.1

-10.4 -14.4

Professional and Business Services

649.3

641.0

717.9

8.3 1.3

-68.6 -9.6

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

269.7

265.1

282.1

4.6 1.7

-12.4 -4.4

Management of Companies and Enterprises

81.9

84.5

90.7

-2.6 -3.1

-8.8 -9.7

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

297.7

291.4

345.1

6.3 2.2

-47.4 -13.7

Education and Health Services

581.3

573.6

604.7

7.7 1.3

-23.4 -3.9

Educational Services

81.0

84.0

91.6

-3.0 -3.6

-10.6 -11.6

Health Care and Social Assistance

500.3

489.6

513.1

10.7 2.2

-12.8 -2.5

Leisure and Hospitality

332.1

284.7

498.1

47.4 16.6

-166.0 -33.3

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

31.4

29.8

56.1

1.6 5.4

-24.7 -44.0

Accommodation and Food Services

300.7

254.9

442.0

45.8 18.0

-141.3 -32.0

Other Services

143.7

131.9

164.3

11.8 8.9

-20.6 -12.5

Government

664.4

676.3

688.6

-11.9 -1.8

-24.2 -3.5

Federal Government

105.3

104.5

102.9

0.8 0.8

2.4 2.3

State Government

158.6

165.6

168.6

-7.0 -4.2

-10.0 -5.9

Local Government

400.5

406.2

417.1

-5.7 -1.4

-16.6 -4.0

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 2019 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

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
Net %

Total Nonfarm

4,210.2

Total Private

3,545.2

Goods Producing

575.4

Service-Providing

3,634.8

Private Service-Providing

2,969.8

Mining and Logging

9.0

Mining, Logging and Construction

208.1

Construction

199.1

Construction of Buildings

45.3

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

34.1

Specialty Trade Contractors

119.7

Manufacturing

367.3

Durable Goods

182.8

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

41.2

Non-Durable Goods

184.5

Food Manufacturing

63.2

Textile Mills

13.6

Textile Product Mills

25.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

906.5

Wholesale Trade

214.2

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

115.0

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

64.3

Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 34.9

Retail Trade

475.3

Food and Beverage Stores

97.7

General Merchandise Stores

107.1

Miscellaneous Store Retailers

21.9

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

217.0

Utilities

19.7

Transportation and Warehousing

197.3

Air Transportation

18.9

Truck Transportation

52.5

Couriers and Messengers

28.0

Warehousing and Storage

56.7

Information

102.1

Telecommunications

35.1

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

30.3

Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

14.2

Financial Activities

244.0

Finance and Insurance

182.6

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

88.9

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

61.4

Professional and Business Services

649.8

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

268.6

Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services

34.9

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

43.0

Computer Systems Design and Related Services

68.7

Management and Technical Consulting Services

44.9

Management of Companies and Enterprises

82.0

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

299.2

Employment Services

129.3

Education and Health Services

581.9

Educational Services

80.5

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

44.4

Health Care and Social Assistance

501.4

Ambulatory Health Care Services

207.9

Hospitals

163.8

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

60.5

Social Assistance

69.2

Leisure and Hospitality

341.4

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

33.3

Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

25.0

Accommodation and Food Services

308.1

Accommodation

25.6

Food Services and Drinking Places

282.5

Other Services

144.1

Repair and Maintenance

39.2

Personal and Laundry Services

29.7

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar

75.2

Government

665.0

Federal Government

105.1

Department of Defense

44.5

State Government

157.9

State Government Educational Services

90.2

State Government excluding Educational Services

67.7

Local Government

402.0

Local Government Educational Services

232.5

Local Government excluding Educational Services

169.5

4,123.7 3,444.9
560.3 3,563.4 2,884.6
9.0 202.8 193.8
45.3 34.0 114.5 357.5 180.2 40.1 177.3 62.9 13.1 23.2 902.5 210.3 110.8 64.3 35.2 471.4 96.5 103.1 21.0 220.8 19.7 201.1 22.3 53.5 27.5 56.4 105.7 36.1 31.4 14.3 237.9 179.6 87.7 58.3 641.0 267.3 34.9 42.4 69.0 45.0 83.8 289.9 121.6 575.5 85.8 48.6 489.7 198.2 163.8 61.1 66.6 290.2 31.0 20.4 259.2 27.1 232.1 131.8 37.0 20.4 74.4 678.8 104.3 44.4 167.2 97.0 70.2 407.3 238.3 169.0

4,613.5 3,919.5
620.5 3,993.0 3,299.0
9.3 213.7 204.4 44.5 34.3 125.6 406.8 203.3 55.1 203.5 65.1
19.0 29.0 938.7 216.5 114.8 64.6 37.1 492.5 92.1 105.6 22.3 229.7 19.3 210.4 30.3 55.7 25.6 55.4 115.3 38.3 33.2 13.3 249.5 177.4 85.0 72.1 714.6 280.2 34.0 43.0 72.5 46.8 90.5 343.9 167.2 606.2 92.3 44.5 513.9 219.4 159.5 60.8 74.2 509.5 59.7 42.7 449.8 49.7 400.1 165.2 41.7 40.1 83.4 694.0 102.5 42.9 169.8 99.7 70.1 421.7 249.0 172.7

86.5 100.3
15.1 71.4 85.2 0.0 5.3 5.3 0.0 0.1 5.2 9.8 2.6
1.1 7.2 0.3 0.5 2.7 4.0 3.9 4.2 0.0 -0.3 3.9 1.2 4.0 0.9 -3.8 0.0 -3.8 -3.4 -1.0 0.5 0.3 -3.6 -1.0 -1.1 -0.1 6.1 3.0 1.2 3.1 8.8 1.3 0.0 0.6 -0.3 -0.1 -1.8 9.3 7.7 6.4 -5.3 -4.2 11.7 9.7 0.0 -0.6 2.6 51.2 2.3 4.6 48.9 -1.5 50.4 12.3 2.2 9.3 0.8 -13.8 0.8 0.1 -9.3 -6.8 -2.5 -5.3 -5.8 0.5

2.1 2.9 2.7 2.0 3.0 0.0 2.6 2.7 0.0 0.3 4.5 2.7 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.5 3.8 11.6 0.4 1.9 3.8 0.0 -0.9 0.8 1.2 3.9 4.3 -1.7 0.0 -1.9 -15.3 -1.9 1.8 0.5 -3.4 -2.8 -3.5 -0.7 2.6 1.7 1.4 5.3 1.4 0.5 0.0 1.4 -0.4 -0.2 -2.2 3.2 6.3 1.1 -6.2 -8.6 2.4 4.9 0.0 -1.0 3.9 17.6 7.4 22.6 18.9 -5.5 21.7 9.3 6.0 45.6 1.1 -2.0 0.8 0.2 -5.6 -7.0 -3.6 -1.3 -2.4 0.3

-403.3 -374.3 -45.1 -358.2 -329.2
-0.3 -5.6 -5.3 0.8 -0.2 -5.9 -39.5 -20.5 -13.9 -19.0 -1.9 -5.4 -3.1 -32.2 -2.3 0.2 -0.3 -2.2 -17.2 5.6 1.5 -0.4 -12.7 0.4 -13.1 -11.4 -3.2 2.4 1.3 -13.2 -3.2 -2.9 0.9 -5.5 5.2 3.9 -10.7 -64.8 -11.6 0.9 0.0 -3.8 -1.9 -8.5 -44.7 -37.9 -24.3 -11.8 -0.1 -12.5 -11.5 4.3 -0.3 -5.0 -168.1 -26.4 -17.7 -141.7 -24.1 -117.6 -21.1 -2.5 -10.4 -8.2 -29.0 2.6 1.6 -11.9 -9.5 -2.4 -19.7 -16.5 -3.2

-8.7 -9.6 -7.3 -9.0 -10.0 -3.2 -2.6 -2.6 1.8 -0.6 -4.7 -9.7 -10.1 -25.2 -9.3 -2.9 -28.4 -10.7 -3.4 -1.1 0.2 -0.5 -5.9 -3.5 6.1 1.4 -1.8 -5.5 2.1 -6.2 -37.6 -5.8 9.4 2.4 -11.5 -8.4 -8.7 6.8 -2.2 2.9 4.6 -14.8 -9.1 -4.1 2.7 0.0 -5.2 -4.1 -9.4 -13.0 -22.7 -4.0 -12.8 -0.2 -2.4 -5.2 2.7 -0.5 -6.7 -33.0 -44.2 -41.5 -31.5 -48.5 -29.4 -12.8 -6.0 -25.9 -9.8 -4.2 2.5 3.7 -7.0 -9.5 -3.4 -4.7 -6.6 -1.9

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 2019 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

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Albany MSA Nonfarm Employment

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

(In thousands)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

57.9

57.1

62.9

0.8 1.4

46.2

45.1

50.6

1.1 2.4

6.3

6.2

6.9

0.1 1.6

51.6

50.9

56.0

0.7 1.4

39.9

38.9

43.7

1.0 2.6

12.1

12.1

12.6

0.0 0.0

7.5

7.4

7.7

0.1 1.4

11.7

12.0

12.3

-0.3 -2.5

2.7

2.7

2.7

0.0 0.0

2.2

2.3

2.5

-0.1 -4.4

6.8

7.0

7.1

-0.2 -2.9

-5.0 -8.0 -4.4 -8.7 -0.6 -8.7 -4.4 -7.9 -3.8 -8.7 -0.5 -4.0 -0.2 -2.6 -0.6 -4.9 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -12.0 -0.3 -4.2

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 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 2019 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

Athens-Clarke county MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

91.0

87.8

96.8

3.2 3.6

65.6

61.9

68.7

3.7 6.0

9.0

8.6

10.1

0.4 4.7

82.0

79.2

86.7

2.8 3.5

56.6

53.3

58.6

3.3 6.2

15.4

15.1

16.2

0.3 2.0

10.1

10.1

10.5

0.0 0.0

7.8

7.7

8.2

0.1 1.3

9.1

6.7

11.5

2.4 35.8

25.4

25.9

28.1

-0.5 -1.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.0 0.0

16.8

17.4

19.0

-0.6 -3.5

7.6

7.5

8.1

0.1 1.3

-5.8 -6.0 -3.1 -4.5 -1.1 -10.9 -4.7 -5.4 -2.0 -3.4 -0.8 -4.9 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4 -4.9 -2.4 -20.9 -2.7 -9.6 0.0 0.0 -2.2 -11.6 -0.5 -6.2

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 2019 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

MAY 2020 APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Mining and Logging Mining, Logging and Construction 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 and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 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

2,582.7 2,256.6
278.8 2,303.9 1,977.8
1.6 127.4 125.8
30.4 80.4 151.4 81.4 10.1 70.0 23.1 572.0 153.7 86.1 41.9 25.7 280.1 61.2 57.7 14.8 138.2 10.1 128.1 18.3 34.0 21.6 90.2 29.9 26.2 13.7 173.2 127.4 62.7 45.8 497.4 218.8 25.3 33.8 61.5 41.2 70.7 207.9 93.0 353.1 59.4 293.7 129.0 94.4 41.2 203.2 22.0 181.2 14.7 166.5 88.7 23.2 18.9 326.1 48.6 68.6 208.9

2,547.5 2,217.6
275.3 2,272.2 1,942.3
1.5 125.5 124.0
30.3 78.4 149.8 81.1
9.6 68.7 22.7 575.0 149.0 82.4 41.3 25.3 281.6 60.4 55.2 14.0 144.4 10.1 134.3 21.6 35.2 21.2 94.0 30.7 26.8 13.8 167.6 125.1 61.6 42.5 494.4 218.2 25.6 33.4 61.8 40.9 72.8 203.4 86.4 353.3 62.2 291.1 123.1 94.1 43.5 176.7 21.3 155.4 16.9 138.5 81.3 21.6 12.9 329.9 47.9 71.7 210.3

2,843.4 2,506.8
304.2 2,539.2 2,202.6
1.6 132.3 130.7
29.1 83.9 171.9 90.2 15.7 81.7 23.0 598.2 154.7 83.9 41.9 28.9 289.3 57.5 56.9 14.7 154.2 10.1 144.1 29.8 35.1 19.3 99.6 32.1 28.1 12.7 176.7 123.0 60.0 53.7 545.5 227.5 24.7 33.1 62.3 41.3 78.7 239.3 118.8 368.9 66.2 302.7 135.6 90.1 47.4 309.9 42.9 267.0 27.0 240.0 103.8 24.6 28.6 336.6 46.9 74.4 215.3

35.2 39.0
3.5 31.7 35.5
0.1 1.9 1.8 0.1 2.0 1.6 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.4 -3.0 4.7 3.7 0.6 0.4 -1.5 0.8 2.5 0.8 -6.2 0.0 -6.2 -3.3 -1.2 0.4 -3.8 -0.8 -0.6 -0.1 5.6 2.3 1.1 3.3 3.0 0.6 -0.3 0.4 -0.3 0.3 -2.1 4.5 6.6 -0.2 -2.8 2.6 5.9 0.3 -2.3 26.5 0.7 25.8 -2.2 28.0 7.4 1.6 6.0 -3.8 0.7 -3.1 -1.4

1.4 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.8 6.7 1.5 1.5 0.3 2.6 1.1 0.4 5.2 1.9 1.8 -0.5 3.2 4.5 1.5 1.6 -0.5 1.3 4.5 5.7 -4.3 0.0 -4.6 -15.3 -3.4 1.9 -4.0 -2.6 -2.2 -0.7 3.3 1.8 1.8 7.8 0.6 0.3 -1.2 1.2 -0.5 0.7 -2.9 2.2 7.6 -0.1 -4.5 0.9 4.8 0.3 -5.3 15.0 3.3 16.6 -13.0 20.2 9.1 7.4 46.5 -1.2 1.5 -4.3 -0.7

-260.7 -9.2 -250.2 -10.0
-25.4 -8.4 -235.3 -9.3 -224.8 -10.2
0.0 0.0 -4.9 -3.7 -4.9 -3.8 1.3 4.5 -3.5 -4.2 -20.5 -11.9 -8.8 -9.8 -5.6 -35.7 -11.7 -14.3 0.1 0.4 -26.2 -4.4 -1.0 -0.7 2.2 2.6 0.0 0.0 -3.2 -11.1 -9.2 -3.2 3.7 6.4 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.7 -16.0 -10.4 0.0 0.0 -16.0 -11.1 -11.5 -38.6 -1.1 -3.1 2.3 11.9 -9.4 -9.4 -2.2 -6.9 -1.9 -6.8 1.0 7.9 -3.5 -2.0 4.4 3.6 2.7 4.5 -7.9 -14.7 -48.1 -8.8 -8.7 -3.8 0.6 2.4 0.7 2.1 -0.8 -1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -8.0 -10.2 -31.4 -13.1 -25.8 -21.7 -15.8 -4.3 -6.8 -10.3 -9.0 -3.0 -6.6 -4.9 4.3 4.8 -6.2 -13.1 -106.7 -34.4 -20.9 -48.7 -85.8 -32.1 -12.3 -45.6 -73.5 -30.6 -15.1 -14.6 -1.4 -5.7 -9.7 -33.9 -10.5 -3.1 1.7 3.6 -5.8 -7.8 -6.4 -3.0

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 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 2019 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

5

AUGusta-Richmond county MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

226.7 180.7
44.5 182.2 136.2
21.6 22.9 38.0
5.6 24.9
7.5 2.1 6.3 29.7 32.9 19.8 7.4 46.0 10.0 15.8 20.2

222.2 175.3
43.1 179.1 132.2
20.4 22.7 37.6
5.6 24.5
7.5 2.2 6.3 29.9 31.4 18.0 6.8 46.9 10.0 16.0 20.9

243.4 196.9
42.1 201.3 154.8
19.2 22.9 40.1
5.8 26.5
7.8 2.4 6.6 33.5 35.3 28.4 8.5 46.5 9.8 15.3 21.4

4.5 2.0 5.4 3.1 1.4 3.3 3.1 1.7 4.0 3.0 1.2 5.9 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -4.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 1.5 4.8 1.8 10.0 0.6 8.8 -0.9 -1.9 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.3 -0.7 -3.4

-16.7 -16.2
2.4 -19.1 -18.6
2.4 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 -1.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -3.8 -2.4 -8.6 -1.1 -0.5 0.2 0.5 -1.2

-6.9 -8.2 5.7 -9.5 -12.0 12.5 0.0 -5.2 -3.5 -6.0 -3.9 -12.5 -4.6 -11.3 -6.8 -30.3 -12.9 -1.1 2.0 3.3 -5.6

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 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 2019 benchmark.

Brunswick MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

36.4

35.1

45.2

1.3 3.7

28.1

26.4

36.3

1.7 6.4

3.8

3.7

4.1

0.1 2.7

32.6

31.4

41.1

1.2 3.8

24.3

22.7

32.2

1.6 7.1

8.8

8.8

9.3

0.0 0.0

5.1

5.2

5.6

-0.1 -1.9

8.3

8.7

8.9

-0.4 -4.6

2.0

2.0

2.0

0.0 0.0

1.5

1.7

1.8

-0.2 -11.8

4.8

5.0

5.1

-0.2 -4.0

-8.8 -19.5 -8.2 -22.6 -0.3 -7.3 -8.5 -20.7 -7.9 -24.5 -0.5 -5.4 -0.5 -8.9 -0.6 -6.7 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -16.7 -0.3 -5.9

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 2019 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

6

Columbus MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

110.7 88.8 14.7 96.0 74.1
4.6 10.1 17.1
2.5 11.9 2.7 1.2 12.7 11.0 3.9 12.9 15.4 11.1 3.7 21.9 6.4 3.4 12.1

109.2 86.3 14.6 94.6 71.7 4.6 10.0 17.3 2.5 12.1 2.7 1.3 12.3 10.7 3.9 13.0 14.9 9.4 3.5 22.9 6.4 4.2 12.3

123.5 98.9 15.7
107.8 83.2 4.8 10.9 18.0 2.6 12.6 2.8 1.3 12.9 10.9 3.9 15.1 16.2 15.3 4.4 24.6 6.7 4.5 13.4

1.5 1.4 2.5 2.9 0.1 0.7 1.4 1.5 2.4 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 -0.2 -1.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.7 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -7.7 0.4 3.3 0.3 2.8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.8 0.5 3.4 1.7 18.1 0.2 5.7 -1.0 -4.4 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -19.1 -0.2 -1.6

-12.8 -10.1
-1.0 -11.8 -9.1 -0.2 -0.8 -0.9 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
0.1 0.0 -2.2 -0.8 -4.2 -0.7 -2.7 -0.3 -1.1 -1.3

-10.4 -10.2
-6.4 -11.0 -10.9 -4.2 -7.3 -5.0 -3.9 -5.6 -3.6 -7.7 -1.6
0.9 0.0 -14.6 -4.9 -27.5 -15.9 -11.0 -4.5 -24.4 -9.7

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, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2019 benchmark.

Dalton MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

62.8

58.9

66.5

55.9

52.1

59.4

23.9

21.4

25.6

38.9

37.5

40.9

32.0

30.7

33.8

22.0

20.6

24.1

3.2

3.1

4.1

13.1

11.7

14.2

12.9

12.8

13.3

5.7

5.5

6.0

3.0

3.0

3.2

6.1

6.0

6.5

6.9

6.8

7.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

1.1

1.1

1.1

5.5

5.5

5.7

3.9 6.6 3.8 7.3 2.5 11.7 1.4 3.7 1.3 4.2 1.4 6.8 0.1 3.2 1.4 12.0 0.1 0.8 0.2 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.7 0.1 1.5 0.1 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

-3.7 -5.6 -3.5 -5.9 -1.7 -6.6 -2.0 -4.9 -1.8 -5.3 -2.1 -8.7 -0.9 -22.0 -1.1 -7.8 -0.4 -3.0 -0.3 -5.0 -0.2 -6.3 -0.4 -6.2 -0.2 -2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -3.5

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 2019 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

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing

85.8

85.4

93.3

75.8

74.7

82.3

24.2

24.2

25.4

0.4 0.5 1.1 1.5 0.0 0.0

-7.5 -8.0 -6.5 -7.9 -1.2 -4.7

Service-Providing Private Service-Providing

61.6

61.2

67.9

51.6

50.5

56.9

0.4 0.7 1.1 2.2

-6.3 -9.3 -5.3 -9.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

16.2

16.6

17.2

-0.4 -2.4

-1.0 -5.8

Retail Trade Government

8.6

8.8

9.0

-0.2 -2.3

10.0

10.7

11.0

-0.7 -6.5

-0.4 -4.4 -1.0 -9.1

Federal Government

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.0 0.0

0.0 0.0

State Government Local Government

2.6

2.7

2.8

-0.1 -3.7

6.9

7.5

7.7

-0.6 -8.0

-0.2 -7.1 -0.8 -10.4

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 2019 benchmark.

Hinesville MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised Revised MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government

20.6

20.1

21.3

12.7

12.2

13.4

2.7

2.6

2.8

17.9

17.5

18.5

10.0

9.6

10.6

7.9

7.9

7.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

0.4

0.4

0.4

3.6

3.6

3.7

0.5 2.5 0.5 4.1 0.1 3.9 0.4 2.3 0.4 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

-0.7 -3.3 -0.7 -5.2 -0.1 -3.6 -0.6 -3.2 -0.6 -5.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -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 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 2019 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

8

Macon-BIBB County MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

94.6

93.7

103.1

0.9 1.0

81.2

80.1

88.6

1.1 1.4

9.9

9.9

10.3

0.0 0.0

84.7

83.8

92.8

0.9 1.1

71.3

70.2

78.3

1.1 1.6

19.3

19.4

20.0

-0.1 -0.5

11.2

11.1

11.5

0.1 0.9

5.5

5.5

5.7

0.0 0.0

9.5

9.3

9.7

0.2 2.2

11.2

10.8

12.0

0.4 3.7

20.3

20.1

21.7

0.2 1.0

7.7

6.5

10.6

1.2 18.5

13.4

13.6

14.5

-0.2 -1.5

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.0 0.0

3.9

4.1

4.0

-0.2 -4.9

8.4

8.4

9.4

0.0 0.0

-8.5 -8.2 -7.4 -8.4 -0.4 -3.9 -8.1 -8.7 -7.0 -8.9 -0.7 -3.5 -0.3 -2.6 -0.2 -3.5 -0.2 -2.1 -0.8 -6.7 -1.4 -6.5 -2.9 -27.4 -1.1 -7.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.5 -1.0 -10.6

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 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 2019 benchmark.

Rome MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

41.2

39.6

41.8

1.6 4.0

35.7

34.0

36.1

1.7 5.0

7.3

7.0

7.3

0.3 4.3

33.9

32.6

34.5

1.3 4.0

28.4

27.0

28.8

1.4 5.2

5.7

5.5

6.2

0.2 3.6

7.8

7.7

7.7

0.1 1.3

4.3

4.2

4.4

0.1 2.4

10.2

10.1

10.6

0.1 1.0

5.5

5.6

5.7

-0.1 -1.8

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0 0.0

1.5

1.5

1.6

0.0 0.0

3.8

3.9

3.9

-0.1 -2.6

-0.6 -1.4 -0.4 -1.1 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -1.7 -0.4 -1.4 -0.5 -8.1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 -2.3 -0.4 -3.8 -0.2 -3.5 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -6.3 -0.1 -2.6

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 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 2019 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

9

Savannah MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

167.5 144.6
26.6 140.9 118.0
8.3 18.3 40.8
6.4 19.8 14.6
2.2 6.1 19.7 25.0 17.5 6.7 22.9 2.9 5.2 14.8

160.2 136.7
25.7 134.5 111.0
7.8 17.9 39.2
6.3 19.1 13.8
2.2 6.0 18.8 24.8 14.0 6.0 23.5 2.9 5.5 15.1

187.9 163.2
27.1 160.8 136.1
8.3 18.8 43.3
6.6 22.0 14.7
2.4 6.4 22.1 26.3 27.9 7.7 24.7 2.9 5.7 16.1

7.3 4.6 7.9 5.8 0.9 3.5 6.4 4.8 7.0 6.3 0.5 6.4 0.4 2.2 1.6 4.1 0.1 1.6 0.7 3.7 0.8 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.7 0.9 4.8 0.2 0.8 3.5 25.0 0.7 11.7 -0.6 -2.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -5.5 -0.3 -2.0

-20.4 -18.6
-0.5 -19.9 -18.1
0.0 -0.5 -2.5 -0.2 -2.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -2.4 -1.3 -10.4 -1.0 -1.8 0.0 -0.5 -1.3

-10.9 -11.4 -1.9 -12.4 -13.3
0.0 -2.7 -5.8 -3.0 -10.0 -0.7 -8.3 -4.7 -10.9 -4.9 -37.3 -13.0 -7.3 0.0 -8.8 -8.1

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 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 2019 benchmark.

Valdosta MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

53.4

52.1

56.4

1.3 2.5

41.1

39.7

43.2

1.4 3.5

7.7

7.3

7.4

0.4 5.5

45.7

44.8

49.0

0.9 2.0

33.4

32.4

35.8

1.0 3.1

12.5

12.5

12.7

0.0 0.0

6.9

6.9

7.0

0.0 0.0

12.3

12.4

13.2

-0.1 -0.8

1.1

1.1

1.2

0.0 0.0

3.2

3.3

3.7

-0.1 -3.0

8.0

8.0

8.3

0.0 0.0

-3.0 -5.3 -2.1 -4.9 0.3 4.1 -3.3 -6.7 -2.4 -6.7 -0.2 -1.6 -0.1 -1.4 -0.9 -6.8 -0.1 -8.3 -0.5 -13.5 -0.3 -3.6

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 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 2019 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

10

Warner Robins MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
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

71.4

69.3

77.8

2.1 3.0

43.9

41.4

49.8

2.5 6.0

10.1

10.0

10.4

0.1 1.0

61.3

59.3

67.4

2.0 3.4

33.8

31.4

39.4

2.4 7.6

11.3

11.0

11.2

0.3 2.7

8.7

8.5

8.6

0.2 2.4

27.5

27.9

28.0

-0.4 -1.4

16.1

16.0

15.7

0.1 0.6

1.9

2.2

2.3

-0.3 -13.6

9.5

9.7

10.0

-0.2 -2.1

-6.4 -8.2 -5.9 -11.9 -0.3 -2.9 -6.1 -9.1 -5.6 -14.2 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.2 -0.5 -1.8 0.4 2.6 -0.4 -17.4 -0.5 -5.0

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 2019 benchmark.

Total Nonfarm Employment by Metro Statistical Area

(In thousands)

(Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

MAY 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2019

Change in Jobs from APR 2019
Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2019
Net %

Albany MSA

57.7

57.1

62.9

0.6 1.1

-5.2 -8.3

Athens-Clarke County MSA

91.2

87.8

97.0

3.4 3.9

-5.8 -6.0

Atlanta MSA

2,580.6

2,551.6

2,840.8

29.0 1.1

-260.2 -9.2

Augusta-Richmond County MSA

227.0

218.4

242.6

8.6 3.9

-15.6 -6.4

Brunswick MSA

35.9

34.9

44.7

1.0 2.9

-8.8 -19.7

Columbus MSA

110.3

109.2

123.0

1.1 1.0

-12.7 -10.3

Dalton MSA

62.4

58.8

66.4

3.6 6.1

-4.0 -6.0

Gainesville MSA

85.4

85.4

93.7

0.0 0.0

-8.3 -8.9

Hinesville MSA

20.5

20.0

21.2

0.5 2.5

-0.7 -3.3

Macon-Bibb County MSA

94.4

94.0

103.0

0.4 0.4

-8.6 -8.3

Rome MSA

41.1

39.5

41.8

1.6 4.1

-0.7 -1.7

Savannah MSA

166.5

159.6

186.9

6.9 4.3

-20.4 -10.9

Valdosta MSA

53.2

51.8

56.4

1.4 2.7

-3.2 -5.7

Warner Robins MSA

70.9

68.9

77.3

2.0 2.9

-6.4 -8.3

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 2019 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 MAY 2020

Revised APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Total Private.................................................................................................... $938.43............................ $945.96.......................$912.40 Goods Producing.......................................................................................$1,082.30.......................... $1,051.86....................$1,059.63 Private Service Providing..............................................................................$910.76.............................$925.74....................... $886.11 Construction............................................................................................ $1,122.85...........................$1,077.12.....................$1,115.30 Manufacturing.........................................................................................$1,048.33..........................$1,036.81.................... $1,010.21 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities............................................................ $817.67............................ $822.50.......................$792.24 Financial Activities..................................................................................$1,322.84.......................... $1,301.10.................... $1,249.61 Professional and Business Services...................................................... $1,184.44...........................$1,197.77..................... $1,137.72 Educational and Health Services.............................................................. $996.32.............................$987.35.................... $1,013.91 Leisure and Hospitality............................................................................... $372.15............................ $342.96....................... $374.01 Other Services...........................................................................................$851.58............................ $833.46.......................$733.79

Average Weekly Hours (AWH)

Preliminary MAY 2020

Revised APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Total Private...........................................................................................................34.4...................................33.7.............................34.6 Goods Producing................................................................................................ 40.1.................................. 38.9............................. 41.8 Private Service Providing....................................................................................33.3...................................32.7.............................33.3 Construction..................................................................................................... 41.1...................................39.6............................. 41.6 Manufacturing..................................................................................................39.5.................................. 38.5............................. 41.9 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..................................................................33.9...................................32.9.............................33.9 Financial Activities........................................................................................... 37.4................................... 37.1.............................36.4 Professional and Business Services...............................................................36.1.................................. 35.5.............................35.3 Educational and Health Services.....................................................................33.4...................................32.5.............................34.3 Leisure and Hospitality.....................................................................................26.3...................................24.0............................. 27.3 Other Services.................................................................................................34.2...................................33.1.............................30.6

Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)

Preliminary MAY 2020

Revised APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Total Private.......................................................................................................$27.28...............................$28.07.........................$26.37 Goods Producing........................................................................................... $26.99...............................$27.04.........................$25.35 Private Service Providing................................................................................$27.35...............................$28.31.........................$26.61 Construction................................................................................................. $27.32...............................$27.20.........................$26.81 Manufacturing............................................................................................. $26.54.............................. $26.93......................... $24.11 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities.............................................................. $24.12.............................. $25.00.........................$23.37 Financial Activities.......................................................................................$35.37.............................. $35.07.........................$34.33 Professional and Business Services...........................................................$32.81...............................$33.74.........................$32.23 Educational and Health Services.................................................................$29.83.............................. $30.38.........................$29.56 Leisure and Hospitality................................................................................. $14.15...............................$14.29......................... $13.70 Other Services.............................................................................................$24.90............................... $25.18.........................$23.98

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 2019 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 MAY 2020

Revised APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Albany MSA .................................................................................................... $707.30............................ $735.66.......................$750.05 Athens-Clarke County MSA .......................................................................... $800.87.............................$813.42.......................$775.22 Atlanta MSA ...............................................................................................$1,050.02..........................$1,053.32...................... $999.25 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. $898.03.............................$915.73.......................$839.00 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. $711.83............................ $653.31....................... $637.93 Columbus MSA .............................................................................................. $819.41............................ $832.92...................... $809.55 Dalton MSA .................................................................................................. $603.29............................ $643.50....................... $727.43 Gainesville MSA ...........................................................................................$1,067.18..........................$1,063.47...................... $984.53 Hinesville MSA ............................................................................................... $657.73.............................$661.38........................$757.10 Macon-Bibb County MSA ............................................................................. $858.82............................ $885.68.......................$898.42 Rome MSA .................................................................................................... $798.86.............................$791.89....................... $727.97 Savannah MSA ..............................................................................................$738.02............................. $726.16....................... $747.25 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................. $916.11............................ $736.89...................... $805.68 Warner Robins MSA .......................................................................................$801.79............................ $843.29....................... $798.17

Average Weekly Hours (AWH)

Preliminary MAY 2020

Revised APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Albany MSA ..........................................................................................................32.7.................................. 33.5.............................35.0 Athens-Clarke County MSA .................................................................................33.3................................... 31.7............................. 31.5 Atlanta MSA ........................................................................................................34.7...................................34.0.............................34.6 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .........................................................................35.3...................................34.7.............................34.9 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................................35.1...................................31.9.............................32.3 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................................33.5...................................33.0.............................34.7 Dalton MSA .........................................................................................................32.4...................................32.5.............................34.2 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................................38.1................................... 37.9.............................38.7 Hinesville MSA ..................................................................................................... 32.1.................................. 29.2.............................33.5 Macon-Bibb County MSA ....................................................................................36.1.................................. 35.3.............................36.7 Rome MSA ...........................................................................................................34.9.................................. 34.4............................. 35.1 Savannah MSA ....................................................................................................32.2...................................31.3.............................33.3 Valdosta MSA .......................................................................................................35.1...................................31.9............................. 37.3 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................................34.8...................................35.9.............................38.3

Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)

Preliminary MAY 2020

Revised APR 2020

Revised MAY 2019

Albany MSA ..........................................................................................................32.7.................................. 33.5.............................35.0 Athens-Clarke County MSA .................................................................................33.3................................... 31.7............................. 31.5 Atlanta MSA ........................................................................................................34.7...................................34.0.............................34.6 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .........................................................................35.3...................................34.7.............................34.9 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................................35.1...................................31.9.............................32.3 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................................33.5...................................33.0.............................34.7 Dalton MSA .........................................................................................................32.4...................................32.5.............................34.2 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................................38.1................................... 37.9.............................38.7 Hinesville MSA ..................................................................................................... 32.1.................................. 29.2.............................33.5 Macon-Bibb County MSA ....................................................................................36.1.................................. 35.3.............................36.7 Rome MSA ...........................................................................................................34.9.................................. 34.4............................. 35.1 Savannah MSA ....................................................................................................32.2...................................31.3.............................33.3 Valdosta MSA .......................................................................................................35.1...................................31.9............................. 37.3 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................................34.8...................................35.9.............................38.3

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 2019 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.

16%

14%

12%

10%

8%

6%

4%

2% May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May

Georgia

U.S.

WA 15.1 OR 14.2 NV 25.3 CA 16.3
AK 12.6

ID 8.9
UT 8.5 AZ 8.9

StaStteatuenUenmepmlopylomymenetnrt aRtaetses
May 2020
National Unemployment Rate: 13.3% Rates are seasonally adjusted

MT 9.0
WY 8.8
CO 10.2 NM 9.2

ND 9.1 SD 9.4
NE 5.2
KS 10.0

MN 9.9
WI 12.0
IA 10.0
IL 15.2 MO 10.1

OK 12.6 TX 13.0

AR 9.5
MS 10.6 LA 13.3

MI 21.2

OH

IN

13.7

12.3

KY 11.0 TN 11.3

PA 13.1
WV 12.9 VA
9.4 NC 12.9 SC 12.5

AL

GA

9.9

9.7

FL 14.5

NH

14.5 ME

VT

9.3

12.7

MA 16.3
NY 14.5
RI 16.3

CT

NJ 15.2

9.4

DE

15.8

DC 8.9

MD 9.9

Unemployment rate
18.0% or greater 16.0% to 17.9% 14.0% to 15.9% 12.0% to 13.9% 10.0% to 11.9% Less than 10.0%

HI 22.6 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 MAY 2020
4,900,139 4,424,801
475,338 9.7
4,900,874 4,436,196
464,678 9.5
63,146 57,690 5,456
8.6
95,758 87,899
7,859 8.2
2,944,498 2,642,581
301,917 10.3
261,253 238,324
22,929 8.8
46,341 41,214
5,127 11.1
116,282 105,198
11,084 9.5
58,440 51,924
6,516 11.1
96,628 88,911
7,717 8.0

Revised APR 2020
4,894,396 4,279,924
614,472 12.6
4,880,560 4,286,140
594,420 12.2
62,751 55,724
7,027 11.2
93,859 83,407 10,452
11.1
2,930,563 2,559,533
371,030 12.7
257,725 230,954
26,771 10.4
46,444 38,938
7,506 16.2
115,519 101,392
14,127 12.2
59,930 48,051 11,879
19.8
96,843 86,528 10,315
10.7

Revised MAY 2019
5,086,318 4,905,393
180,925 3.6
5,085,861 4,917,789
168,072 3.3
66,217 63,488
2,729 4.1
98,265 95,197 3,068
3.1
3,071,436 2,973,704
97,732 3.2
267,303 258,007
9,296 3.5
52,943 51,208
1,735 3.3
123,567 118,864
4,703 3.8
58,494 56,262
2,232 3.8
101,369 98,617 2,752 2.7

Change From

APR 2020

MAY 2019

5,743 144,877 -139,134

-186,179 -480,592
294,413

20,314 150,056 -129,742

-184,987 -481,593 296,606

395 1,966 -1,571

-3,071 -5,798 2,727

1,899 4,492 -2,593

-2,507 -7,298 4,791

13,935 83,048 -69,113

-126,938 -331,123 204,185

3,528 7,370 -3,842

-6,050 -19,683 13,633

-103 2,276 -2,379

-6,602 -9,994 3,392

763 3,806 -3,043

-7,285 -13,666
6,381

-1,490 3,873 -5,363

-54 -4,338 4,284

-215 2,383 -2,598

-4,741 -9,706 4,965

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 MAY 2020
32,979 30,517 2,462
7.5
97,463 88,804
8,659 8.9

Revised APR 2020
32,453 29,220
3,233 10.0
97,012 86,322 10,690
11.0

Revised MAY 2019
34,233 32,939
1,294 3.8
102,569 98,816 3,753 3.7

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

44,666 40,589
4,077 9.1
180,031 159,999
20,032 11.1

44,151 38,302
5,849 13.2
178,075 150,752
27,323 15.3

43,562 42,044
1,518 3.5
188,911 183,132
5,779 3.1

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

61,702 56,926
4,776 7.7
80,754 75,022
5,732 7.1

60,524 54,577
5,947 9.8
79,739 71,698
8,041 10.1

63,416 61,365
2,051 3.2
86,152 83,276
2,876 3.3

Change From

APR 2020

MAY 2019

526 1,297
-771

-1,254 -2,422 1,168

451 2,482 -2,031

-5,106 -10,012
4,906

515 2,287 -1,772

1,104 -1,455 2,559

1,956 9,247 -7,291

-8,880 -23,133 14,253

1,178 2,349 -1,171

-1,714 -4,439 2,725

1,015 3,324 -2,309

-5,398 -8,254 2,856

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

MAY 2020
158,227,000 137,242,000 20,985,000
13.3
157,975,000 137,461,000 20,514,000
13.0

APR 2020
156,481,000 133,403,000
23,078,000 14.7
155,830,000 133,326,000 22,504,000
14.4

MAY 2019
162,782,000 156,844,000
5,938,000 3.6
162,655,000 157,152,000
5,503,000 3.4

Change From

APR 2020

MAY 2019

1,746,000 3,839,000 -2,093,000

-4,555,000 -19,602,000 15,047,000

2,145,000 4,135,000 -1,990,000

-4,680,000 -19,691,000 15,011,000

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 May 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,900,874 4,436,196 464,678 9.5

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

9,533 9,012

521 5.5

4,344 4,148

196 4.5

4,812 4,568

244 5.1

1,119 1,045

74 6.6

17,738 16,232 1,506 8.5

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

9,725 9,076

649 6.7

37,873 34,731 3,142 8.3

47,969 43,296 4,673 9.7

5,219 4,859 360 6.9

7,254 6,773

481 6.6

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

64,723 58,338 6,385 9.9

4,311 3,999

312 7.2

6,206 5,714

492 7.9

6,620 6,245

375 5.7

17,000 15,534 1,466 8.6

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

36,792 33,563 3,229 8.8

8,763 7,981

782 8.9

10,040 9,195 845 8.4

2,283 2,159

124 5.4

20,089 18,716 1,373 6.8

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

5,575 5,292

283 5.1

52,318 47,185 5,133 9.8

32,223 30,207 2,016 6.3

4,597 4,396

201 4.4

134,397 118,178 16,219 12.1

Chattahoochee 1,845

Chattooga

10,167

Cherokee 126,504

Clarke

57,765

Clay

960

1,699 8,878 116,687 52,416
825

146 7.9 1,289 12.7 9,817 7.8 5,349 9.3
135 14.1

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

136,010 116,768 19,242 14.1

2,579 2,438

141 5.5

400,179 364,457 35,722 8.9

18,785 17,603 1,182 6.3

21,403 20,324 1,079 5.0

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

70,432 66,289 4,143 5.9

7,960 7,558

402 5.1

71,107 64,059 7,048 9.9

5,217 4,863 354 6.8

9,450 8,803

647 6.8

Revised April 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,880,560 4,286,140 594,420 12.2

9,393 4,350 4,816 1,089 17,850

8,725 4,020 4,452 1,001 15,996

668 7.1 330 7.6 364 7.6
88 8.1 1,854 10.4

9,692 38,050 48,992
5,307 7,577

8,817 33,633 41,919
4,728 6,550

875 9.0 4,417 11.6 7,073 14.4
579 10.9 1,027 13.6

64,477 4,279 6,106 6,461
16,729

56,725 3,879 5,408 5,975
14,639

7,752 12.0 400 9.3 698 11.4 486 7.5
2,090 12.5

36,706 8,541
10,047 2,238 20,102

32,639 7,666 8,903 2,104
18,201

4,067 11.1 875 10.2
1,144 11.4 134 6.0
1,901 9.5

5,519 52,340 32,266
4,509 133,316

5,150 369 6.7

45,690 6,650 12.7

29,179 3,087 9.6

4,252

257 5.7

111,354 21,962 16.5

1,835 1,642

193 10.5

10,231 8,546 1,685 16.5

126,937 113,034 13,903 11.0

56,619 49,728 6,891 12.2

942

781

161 17.1

134,689 113,083 21,606 16.0

2,523 2,346

177 7.0

398,408 353,043 45,365 11.4

18,924 17,115 1,809 9.6

21,144 19,583 1,561 7.4

69,694 7,980
71,269 5,213 9,542

63,778 7,359
62,036 4,722 8,607

5,916 8.5 621 7.8
9,233 13.0 491 9.4 935 9.8

Revised May 2019

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

5,085,861 4,917,789 168,072 3.3

9,159 4,663 5,082 1,145 17,393

8,803 4,529 4,910 1,092 16,714

356 3.9 134 2.9 172 3.4
53 4.6 679 3.9

9,595 9,344

251 2.6

40,150 39,037 1,113 2.8

50,177 48,614 1,563 3.1

5,288 5,015

273 5.2

7,433 7,180

253 3.4

67,578 65,015 2,563 3.8

4,567 4,353

214 4.7

7,252 6,973

279 3.8

6,834 6,615

219 3.2

18,274 17,763

511 2.8

36,749 35,482 1,267 3.4

9,119 8,669

450 4.9

10,676 10,319

357 3.3

2,162 2,085

77 3.6

20,922 20,195

727 3.5

5,559 5,412

147 2.6

54,840 53,017 1,823 3.3

33,270 32,360

910 2.7

4,760 4,581

179 3.8

139,720 135,309 4,411 3.2

1,999 1,910

89 4.5

10,155 9,811

344 3.4

135,001 131,402 3,599 2.7

58,755 56,782 1,973 3.4

845

788

57 6.7

136,902 131,296 5,606 4.1

2,823 2,734

89 3.2

422,650 410,393 12,257 2.9

18,913 18,199

714 3.8

21,273 20,622

651 3.1

74,945 7,943 74,148 5,579 9,442

72,789 7,700
72,023 5,375 9,101

2,156 2.9 243 3.1
2,125 2.9 204 3.7 341 3.6

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 May 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

7,752 7,319 433 5.6

11,489 10,586 903 7.9

11,239 10,669

570 5.1

385,068 340,756 44,312 11.5

6,605 6,142 463 7.0

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

5,076 36,632 70,190
4,352 1,859

4,612 32,956 62,407
4,129 1,766

464 9.1 3,676 10.0 7,783 11.1
223 5.1 93 5.0

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

28,634 26,287 2,347 8.2

7,891 7,249

642 8.1

8,161 7,577 584 7.2

4,826 4,534 292 6.1

12,297 11,550

747 6.1

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

54,472 49,738 4,734 8.7 44,666 40,589 4,077 9.1 113,977 104,996 8,981 7.9 10,035 9,191 844 8.4 537,847 475,209 62,638 11.6

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

11,147 1,214 34,822 28,445 10,145

10,330 1,154
30,614 26,330
9,625

817 7.3 60 4.9 4,208 12.1 2,115 7.4 520 5.1

Greene

7,062 6,531

531 7.5

Gwinnett 464,867 419,366 45,501 9.8

Habersham 18,852 17,397 1,455 7.7

Hall

96,628 88,911 7,717 8.0

Hancock

2,530 2,278

252 10.0

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

11,818 15,411 11,011 4,990 111,424

10,722 1,096 9.3

14,293 1,118 7.3

10,220

791 7.2

4,501 489 9.8

98,603 12,821 11.5

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

65,950 61,218 4,732 7.2

3,391 3,184

207 6.1

36,419 33,665 2,754 7.6

6,409 5,969 440 6.9

5,829 5,475 354 6.1

Revised April 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

7,658 7,075 583 7.6

11,607 10,251 1,356 11.7

11,151 10,360

791 7.1

380,756 330,081 50,675 13.3

6,518 5,942

576 8.8

5,244 36,462 69,230
4,233 1,793

4,471 31,847 60,452 3,995 1,686

773 14.7 4,615 12.7 8,778 12.7
238 5.6 107 6.0

28,030 7,888 8,109 4,757
12,402

24,759 6,903 7,375 4,383 11,278

3,271 11.7 985 12.5 734 9.1 374 7.9
1,124 9.1

53,715 48,173 5,542 10.3 44,151 38,302 5,849 13.2 113,375 101,689 11,686 10.3 10,190 9,043 1,147 11.3 534,045 460,274 73,771 13.8

11,241 1,194
35,107 29,018 10,175

10,039 1,115
28,917 25,451
9,326

1,202 10.7 79 6.6
6,190 17.6 3,567 12.3
849 8.3

7,095 6,378

717 10.1

464,061 406,247 57,814 12.5

18,815 16,816 1,999 10.6

96,843 86,528 10,315 10.7

2,527 2,230

297 11.8

11,813 15,403 11,070
5,094 110,213

10,385 1,428 12.1

13,827 1,576 10.2

9,967 1,103 10.0

4,356

738 14.5

95,487 14,726 13.4

65,089 3,349
36,555 6,368 5,832

58,511 3,064 32,660 5,776 5,341

6,578 10.1 285 8.5
3,895 10.7 592 9.3 491 8.4

Revised May 2019

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,141 7,888

253 3.1

12,243 11,894

349 2.9

11,451 11,024

427 3.7

397,135 383,704 13,431 3.4

7,180 6,763

417 5.8

4,981 4,793

188 3.8

38,095 36,368 1,727 4.5

72,764 70,270 2,494 3.4

4,302 4,145

157 3.6

1,887 1,837

50 2.6

30,917 7,570 8,306 4,778
11,497

30,060 7,302 7,948 4,615 11,133

857 2.8 268 3.5 358 4.3 163 3.4 364 3.2

57,640 55,966 1,674 2.9 43,562 42,044 1,518 3.5 121,329 118,092 3,237 2.7
9,875 9,531 344 3.5 553,683 534,754 18,929 3.4

11,788 1,270 39,511 28,005 10,377

11,387 1,222 38,270 27,174 10,043

401 3.4 48 3.8
1,241 3.1 831 3.0 334 3.2

6,983 6,718

265 3.8

486,567 472,308 14,259 2.9

19,087 18,483 604 3.2

101,369 98,617 2,752 2.7

2,423 2,304

119 4.9

12,472 12,073

399 3.2

16,686 16,187

499 3.0

11,500 11,138

362 3.1

5,208 5,041

167 3.2

114,824 110,858 3,966 3.5

70,322 68,064 2,258 3.2

3,290 3,148

142 4.3

36,161 35,234

927 2.6

6,893 6,681

212 3.1

6,068 5,801

267 4.4

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

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Preliminary May 2020

Labor Force
6,495 3,083 3,934 12,706 7,623

Employment
6,023 2,836 3,720 11,891 6,984

Unemployment Number Rate
472 7.3 247 8.0 214 5.4 815 6.4 639 8.4

Revised April 2020

Labor Force
6,465 3,004 3,922 12,574 7,559

Employment
5,861 2,747 3,628 11,553 6,767

Unemployment Number Rate
604 9.3 257 8.6 294 7.5 1,021 8.1 792 10.5

Revised May 2019

Labor Force
6,484 3,143 4,084 13,628 8,165

Employment
6,193 2,990 3,937 13,202 7,869

Unemployment Number Rate
291 4.5 153 4.9 147 3.6 426 3.1 296 3.6

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,537 3,325

212 6.0

19,033 17,404 1,629 8.6

13,806 12,885

921 6.7

25,273 23,230 2,043 8.1

3,379 3,146 233 6.9

3,534 19,177 13,731 24,924 3,316

3,189 17,000 12,450 22,247 3,022

345 9.8 2,177 11.4 1,281 9.3 2,677 10.7
294 8.9

3,725 19,330 14,636 26,108
3,533

3,591 18,529 14,210 25,120
3,403

134 3.6 801 4.1 426 2.9 988 3.8 130 3.7

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

7,706 7,287

419 5.4

49,686 45,590 4,096 8.2

15,899 14,677 1,222 7.7

8,505 7,665 840 9.9

5,313 4,886

427 8.0

7,529 48,736 16,159
8,524 5,231

6,973 43,727 14,414
7,370 4,613

556 7.4 5,009 10.3 1,745 10.8 1,154 13.5
618 11.8

8,125 50,970 16,572
8,795 6,180

7,819 49,322 16,081
8,396 5,965

306 3.8 1,648 3.2
491 3.0 399 4.5 215 3.5

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

4,522 12,777
2,991 8,609 2,684

4,224 11,821 2,806 7,550 2,581

298 6.6 956 7.5 185 6.2 1,059 12.3 103 3.8

4,494 12,540
2,943 8,679 2,648

4,091 11,222
2,714 7,308 2,501

403 9.0 1,318 10.5
229 7.8 1,371 15.8
147 5.6

4,707 13,211 3,309 8,827
2,740

4,497 12,820
3,171 8,453 2,656

210 4.5 391 3.0 138 4.2 374 4.2
84 3.1

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

8,202 12,105 3,853 8,702 15,289

7,656 11,265 3,593
7,967 13,585

546 6.7 840 6.9 260 6.7 735 8.4 1,704 11.1

8,137 12,061 3,822
8,710 15,611

7,459 10,945
3,499 7,706 12,576

678 8.3 1,116 9.3
323 8.5 1,004 11.5 3,035 19.4

8,264 12,926
3,802 9,149 15,334

7,918 12,512 3,607 8,882 14,691

346 4.2 414 3.2 195 5.1 267 2.9 643 4.2

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

73,085 49,517 18,561 6,655 80,472

65,295 44,424 17,455
6,207 73,800

7,790 10.7 5,093 10.3 1,106 6.0
448 6.7 6,672 8.3

72,942 49,150 18,154 6,546 80,421

63,212 43,017 16,570 5,887 71,468

9,730 13.3 6,133 12.5 1,584 8.7
659 10.1 8,953 11.1

77,696 74,282 3,414 4.4

51,853 49,911 1,942 3.7

19,410 18,928

482 2.5

6,889 6,667

222 3.2

85,392 82,957 2,435 2.9

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

11,080 10,271 809 7.3

14,103 13,098 1,005 7.1

8,406 7,947

459 5.5

8,232 7,641

591 7.2

18,057 16,383 1,674 9.3

11,014 14,163 8,385 8,214 18,033

9,812 12,686
7,698 7,398 15,906

1,202 10.9 1,477 10.4
687 8.2 816 9.9 2,127 11.8

11,780 15,169 8,700 8,829 18,335

11,325 14,738
8,419 8,577 17,682

455 3.9 431 2.8 281 3.2 252 2.9 653 3.6

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

3,724 7,963
766 7,124 2,506

3,533 7,254
724 6,545 2,367

191 5.1 709 8.9
42 5.5 579 8.1 139 5.5

3,636 8,037
730 7,167 2,470

3,375 7,091
693 6,294 2,302

261 7.2 946 11.8
37 5.1 873 12.2 168 6.8

4,050 8,141
798 7,158 2,512

3,887 7,804
757 6,917 2,398

163 4.0 337 4.1
41 5.1 241 3.4 114 4.5

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 May 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

82,127 42,649
2,231 5,175 2,994

74,039 38,055
2,094 4,582 2,829

8,088 9.8 4,594 10.8
137 6.1 593 11.5 165 5.5

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

27,077 10,804
2,565 12,948
2,665

24,362 9,831 2,393
12,005 2,423

2,715 10.0 973 9.0 172 6.7 943 7.3 242 9.1

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

567 9,242 2,799 3,627 3,272

522 8,816 2,618 3,256 3,018

45 7.9 426 4.6 181 6.5 371 10.2 254 7.8

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

16,579 15,345 1,234 7.4

19,986 18,761 1,225 6.1

12,021 10,994 1,027 8.5

3,653 3,290

363 9.9

2,636 2,455

181 6.9

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

39,000 3,127 2,712
10,215 11,126

34,913 2,900 2,447 9,563 10,128

4,087 10.5 227 7.3 265 9.8 652 6.4 998 9.0

Walker

30,300 28,132 2,168 7.2

Walton

42,963 39,469 3,494 8.1

Ware

15,193 14,180 1,013 6.7

Warren

2,786 2,547

239 8.6

Washington 6,598 6,108

490 7.4

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

10,990 994
1,600 16,519 43,151

10,202 938
1,481 15,372 38,339

788 7.2 56 5.6 119 7.4
1,147 6.9 4,812 11.2

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

2,624 3,831 3,931 8,317

2,470 3,555 3,683 7,786

154 5.9 276 7.2 248 6.3 531 6.4

Revised April 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

81,080 42,224
2,156 5,114 2,972

71,215 36,860
2,033 4,448 2,760

9,865 12.2 5,364 12.7
123 5.7 666 13.0 212 7.1

27,020 10,929
2,490 12,841 2,650

23,590 9,653 2,317 11,642 2,327

3,430 12.7 1,276 11.7
173 6.9 1,199 9.3
323 12.2

567 9,087 2,764 3,641 3,217

510 8,516 2,477 3,201 2,915

57 10.1 571 6.3 287 10.4 440 12.1 302 9.4

16,587 19,954 12,143
3,798 2,646

14,873 18,193 10,708 3,268 2,375

1,714 10.3 1,761 8.8 1,435 11.8
530 14.0 271 10.2

39,923 3,150 2,687
10,284 11,123

33,908 2,825 2,377 9,342 9,777

6,015 15.1 325 10.3 310 11.5 942 9.2
1,346 12.1

30,305 43,414 15,325
2,762 6,582

27,166 38,221 13,739
2,475 5,982

3,139 10.4 5,193 12.0 1,586 10.3
287 10.4 600 9.1

11,082 974
1,591 16,714 44,319

9,947 914
1,438 14,953 35,475

1,135 10.2 60 6.2
153 9.6 1,761 10.5 8,844 20.0

2,611 3,783 3,833 8,252

2,424 3,464 3,566 7,511

187 7.2 319 8.4 267 7.0 741 9.0

Revised May 2019

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

84,899 81,213 3,686 4.3

44,495 42,834 1,661 3.7

2,208 2,124

84 3.8

5,059 4,823

236 4.7

3,046 2,913

133 4.4

28,499 10,682
2,407 12,706 2,828

27,378 10,291
2,305 12,126 2,699

1,121 3.9 391 3.7 102 4.2 580 4.6 129 4.6

557 9,438 3,119 4,340 3,494

536 9,082 3,004 3,894 3,316

21 3.8 356 3.8 115 3.7 446 10.3 178 5.1

16,205 19,584 11,594
3,920 2,667

15,591 18,980 11,074
3,744 2,549

614 3.8 604 3.1 520 4.5 176 4.5 118 4.4

37,327 3,137 2,858
10,358 11,213

36,209 3,011 2,712
10,038 10,838

1,118 3.0 126 4.0 146 5.1 320 3.1 375 3.3

31,037 30,084 953 3.1

45,756 44,363 1,393 3.0

15,543 15,024

519 3.3

2,795 2,676

119 4.3

6,976 6,699

277 4.0

11,421 11,000

421 3.7

1,000

950

50 5.0

1,628 1,507

121 7.4

16,235 15,828

407 2.5

43,160 41,571 1,589 3.7

2,688 3,792 4,004 8,847

2,555 3,629 3,843 8,502

133 4.9 163 4.3 161 4.0 345 3.9

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 May 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

*Albany 29,905 26,834 3,071 10.3

*Alpharetta

34,369 31,554 2,815 8.2

*Athens 57,765 52,416 5,349 9.3

*Atlanta 254,080 222,925 31,155 12.3

Dekalb Part

22,854 20,678 2,176 9.5

Fulton Part

231,226 202,247 28,979 12.5

*Augusta 82,127 74,039 8,088 9.8

*Brookhaven

31,707 29,689 2,018 6.4

*Canton 14,303 13,346

957 6.7

Carrollton 10,953

9,669 1,284 11.7

*Chamblee 18,890 17,635 1,255 6.6

*Columbus

73,085 65,295 7,790 10.7

Dalton 13,718 12,054 1,664 12.1

Decatur 13,361 12,424

937 7.0

Douglasville

16,751 14,735 2,016 12.0

Duluth 15,313 13,796 1,517 9.9

*Dunwoody

25,506 23,674 1,832 7.2

East Point

17,222 14,056 3,166 18.4

Gainesville

18,736 17,138 1,598 8.5

Hinesville 14,701 13,575 1,126 7.7

*Johns Creek

42,056 38,674 3,382 8.0

Kennesaw

18,921 17,221 1,700 9.0

LaGrange 16,249 14,175 2,074 12.8

Lawrenceville

13,829 12,289 1,540 11.1

McDonough

12,075 10,047 2,028 16.8

*Macon-Bibb

64,723 58,338 6,385 9.9

*Marietta 33,430 30,499 2,931 8.8

Milton 18,748 17,347 1,401 7.5

Newnan 17,940 15,764 2,176 12.1

Peachtree City

17,020 15,984 1,036 6.1

P'tree Corners

23,484 21,426 2,058 8.8

Rome 15,886 14,148 1,738 10.9

*Roswell 50,148 46,309 3,839 7.7

*Sandy Springs 61,407 56,511 4,896 8.0

*Savannah

66,069 56,765 9,304 14.1

*Smyrna 33,230 30,198 3,032 9.1

Statesboro

14,041 12,461 1,580 11.3

Stockbridge

14,252 12,291 1,961 13.8

Tucker 18,856 17,017 1,839 9.8

*Valdosta 24,510 22,234 2,276 9.3

*Warner Robins 31,416 28,906 2,510 8.0

Woodstock

16,146 14,927 1,219 7.5

Revised April 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

29,737 25,931 3,806 12.8

34,208 30,562 3,646 10.7

56,619 49,728 6,891 12.2

249,260 215,922 33,338 13.4

22,467 20,031 2,436 10.8

226,793 195,891 30,902 13.6

81,080 71,215 9,865 12.2

31,167 28,759 2,408 7.7

14,350 12,928 1,422 9.9

10,846

9,363 1,483 13.7

18,576 17,083 1,493 8.0

72,942 63,212 9,730 13.3

14,178 11,154 3,024 21.3

13,116 12,035 1,081 8.2

16,442 14,273 2,169 13.2

15,288 13,364 1,924 12.6

25,162 22,933 2,229 8.9

17,048 13,614 3,434 20.1

18,812 16,679 2,133 11.3

14,458 13,001 1,457 10.1

41,971 37,458 4,513 10.8

18,822 16,681 2,141 11.4

16,613 13,767 2,846 17.1

13,730 11,904 1,826 13.3

11,936

9,729 2,207 18.5

64,477 56,725 7,752 12.0

32,992 29,544 3,448 10.5

18,695 16,802 1,893 10.1

18,049 15,266 2,783 15.4

16,717 15,481 1,236 7.4

23,263 20,756 2,507 10.8

15,826 13,351 2,475 15.6

50,057 44,853 5,204 10.4

60,727 54,735 5,992 9.9

65,613 53,487 12,126 18.5

32,929 29,252 3,677 11.2

13,991 12,118 1,873 13.4

14,067 11,903 2,164 15.4

18,704 16,483 2,221 11.9

23,974 21,326 2,648 11.0

30,932 27,627 3,305 10.7

16,138 14,460 1,678 10.4

Revised May 2019

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

31,063 36,493 58,755 260,336 23,955 236,381 84,899 34,186 15,397 11,327 20,306 77,696 13,581 13,469 17,194 16,000 27,337 16,627 19,555 15,228 44,742 19,949 15,232 14,320 11,452 67,578 35,419 20,072 18,306 18,457 24,799 15,204 53,486 65,313 67,351 35,064 13,769 14,391 19,747 24,921 33,255 17,274

29,612 35,508 56,782 250,874 23,285 227,589 81,213 33,431 15,028 10,864 19,858 74,282 13,071 13,089 16,591 15,537 26,658 15,817 19,009 14,680 43,519 19,391 14,702 13,840 10,955 65,015 34,344 19,520 17,724 17,985 24,131 14,655 52,111 63,592 64,994 34,004 13,174 13,819 19,161 24,055 32,136 16,809

1,451 4.7 985 2.7
1,973 3.4 9,462 3.6
670 2.8 8,792 3.7 3,686 4.3
755 2.2 369 2.4 463 4.1 448 2.2 3,414 4.4 510 3.8 380 2.8 603 3.5 463 2.9 679 2.5 810 4.9 546 2.8 548 3.6 1,223 2.7 558 2.8 530 3.5 480 3.4 497 4.3 2,563 3.8 1,075 3.0 552 2.8 582 3.2 472 2.6 668 2.7 549 3.6 1,375 2.6 1,721 2.6 2,357 3.5 1,060 3.0 595 4.3 572 4.0 586 3.0 866 3.5 1,119 3.4 465 2.7

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 MAY 2020 May 2020

Dade 5.6

Catoosa 6.3

Walker

Whitfield

Murray 11.1

Fannin 6.1

Union 6.4

Towns 9.9

Rabun 8.1

7.2

11.2

Chattooga 12.7

Gordon 7.4

Floyd 9.1

Bartow 9.7

Gilmer 7.3
Pickens 7.1
Cherokee 7.8

Lumpkin 7.7
Dawson 7.9
Forsyth 7.9

White Habersham

6.9

7.7

Stephens

9.0

Banks Franklin

Hall

6.7

8.4

8.0

Jackson 7.6

Madison 7.5

Hart 7.2
Elbert 8.1

10.0% or greater 21 counties (13%)
8.0% to 9.9% 43 counties (27%)
6.0% to 7.9% 67 counties (42%)

Polk 9.3

Paulding

Cobb 8.9

Gwinnett 9.8

Barrow 8.3

Clarke 9.3

Oglethorpe 6.7

Less than 6.0% 28 counties (18%)

Haralson 9.3
Carroll 9.8
Heard 9.8

8.3 Douglas 11.1
Coweta 9.9

Fulton 11.6

DeKalb 11.5 Rockdale

Walton 8.1

Oconee 6.0

Clayton

10.8 Newton

14.1

Fayette 8.7

Henry 11.5

10.3

Morgan 8.4

Spalding 10.0

Butts 8.4

Jasper 6.9

Putnam 8.9

Wilkes 7.2

Lincoln 6.9

Percentages of number of counties may not total 100 due to rounding

Greene 7.5

Taliaferro

7.9

McDuffie

Warren 9.9

Columbia 5.9

8.6

Richmond

Hancock

9.8

10.0

Glascock

4.9

Troup 10.5

Meriwether 12.3

Pike 7.2

Lamar 8.4

Monroe 6.9

Jones 6.4

Baldwin 8.5

Washington

Jefferson 7.3

Burke 8.9

Upson

7.4

Harris 7.3

Talbot 9.1

Muscogee 10.7
Marion Chattahoochee 6.2

9.0
Taylor 6.5

Crawford 6.8

Bibb 9.9

Twiggs 9.8

Wilkinson 6.3

Peach

7.3

Macon 6.6

Houston 7.2

Bleckley 7.2

Laurens 8.6

Johnson 5.4

Emanuel 7.2

Jenkins 8.0

Screven 11.5

Treutlen 6.9

Candler 5.1

Bulloch 8.8

Effingham 8.2

7.9
Stewart 6.7

Schley 6.1

Webster 5.6

Sumter 7.3

Quitman

5.5 Randolph Terrell

Lee

5.5

7.8

6.7

Clay 14.1

Calhoun 5.4

Dougherty 10.0

Early 5.1
Miller 3.8

Baker 6.6

Mitchell 6.7

Dooly 9.1

Pulaski 5.1

Dodge 7.0

Crisp 6.8

Wilcox 5.9

Turner 7.3

Ben Hill 6.9

Montgomery

Wheeler 7.4

6.7

Toombs 8.5

Evans 6.1

Tattnall

Telfair

4.6

10.2

Jeff Davis 6.1

Appling 5.5

Long 5.4

Bryan 8.6
Liberty 8.1

Worth 6.4
Colquitt 5.0

Irwin 6.1 Tift 6.1

Coffee 6.3

Berrien

Atkinson

6.6

4.5

Cook

5.1 Lanier

Bacon 5.1

Wayne 7.2

Pierce 5.5
Ware 6.7

Brantley 7.9

McIntosh 8.0
Glynn 12.1

Chatham 12.1

Seminole 5.5

Decatur 5.1

Grady 5.1

Thomas 7.4

Brooks 5.7

6.0
Lowndes 8.2

Clinch 5.5

Charlton 4.4

Camden 6.8

Echols

5.0

Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 9.5 %
Georgia's U(nNoet SmeasponlaollyyAmdjusetend)t Rate: 9.5% (not seasonally adjusted) Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics and Economic Research
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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

May 2020 Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks

County

May 2020 Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks

County

May 2020 Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks

Georgia

836,060........ $255.........6.9

Appling

873........ $249.........3.7

Atkinson

429........ $226.........3.3

Bacon

448........ $249.........3.1

Baker

70........ $197.........3.2

Baldwin

2,502........ $213.........2.8

Banks

1,140........ $227.........2.5

Barrow

6,216........ $238.........2.1

Bartow

9,161........ $239.........2.5

Ben Hill

673........ $209.........2.9

Berrien

787........ $230.........2.8

Bibb

10,918........ $217.........2.6

Bleckley

445........ $222.........3.6

Brantley

1,017........ $224.........2.6

Brooks

782........ $203.........2.6

Bryan

2,867........ $221.........2.2

Bulloch

6,362........ $208.........2.5

Burke

839........ $247.........3.8

Butts

1,824........ $229.........2.3

Calhoun

261........ $257.........2.7

Camden

2,465........ $194.........2.3

Candler

465........ $223.........2.7

Carroll

7,950........ $237.........2.5

Catoosa

2,217........ $203.........2.8

Charlton

467........ $199.........2.9

Chatham

29,284........ $219.........2.3

Chattahoochee

74........ $193.........2.8

Chattooga

608........ $272.........3.9

Cherokee 17,725........$229.........2.2

Clarke

10,441........ $212.........2.1

Clay

277........ $217.........2.5

Clayton

30,778........ $231.........2.6

Clinch

196........ $176.........2.7

Cobb

62,153........ $235.........2.3

Coffee

2,001........ $233.........2.9

Colquitt

2,367........ $200.........2.5

Columbia

6,848........ $218.........2.3

Cook

970........ $210.........2.8

Coweta

12,757........ $244.........2.3

Crawford

436........ $239.........3.0

Crisp

1,278........ $208.........3.0

Dade

720........ $232.........2.4

Dawson

2,042........ $221.........2.1

Decatur

1,328........ $204.........3.0

DeKalb

70,067........ $238.........2.5

Dodge

981........ $212.........4.2

Dooly

402........ $219.........3.0

Dougherty

6,001........ $197.........2.8

Douglas

15,082........ $231.........2.3

Early

293........ $184.........3.2

Echols

107........ $210.........2.2

Effingham

3,962........ $226.........2.0

Elbert

1,236........ $241.........3.0

Emanuel

920........ $225.........3.6

Evans

533........ $222.........2.7

Fannin

1,225........ $213.........2.5

Fayette

9,981........ $236.........2.1

Floyd

7,309........ $236.........3.0

Forsyth

15,956........ $223.........2.2

Franklin

1,990........ $241.........2.7

Fulton

112,888........ $237.........2.5

Gilmer

1,800........ $215.........2.5

Glascock

96........ $218.........3.3

Glynn

7,929........ $222.........2.3

Gordon

5,302........ $234.........2.7

Grady

792........ $249.........3.0

Greene

1,310........ $228.........2.5

Gwinnett

80,049........ $235.........2.2

Habersham 2,074........$241.........2.9

Hall

13,451........ $233.........2.2

Hancock

423........ $237.........3.6

Haralson

1,532........ $242.........2.2

Harris

2,360........ $236.........2.6

Hart

1,199........ $246.........3.3

Heard

679........ $260.........2.6

Henry

24,730........ $232.........2.4

Houston

8,291........ $206.........2.5

Irwin

282........ $229.........3.0

Jackson

6,003........ $229.........2.1

Jasper

835........ $243.........2.4

Jeff Davis

703........ $222.........3.3

Jefferson

781........ $240.........3.7

Jenkins

342........ $253.........3.8

Johnson

348........ $224.........3.4

Jones

1,201........ $225.........2.5

Lamar

961........ $240.........2.9

Lanier

335........ $212.........2.4

Laurens

2,684........ $212.........3.5

Lee

3,584........ $237.........2.2

Liberty

4,680........ $198.........2.6

Lincoln

378........ $238.........3.1

Long

881........ $209.........3.1

Lowndes

8,322........ $193.........2.4

Lumpkin

2,098........ $227.........2.5

Macon

658........ $229.........3.7

Madison

2,098........ $231.........2.2

Marion

365........ $223.........2.7

McDuffie

1,214........ $235.........3.8

McIntosh

630........ $215.........2.3

Meriwether 1,589........$256.........3.2

Miller

230........ $180.........3.4

Mitchell

752........ $221.........3.6

Monroe

1,307........ $229.........2.6

Montgomery

657........ $239.........3.2

Morgan

1,304........ $234.........2.4

Murray

3,974........ $237.........3.4

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

13,708........ $216.........2.9 8,816........ $235.........2.6 2,566........ $221.........2.0 876........ $231.........2.2 9,808........ $231.........2.3 1,628........ $208.........2.9 2,001........ $229.........2.2 1,035........ $212.........2.4 1,018........ $244.........2.3 2,806........ $246.........2.9 314........ $221.........3.1 1,301........ $237.........2.6 29........ $261.........2.4 807........ $246.........2.7 561........ $281.........2.7
12,230........ $213.........2.9 8,679........ $233.........2.5 181........ $236.........2.8 1,133........ $274.........3.5 294........ $195.........2.8 4,507........ $230.........2.6 1,789........ $249.........2.7 157........ $210.........3.7 1,266........ $216.........3.4 302........ $259.........3.8 73........ $246.........2.7 643........ $220.........3.2 258........ $233.........3.0 328........ $215.........8.0 393........ $207.........2.7 2,313........ $210.........2.5 2,385........ $191.........2.6 1,424........ $237.........3.1 604........ $212.........2.3 264........ $227.........3.7 7,032........ $255.........2.9 371........ $196.........2.9 348........ $227.........3.3 1,162........ $206.........2.2 1,828........ $250.........2.7 3,548........ $228.........3.1 7,385........ $231.........2.2 1,497........ $210.........2.7 331........ $257.........4.7 757........ $207.........2.8 1,765........ $213.........2.8 63........ $248.........3.1 177........ $223.........4.4 1,755........ $228.........2.3 11,043........ $229.........3.2 203........ $220.........3.5 378........ $243.........4.2 458........ $219.........2.9 824........ $219.........2.8

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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