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Georgia Unemployment Rate
(Seasonally Adjusted)

as finance and insurance positions were cut by 900 and

12.5%

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the month. The manufacturing sector lost 1,700 jobs in

January after employment grew by 4,400 in December.

9.4% 8.4%

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3.3% 3.5% 3.6%

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and business services industry where 2,200 jobs were

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of companies shedding 700 jobs, and employment being

down 400 in professional and technical services.

Over the year, employment in Georgia has dropped by 215,100, or -4.6 percent. Leisure and hospitality (-85,700 jobs), education and health services (-28,000), professional and business services (-24,000 jobs), and government (-21,600 jobs) have lost the most jobs from January 2020 to January 2021.
Georgia's unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) declined to 5.1 percent in January 2021 from 5.3 percent in December 2020. Over the year, the unemployment rate is up from 3.3 percent in January 2020.

Workforce Statistics & Economic Research For more information, contact
Corey Smith at (404) 232-3875 corey.smith@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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
Net %

Total Nonfarm

4,448.1

4,449.8

4,663.2

-1.7 0.0

-215.1 -4.6

Total Private

3,775.7

3,778.6

3,969.2

-2.9 -0.1

-193.5 -4.9

Goods Producing

598.5

598.9

621.7

-0.4 -0.1

-23.2 -3.7

Service-Providing

3,849.6

3,850.9

4,041.5

-1.3 0.0

-191.9 -4.7

Private Service-Providing

3,177.2

3,179.7

3,347.5

-2.5 -0.1

-170.3 -5.1

Mining and Logging

9.6

9.5

9.5

0.1 1.1

0.1 1.1

Mining, Logging and Construction

211.0

209.7

217.4

1.3 0.6

-6.4 -2.9

Construction

201.4

200.2

207.9

1.2 0.6

-6.5 -3.1

Manufacturing

387.5

389.2

404.3

-1.7 -0.4

-16.8 -4.2

Durable Goods

192.2

194.0

202.1

-1.8 -0.9

-9.9 -4.9

Non-Durable Goods

195.3

195.2

202.2

0.1 0.1

-6.9 -3.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

945.3

947.2

951.9

-1.9 -0.2

-6.6 -0.7

Wholesale Trade

206.4

206.7

217.0

-0.3 -0.1

-10.6 -4.9

Retail Trade

493.7

491.6

496.0

2.1 0.4

-2.3 -0.5

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

245.2

248.9

238.9

-3.7 -1.5

6.3 2.6

Information

113.4

110.5

118.6

2.9 2.6

-5.2 -4.4

Financial Activities

251.0

252.7

254.5

-1.7 -0.7

-3.5 -1.4

Finance and Insurance

180.7

181.6

181.0

-0.9 -0.5

-0.3 -0.2

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

70.3

71.1

73.5

-0.8 -1.1

-3.2 -4.4

Professional and Business Services

706.4

704.2

730.4

2.2 0.3

-24.0 -3.3

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

278.5

278.9

288.9

-0.4 -0.1

-10.4 -3.6

Management of Companies and Enterprises

84.0

84.7

92.2

-0.7 -0.8

-8.2 -8.9

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

343.9

340.6

349.3

3.3 1.0

-5.4 -1.5

Education and Health Services

588.3

589.1

616.3

-0.8 -0.1

-28.0 -4.5

Educational Services

89.0

88.3

93.8

0.7 0.8

-4.8 -5.1

Health Care and Social Assistance

499.3

500.8

522.5

-1.5 -0.3

-23.2 -4.4

Leisure and Hospitality

421.4

425.6

507.1

-4.2 -1.0

-85.7 -16.9

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

46.2

46.3

56.9

-0.1 -0.2

-10.7 -18.8

Accommodation and Food Services

375.2

379.3

450.2

-4.1 -1.1

-75.0 -16.7

Other Services

151.4

150.4

168.7

1.0 0.7

-17.3 -10.3

Government

672.4

671.2

694.0

1.2 0.2

-21.6 -3.1

Federal Government

105.8

106.9

104.1

-1.1 -1.0

1.7 1.6

State Government

159.8

158.6

167.3

1.2 0.8

-7.5 -4.5

Local Government

406.8

405.7

422.6

1.1 0.3

-15.8 -3.7

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 2020 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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
Net %

Total Nonfarm

4,413.7

Total Private

3,741.1

Goods Producing

594.5

Service-Providing

3,819.2

Private Service-Providing

3,146.6

Mining and Logging

9.6

Mining, Logging and Construction

207.1

Construction

197.5

Construction of Buildings

44.8

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

33.1

Specialty Trade Contractors

119.6

Manufacturing

387.4

Durable Goods

193.0

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

50.6

Non-Durable Goods

194.4

Food Manufacturing

65.5

Textile Mills

15.9

Textile Product Mills

25.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

943.3

Wholesale Trade

207.1

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

108.5

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

60.6

Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 38.0

Retail Trade

490.1

Food and Beverage Stores

98.2

General Merchandise Stores

107.1

Miscellaneous Store Retailers

19.5

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

246.1

Utilities

19.7

Transportation and Warehousing

226.4

Air Transportation

23.4

Truck Transportation

56.0

Couriers and Messengers

36.7

Warehousing and Storage

68.1

Information

111.0

Telecommunications

35.7

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

30.5

Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

16.6

Financial Activities

250.3

Finance and Insurance

180.0

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

86.1

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

70.3

Professional and Business Services

699.4

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

278.2

Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services

36.6

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

42.7

Computer Systems Design and Related Services

66.9

Management and Technical Consulting Services

48.2

Management of Companies and Enterprises

83.6

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

337.6

Employment Services

169.1

Education and Health Services

586.4

Educational Services

88.1

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

44.9

Health Care and Social Assistance

498.3

Ambulatory Health Care Services

222.3

Hospitals

154.4

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

57.8

Social Assistance

63.8

Leisure and Hospitality

407.2

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

40.7

Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

30.9

Accommodation and Food Services

366.5

Accommodation

31.4

Food Services and Drinking Places

335.1

Other Services

149.0

Repair and Maintenance

40.9

Personal and Laundry Services

33.6

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar

74.5

Government

672.6

Federal Government

106.0

Department of Defense

45.2

State Government

158.4

State Government Educational Services

92.4

State Government excluding Educational Services

66.0

Local Government

408.2

Local Government Educational Services

236.3

Local Government excluding Educational Services

171.9

4,488.3 3,811.1
599.9 3,888.4 3,211.2
9.5 209.2 199.7
44.0 34.3 121.4 390.7 194.2 50.8 196.5 66.9 15.9 25.6 969.3 207.8 109.2 61.0 37.6 504.3 98.7 113.7 20.0 257.2 19.6 237.6 23.3 56.4 43.4 71.1 110.9 35.7 30.4 16.5 253.9 181.4 87.3 72.5 713.8 281.6 36.3 42.8 69.3 48.7 85.1 347.1 177.1 593.3 90.3 46.0 503.0 224.7 154.9 56.9 66.5 420.3 42.8 32.6 377.5 32.6 344.9 149.7 40.2 34.3 75.2 677.2 108.7 45.3 160.0 94.2 65.8 408.5 236.7 171.8

4,626.7 3,932.6
616.2 4,010.5 3,316.4
9.5 213.3 203.8 45.5 35.3 123.0 402.9 201.3 54.2 201.6 66.4
17.8 27.5 951.1 216.0 115.8 63.2 37.0 492.6 92.6 107.2 22.0 242.5 19.6 222.9 29.7 56.3 33.2 60.3 117.2 37.2 31.9 15.7 253.8 180.6 86.4 73.2 722.2 289.5 38.5 43.1 74.8 48.3 92.0 340.7 169.2 615.5 93.6 45.7 521.9 225.1 159.5 61.7 75.6 489.7 50.8 36.4 438.9 47.4 391.5 166.9 42.0 40.5 84.4 694.1 104.3 43.7 167.2 97.7 69.5 422.6 250.4 172.2

-74.6 -70.0 -5.4 -69.2 -64.6
0.1 -2.1 -2.2 0.8 -1.2 -1.8 -3.3 -1.2 -0.2 -2.1 -1.4 0.0 0.1 -26.0 -0.7 -0.7 -0.4 0.4 -14.2 -0.5 -6.6 -0.5 -11.1 0.1 -11.2 0.1 -0.4 -6.7 -3.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 -3.6 -1.4 -1.2 -2.2 -14.4 -3.4 0.3 -0.1 -2.4 -0.5 -1.5 -9.5 -8.0 -6.9 -2.2 -1.1 -4.7 -2.4 -0.5 0.9 -2.7 -13.1 -2.1 -1.7 -11.0 -1.2 -9.8 -0.7 0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -4.6 -2.7 -0.1 -1.6 -1.8 0.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.1

-1.7 -1.8 -0.9 -1.8 -2.0 1.1 -1.0 -1.1 1.8 -3.5 -1.5 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -1.1 -2.1 0.0 0.4 -2.7 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7 1.1 -2.8 -0.5 -5.8 -2.5 -4.3 0.5 -4.7 0.4 -0.7 -15.4 -4.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 -1.4 -0.8 -1.4 -3.0 -2.0 -1.2 0.8 -0.2 -3.5 -1.0 -1.8 -2.7 -4.5 -1.2 -2.4 -2.4 -0.9 -1.1 -0.3 1.6 -4.1 -3.1 -4.9 -5.2 -2.9 -3.7 -2.8 -0.5 1.7 -2.0 -0.9 -0.7 -2.5 -0.2 -1.0 -1.9 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.1

-213.0 -191.5 -21.7 -191.3 -169.8
0.1 -6.2 -6.3 -0.7 -2.2 -3.4 -15.5 -8.3 -3.6 -7.2 -0.9 -1.9 -1.8 -7.8 -8.9 -7.3 -2.6 1.0 -2.5 5.6 -0.1 -2.5 3.6 0.1 3.5 -6.3 -0.3 3.5 7.8 -6.2 -1.5 -1.4 0.9 -3.5 -0.6 -0.3 -2.9 -22.8 -11.3 -1.9 -0.4 -7.9 -0.1 -8.4 -3.1 -0.1 -29.1 -5.5 -0.8 -23.6 -2.8 -5.1 -3.9 -11.8 -82.5 -10.1 -5.5 -72.4 -16.0 -56.4 -17.9 -1.1 -6.9 -9.9 -21.5 1.7 1.5 -8.8 -5.3 -3.5 -14.4 -14.1 -0.3

-4.6 -4.9 -3.5 -4.8 -5.1 1.1 -2.9 -3.1 -1.5 -6.2 -2.8 -3.9 -4.1 -6.6 -3.6 -1.4 -10.7 -6.6 -0.8 -4.1 -6.3 -4.1 2.7 -0.5 6.1 -0.1 -11.4 1.5 0.5 1.6 -21.2 -0.5 10.5 12.9 -5.3 -4.0 -4.4 5.7 -1.4 -0.3 -0.4 -4.0 -3.2 -3.9 -4.9 -0.9 -10.6 -0.2 -9.1 -0.9 -0.1 -4.7 -5.9 -1.8 -4.5 -1.2 -3.2 -6.3 -15.6 -16.9 -19.9 -15.1 -16.5 -33.8 -14.4 -10.7 -2.6 -17.0 -11.7 -3.1 1.6 3.4 -5.3 -5.4 -5.0 -3.4 -5.6 -0.2

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 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 2020 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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

58.5

60.4

63.0

-1.9 -3.2

47.1

48.7

50.8

-1.6 -3.3

6.6

6.6

6.9

0.0 0.0

51.9

53.8

56.1

-1.9 -3.5

40.5

42.1

43.9

-1.6 -3.8

12.2

12.5

12.6

-0.3 -2.4

7.2

7.4

7.3

-0.2 -2.7

11.4

11.7

12.2

-0.3 -2.6

2.6

2.7

2.7

-0.1 -3.7

2.2

2.3

2.3

-0.1 -4.4

6.6

6.7

7.2

-0.1 -1.5

-4.5 -7.1 -3.7 -7.3 -0.3 -4.4 -4.2 -7.5 -3.4 -7.7 -0.4 -3.2 -0.1 -1.4 -0.8 -6.6 -0.1 -3.7 -0.1 -4.4 -0.6 -8.3

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 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 2020 benchmark.

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

Athens-Clarke county MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

91.4

93.4

97.9

-2.0 -2.1

64.0

65.6

69.3

-1.6 -2.4

9.3

9.3

9.5

0.0 0.0

82.1

84.1

88.4

-2.0 -2.4

54.7

56.3

59.8

-1.6 -2.8

16.0

16.5

16.7

-0.5 -3.0

10.3

10.6

10.9

-0.3 -2.8

8.3

8.5

8.7

-0.2 -2.4

9.4

9.6

11.4

-0.2 -2.1

27.4

27.8

28.6

-0.4 -1.4

1.1

1.2

1.1

-0.1 -8.3

18.4

18.5

19.4

-0.1 -0.5

7.9

8.1

8.1

-0.2 -2.5

-6.5 -6.6 -5.3 -7.7 -0.2 -2.1 -6.3 -7.1 -5.1 -8.5 -0.7 -4.2 -0.6 -5.5 -0.4 -4.6 -2.0 -17.5 -1.2 -4.2 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -5.2 -0.2 -2.5

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 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 2020 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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

2,697.3 2,368.5
291.8 2,405.5 2,076.7
1.7 127.8 126.1
29.2 78.6 164.0 86.9 14.7 77.1 22.8 587.5 145.9 78.9 37.0 30.0 279.8 61.0 57.8 12.9 161.8 10.2 151.6 23.0 35.4 27.2 97.6 30.0 25.7 15.9 179.8 128.7 61.2 51.1 530.4 225.0 27.2 32.2 57.3 41.9 73.8 231.6 118.6 353.2 62.6 290.6 137.2 85.9 37.8 236.3 27.7 208.6 15.3 193.3 91.9 23.4 23.1 328.8 49.4 70.7 208.7

2,741.6 2,411.9
295.2 2,446.4 2,116.7
1.7 129.8 128.1
28.0 81.5 165.4 87.2 14.8 78.2 22.9 606.5 147.2 79.9 37.9 29.4 290.2 61.6 62.2 13.2 169.1 10.1 159.0 22.9 35.4 31.5 97.9 30.1 25.8 15.8 181.8 128.9 61.6 52.9 535.6 225.1 26.6 32.2 59.4 42.5 74.1 236.4 123.4 359.3 64.1 295.2 139.6 86.2 40.2 243.7 28.9 214.8 15.7 199.1 91.9 23.2 23.4 329.7 50.7 70.5 208.5

2,858.4 2,520.6
302.0 2,556.4 2,218.6
1.7 130.8 129.1
29.7 81.8 171.2 90.0 15.7 81.2 23.8 606.7 154.2 85.3 40.4 28.5 289.0 57.5 58.7 14.7 163.5 10.2 153.3 29.2 35.6 24.9 102.7 31.1 26.7 15.1 180.3 126.0 61.4 54.3 550.3 234.0 27.6 33.0 64.3 42.6 80.6 235.7 120.1 374.3 66.4 307.9 140.3 89.0 48.2 298.4 36.8 261.6 26.1 235.5 105.9 25.2 29.1 337.8 47.7 74.1 216.0

-44.3 -43.4
-3.4 -40.9 -40.0
0.0 -2.0 -2.0 1.2 -2.9 -1.4 -0.3 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -19.0 -1.3 -1.0 -0.9 0.6 -10.4 -0.6 -4.4 -0.3 -7.3 0.1 -7.4 0.1 0.0 -4.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 -0.4 -1.8 -5.2 -0.1 0.6 0.0 -2.1 -0.6 -0.3 -4.8 -4.8 -6.1 -1.5 -4.6 -2.4 -0.3 -2.4 -7.4 -1.2 -6.2 -0.4 -5.8 0.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.9 -1.3 0.2 0.2

-1.6 -1.8 -1.2 -1.7 -1.9 0.0 -1.5 -1.6 4.3 -3.6 -0.9 -0.3 -0.7 -1.4 -0.4 -3.1 -0.9 -1.3 -2.4 2.0 -3.6 -1.0 -7.1 -2.3 -4.3 1.0 -4.7 0.4 0.0 -13.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 0.6 -1.1 -0.2 -0.7 -3.4 -1.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 -3.5 -1.4 -0.4 -2.0 -3.9 -1.7 -2.3 -1.6 -1.7 -0.4 -6.0 -3.0 -4.2 -2.9 -2.6 -2.9 0.0 0.9 -1.3 -0.3 -2.6 0.3 0.1

-161.1 -5.6 -152.1 -6.0
-10.2 -3.4 -150.9 -5.9 -141.9 -6.4
0.0 0.0 -3.0 -2.3 -3.0 -2.3 -0.5 -1.7 -3.2 -3.9 -7.2 -4.2 -3.1 -3.4 -1.0 -6.4 -4.1 -5.1 -1.0 -4.2 -19.2 -3.2 -8.3 -5.4 -6.4 -7.5 -3.4 -8.4 1.5 5.3 -9.2 -3.2 3.5 6.1 -0.9 -1.5 -1.8 -12.2 -1.7 -1.0 0.0 0.0 -1.7 -1.1 -6.2 -21.2 -0.2 -0.6 2.3 9.2 -5.1 -5.0 -1.1 -3.5 -1.0 -3.8 0.8 5.3 -0.5 -0.3 2.7 2.1 -0.2 -0.3 -3.2 -5.9 -19.9 -3.6 -9.0 -3.9 -0.4 -1.5 -0.8 -2.4 -7.0 -10.9 -0.7 -1.6 -6.8 -8.4 -4.1 -1.7 -1.5 -1.3 -21.1 -5.6 -3.8 -5.7 -17.3 -5.6 -3.1 -2.2 -3.1 -3.5 -10.4 -21.6 -62.1 -20.8 -9.1 -24.7 -53.0 -20.3 -10.8 -41.4 -42.2 -17.9 -14.0 -13.2 -1.8 -7.1 -6.0 -20.6 -9.0 -2.7 1.7 3.6 -3.4 -4.6 -7.3 -3.4

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 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 2020 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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

235.8 190.8
43.2 192.6 147.6
20.0 23.2 41.1
5.6 27.2
8.3 2.1 6.1 32.5 35.0 22.7 8.1 45.0 10.0 13.9 21.1

240.0 194.6
43.4 196.6 151.2
20.0 23.4 41.7
5.6 27.6
8.5 2.2 6.2 33.7 35.2 24.1 8.1 45.4 10.4 13.9 21.1

244.7 198.8
44.6 200.1 154.2
21.0 23.6 40.8
6.1 26.5
8.2 2.5 7.2 32.7 36.0 26.3 8.7 45.9 9.9 14.5 21.5

-4.2 -1.8 -3.8 -2.0 -0.2 -0.5 -4.0 -2.0 -3.6 -2.4 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.9 -0.6 -1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.5 -0.2 -2.4 -0.1 -4.6 -0.1 -1.6 -1.2 -3.6 -0.2 -0.6 -1.4 -5.8 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 -0.4 -3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

-8.9 -3.6 -8.0 -4.0 -1.4 -3.1 -7.5 -3.8 -6.6 -4.3 -1.0 -4.8 -0.4 -1.7 0.3 0.7 -0.5 -8.2 0.7 2.6 0.1 1.2 -0.4 -16.0 -1.1 -15.3 -0.2 -0.6 -1.0 -2.8 -3.6 -13.7 -0.6 -6.9 -0.9 -2.0 0.1 1.0 -0.6 -4.1 -0.4 -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 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 2020 benchmark.

Brunswick MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

41.8

42.5

43.8

-0.7 -1.7

33.4

34.0

35.0

-0.6 -1.8

4.1

4.1

4.1

0.0 0.0

37.7

38.4

39.7

-0.7 -1.8

29.3

29.9

30.9

-0.6 -2.0

8.7

8.8

8.6

-0.1 -1.1

5.6

5.6

5.5

0.0 0.0

8.4

8.5

8.8

-0.1 -1.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

0.0 0.0

1.7

1.8

1.8

-0.1 -5.6

4.6

4.6

4.9

0.0 0.0

-2.0 -4.6 -1.6 -4.6 0.0 0.0 -2.0 -5.0 -1.6 -5.2 0.1 1.2 0.1 1.8 -0.4 -4.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -5.6 -0.3 -6.1

Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Brunswick Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Brantley, Glynn and McIntosh counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2020 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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

116.2 93.1 15.3 100.9 77.8
4.8 10.5 17.1
2.7 12.1
2.3 1.1 12.1 10.2 3.6 14.8 15.5 13.3 3.9 23.1 6.7 4.0 12.4

117.9 94.3 15.2 102.7 79.1
4.7 10.5 17.4
2.6 12.4
2.4 1.1 12.2 10.3 3.6 15.2 15.6 13.7 3.9 23.6 7.0 4.1 12.5

122.7 98.4 15.6
107.1 82.8 4.7 10.9 17.9 2.8 12.8 2.3 1.3 12.8 10.8 3.7 15.4 16.5 14.7 4.2 24.3 6.8 4.1 13.4

-1.7 -1.4 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 0.7 -1.8 -1.8 -1.3 -1.6 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -1.7 0.1 3.9 -0.3 -2.4 -0.1 -4.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -1.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -2.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4 -2.9 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -2.1 -0.3 -4.3 -0.1 -2.4 -0.1 -0.8

-6.5 -5.3 -5.3 -5.4 -0.3 -1.9 -6.2 -5.8 -5.0 -6.0 0.1 2.1 -0.4 -3.7 -0.8 -4.5 -0.1 -3.6 -0.7 -5.5 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -15.4 -0.7 -5.5 -0.6 -5.6 -0.1 -2.7 -0.6 -3.9 -1.0 -6.1 -1.4 -9.5 -0.3 -7.1 -1.2 -4.9 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 -2.4 -1.0 -7.5

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 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 2020 benchmark.

Dalton MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

64.4

64.5

65.9

-0.1 -0.2

57.5

57.8

59.0

-0.3 -0.5

23.4

23.6

24.3

-0.2 -0.9

41.0

40.9

41.6

0.1 0.2

34.1

34.2

34.7

-0.1 -0.3

22.1

22.2

22.9

-0.1 -0.5

4.0

4.0

3.9

0.0 0.0

13.2

13.2

13.5

0.0 0.0

13.5

13.7

13.6

-0.2 -1.5

6.4

6.5

6.2

-0.1 -1.5

3.4

3.5

3.3

-0.1 -2.9

7.1

7.2

6.9

-0.1 -1.4

6.9

6.7

6.9

0.2 3.0

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0 0.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

0.0 0.0

5.7

5.5

5.6

0.2 3.6

-1.5 -2.3 -1.5 -2.5 -0.9 -3.7 -0.6 -1.4 -0.6 -1.7 -0.8 -3.5 0.1 2.6 -0.3 -2.2 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 3.2 0.1 3.0 0.2 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -9.1 0.1 1.8

Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Murray and Whitfield counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2020 benchmark.

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

7

Gainesville MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing

92.2

93.8

94.5

-1.6 -1.7

81.8

83.2

83.5

-1.4 -1.7

24.3

24.7

25.5

-0.4 -1.6

-2.3 -2.4 -1.7 -2.0 -1.2 -4.7

Service-Providing Private Service-Providing

67.9

69.1

69.0

-1.2 -1.7

57.5

58.5

58.0

-1.0 -1.7

-1.1 -1.6 -0.5 -0.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

18.0

18.8

17.8

-0.8 -4.3

0.2 1.1

Retail Trade Government

9.1

9.4

9.0

-0.3 -3.2

10.4

10.6

11.0

-0.2 -1.9

0.1 1.1 -0.6 -5.5

Federal Government

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.0 0.0

0.0 0.0

State Government Local Government

2.4

2.6

2.8

-0.2 -7.7

7.5

7.5

7.7

0.0 0.0

-0.4 -14.3 -0.2 -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 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 2020 benchmark.

Hinesville MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
Net %

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

20.6

20.8

21.2

-0.2 -1.0

12.9

13.0

13.1

-0.1 -0.8

2.4

2.4

2.8

0.0 0.0

18.2

18.4

18.4

-0.2 -1.1

10.5

10.6

10.3

-0.1 -0.9

7.7

7.8

8.1

-0.1 -1.3

3.9

3.9

3.9

0.0 0.0

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.0 0.0

3.4

3.5

3.8

-0.1 -2.9

-0.6 -2.8 -0.2 -1.5 -0.4 -14.3 -0.2 -1.1 0.2 1.9 -0.4 -4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -10.5

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 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 2020 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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

98.0

99.7

103.0

-1.7 -1.7

84.0

85.5

88.2

-1.5 -1.8

9.9

10.0

10.3

-0.1 -1.0

88.1

89.7

92.7

-1.6 -1.8

74.1

75.5

77.9

-1.4 -1.9

19.8

20.1

19.5

-0.3 -1.5

11.7

11.9

11.6

-0.2 -1.7

5.0

5.2

5.1

-0.2 -3.9

9.6

9.6

9.8

0.0 0.0

10.7

11.3

11.7

-0.6 -5.3

20.9

21.1

21.9

-0.2 -1.0

9.3

9.6

10.7

-0.3 -3.1

14.0

14.2

14.8

-0.2 -1.4

1.1

1.2

1.1

-0.1 -8.3

3.8

3.9

4.2

-0.1 -2.6

9.1

9.1

9.5

0.0 0.0

-5.0 -4.9 -4.2 -4.8 -0.4 -3.9 -4.6 -5.0 -3.8 -4.9 0.3 1.5 0.1 0.9 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 -2.0 -1.0 -8.6 -1.0 -4.6 -1.4 -13.1 -0.8 -5.4 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -9.5 -0.4 -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 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 2020 benchmark.

Rome MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

40.7

40.7

41.5

0.0 0.0

35.2

35.2

35.9

0.0 0.0

6.8

7.0

7.1

-0.2 -2.9

33.9

33.7

34.4

0.2 0.6

28.4

28.2

28.8

0.2 0.7

5.9

6.1

6.1

-0.2 -3.3

8.0

8.1

7.6

-0.1 -1.2

4.7

4.7

4.4

0.0 0.0

11.0

11.0

10.9

0.0 0.0

5.5

5.5

5.6

0.0 0.0

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0 0.0

1.6

1.6

1.5

0.0 0.0

3.7

3.7

3.9

0.0 0.0

-0.8 -1.9 -0.7 -2.0 -0.3 -4.2 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4 -1.4 -0.2 -3.3 0.4 5.3 0.3 6.8 0.1 0.9 -0.1 -1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 6.7 -0.2 -5.1

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 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 2020 benchmark.

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

9

Savannah MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

183.1 158.8
25.9 157.2 132.9
8.7 17.2 45.3
6.4 21.6 17.3
1.6 5.9 24.8 25.9 22.4 7.0 24.3 2.9 5.2 16.2

186.4 162.0
26.2 160.2 135.8
8.7 17.5 45.5
6.4 22.0 17.1
1.6 6.0 26.8 26.1 22.8 7.0 24.4 2.9 5.3 16.2

189.3 164.6
26.9 162.4 137.7
8.5 18.4 44.0
6.5 22.1 15.4
1.5 6.4 24.6 27.3 26.1 7.8 24.7 2.9 5.4 16.4

-3.3 -1.8 -3.2 -2.0 -0.3 -1.2 -3.0 -1.9 -2.9 -2.1 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -1.7 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.8 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.7 -2.0 -7.5 -0.2 -0.8 -0.4 -1.8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.9 0.0 0.0

-6.2 -3.3 -5.8 -3.5 -1.0 -3.7 -5.2 -3.2 -4.8 -3.5 0.2 2.4 -1.2 -6.5 1.3 3.0 -0.1 -1.5 -0.5 -2.3 1.9 12.3 0.1 6.7 -0.5 -7.8 0.2 0.8 -1.4 -5.1 -3.7 -14.2 -0.8 -10.3 -0.4 -1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -3.7 -0.2 -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 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 2020 benchmark.

Valdosta MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2021 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

55.7

56.5

56.9

-0.8 -1.4

43.0

43.9

43.7

-0.9 -2.1

7.2

7.3

7.5

-0.1 -1.4

48.5

49.2

49.4

-0.7 -1.4

35.8

36.6

36.2

-0.8 -2.2

14.1

14.6

13.0

-0.5 -3.4

7.1

7.3

7.1

-0.2 -2.7

12.7

12.6

13.2

0.1 0.8

1.2

1.2

1.2

0.0 0.0

3.5

3.4

3.7

0.1 2.9

8.0

8.0

8.3

0.0 0.0

-1.2 -2.1 -0.7 -1.6 -0.3 -4.0 -0.9 -1.8 -0.4 -1.1 1.1 8.5 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -3.8 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -5.4 -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 2020 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

JAN 2021 DEC 2020 JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
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

75.7

77.1

78.4

-1.4 -1.8

47.7

48.9

50.3

-1.2 -2.5

9.9

10.2

10.4

-0.3 -2.9

65.8

66.9

68.0

-1.1 -1.6

37.8

38.7

39.9

-0.9 -2.3

11.0

11.5

11.3

-0.5 -4.4

8.7

9.2

8.6

-0.5 -5.4

28.0

28.2

28.1

-0.2 -0.7

15.6

15.7

15.8

-0.1 -0.6

2.3

2.4

2.3

-0.1 -4.2

10.1

10.1

10.0

0.0 0.0

-2.7 -3.4 -2.6 -5.2 -0.5 -4.8 -2.2 -3.2 -2.1 -5.3 -0.3 -2.7 0.1 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0

Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the 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 2020 benchmark.

Total Nonfarm Employment by Metro Statistical Area

(In thousands)

(Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

JAN 2021 DEC 2021

Revised JAN 2020

Change in Jobs from DEC 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2020
Net %

Albany MSA

58.8

59.7

63.3

-0.9 -1.5

-4.5 -7.1

Athens-Clarke County MSA

92.8

92.7

98.1

0.1 0.1

-5.3 -5.4

Atlanta MSA

2,718.5

2,712.8

2,886.7

5.7 0.2

-168.2 -5.8

Augusta-Richmond County MSA

237.5

238.6

246.2

-1.1 -0.5

-8.7 -3.5

Brunswick MSA

42.6

42.5

44.7

0.1 0.2

-2.1 -4.7

Columbus MSA

117.0

117.0

123.2

0.0 0.0

-6.2 -5.0

Dalton MSA

64.9

64.6

66.5

0.3 0.5

-1.6 -2.4

Gainesville MSA

93.2

93.3

95.3

-0.1 -0.1

-2.1 -2.2

Hinesville MSA

20.8

20.7

21.4

0.1 0.5

-0.6 -2.8

Macon-Bibb County MSA

98.6

98.7

103.3

-0.1 -0.1

-4.7 -4.5

Rome MSA

40.9

40.4

41.6

0.5 1.2

-0.7 -1.7

Savannah MSA

185.0

186.0

192.1

-1.0 -0.5

-7.1 -3.7

Valdosta MSA

55.9

56.0

57.1

-0.1 -0.2

-1.2 -2.1

Warner Robins MSA

76.5

77.0

79.2

-0.5 -0.6

-2.7 -3.4

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 2020 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 JAN 2021

Revised DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Total Private.................................................................................................... $960.50............................ $962.89.......................$924.60 Goods Producing....................................................................................... $1,110.69.......................... $1,144.29.................... $1,061.05 Private Service Providing............................................................................. $932.53............................ $929.04...................... $900.46 Construction............................................................................................ $1,146.46.......................... $1,187.26....................$1,094.94 Manufacturing.........................................................................................$1,085.51..........................$1,099.56.................... $1,037.50 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities........................................................... $826.24.............................$810.85.......................$813.62 Financial Activities..................................................................................$1,436.72..........................$1,364.32....................$1,323.59 Professional and Business Services.......................................................$1,148.17.......................... $1,167.54.................... $1,152.55 Educational and Health Services............................................................$1,069.85......................... $1,095.86....................$1,000.53 Leisure and Hospitality...............................................................................$376.76............................. $377.41.......................$354.57 Other Services...........................................................................................$766.62............................ $784.48....................... $727.39

Average Weekly Hours (AWH)

Preliminary JAN 2021

Revised DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Total Private...........................................................................................................34.6.................................. 34.9.............................34.5 Goods Producing................................................................................................ 41.0................................... 41.9.............................40.7 Private Service Providing....................................................................................33.4...................................33.6.............................33.4 Construction..................................................................................................... 40.1................................... 41.6.............................39.6 Manufacturing.................................................................................................. 41.4...................................42.0............................. 41.6 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..................................................................34.1.................................. 34.3.............................34.2 Financial Activities...........................................................................................35.9...................................35.4............................. 37.4 Professional and Business Services...............................................................36.3................................... 37.1.............................35.3 Educational and Health Services.....................................................................34.5.................................. 34.9.............................34.3 Leisure and Hospitality.....................................................................................26.2...................................26.3.............................25.9 Other Services................................................................................................. 31.1...................................30.8.............................30.9

Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)

Preliminary JAN 2021

Revised DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Total Private....................................................................................................... $27.76...............................$27.59.........................$26.80 Goods Producing............................................................................................ $27.09............................... $27.31.........................$26.07 Private Service Providing................................................................................ $27.92...............................$27.65.........................$26.96 Construction.................................................................................................$28.59.............................. $28.54......................... $27.65 Manufacturing............................................................................................. $26.22............................... $26.18.........................$24.94 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..............................................................$24.23.............................. $23.64.........................$23.79 Financial Activities...................................................................................... $40.02.............................. $38.54.........................$35.39 Professional and Business Services...........................................................$31.63...............................$31.47.........................$32.65 Educational and Health Services.................................................................$31.01...............................$31.40......................... $29.17 Leisure and Hospitality.................................................................................$14.38...............................$14.35......................... $13.69 Other Services.............................................................................................$24.65...............................$25.47.........................$23.54

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 2020 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 JAN 2021

Revised DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Albany MSA ................................................................................................... $659.68............................ $672.68.......................$734.02 Athens-Clarke County MSA ...........................................................................$783.68............................ $793.98....................... $771.58 Atlanta MSA ...............................................................................................$1,079.46..........................$1,075.82.....................$1,011.16 Augusta-Richmond County MSA ................................................................... $919.51.............................$927.97...................... $858.86 Brunswick MSA ............................................................................................. $723.18............................ $733.83....................... $625.17 Columbus MSA ..............................................................................................$754.25.............................$765.91.......................$799.46 Dalton MSA .................................................................................................. $684.90............................ $692.92.......................$676.03 Gainesville MSA .......................................................................................... $1,179.47........................... $1,115.17....................$1,062.67 Hinesville MSA ...............................................................................................$578.82............................ $604.82.......................$703.73 Macon-Bibb County MSA ............................................................................. $869.80............................ $869.98...................... $854.04 Rome MSA ..................................................................................................... $787.24.............................$780.67.......................$766.72 Savannah MSA ............................................................................................. $733.53.............................$755.71.......................$761.90 Valdosta MSA .................................................................................................$755.30............................ $783.82.......................$768.25 Warner Robins MSA ....................................................................................... $877.18............................ $875.60...................... $808.50

Average Weekly Hours (AWH)

Preliminary JAN 2021

Revised DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Albany MSA ..........................................................................................................33.1.................................. 33.5.............................34.3 Athens-Clarke County MSA .................................................................................31.6...................................32.5............................. 31.2 Atlanta MSA ........................................................................................................34.9...................................35.1.............................34.3 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .........................................................................34.4...................................34.6.............................34.8 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................................34.0...................................33.1............................. 31.4 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................................33.3.................................. 33.8.............................33.2 Dalton MSA .........................................................................................................34.4...................................34.0.............................33.5 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................................40.2...................................39.7.............................39.3 Hinesville MSA .....................................................................................................30.1...................................30.5............................. 31.6 Macon-Bibb County MSA ....................................................................................36.5...................................36.6..............................37.1 Rome MSA ...........................................................................................................33.4.................................. 34.3.............................35.3 Savannah MSA ....................................................................................................32.5...................................32.9.............................33.3 Valdosta MSA .......................................................................................................33.2.................................. 33.8.............................35.6 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................................35.6...................................35.9.............................38.5

Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)

Preliminary JAN 2021

Revised DEC 2020

Revised JAN 2020

Albany MSA ......................................................................................................$19.93.............................. $20.08......................... $21.40 Athens-Clarke County MSA .............................................................................$24.80...............................$24.43......................... $24.73 Atlanta MSA ................................................................................................... $30.93.............................. $30.65.........................$29.48 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .....................................................................$26.73.............................. $26.82.........................$24.68 Brunswick MSA ...............................................................................................$21.27............................... $22.17......................... $19.91 Columbus MSA ................................................................................................$22.65.............................. $22.66.........................$24.08 Dalton MSA .....................................................................................................$19.91.............................. $20.38......................... $20.18 Gainesville MSA .............................................................................................. $29.34.............................. $28.09......................... $27.04 Hinesville MSA .................................................................................................$19.23...............................$19.83.........................$22.27 Macon-Bibb County MSA ................................................................................$23.83...............................$23.77.........................$23.02 Rome MSA .......................................................................................................$23.57...............................$22.76......................... $21.72 Savannah MSA ................................................................................................$22.57.............................. $22.97.........................$22.88 Valdosta MSA ...................................................................................................$22.75............................... $23.19.........................$21.58 Warner Robins MSA .........................................................................................$24.64...............................$24.39.........................$21.00

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 2020 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% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

Georgia

U.S.

WA 6.0 OR 6.2 NV 8.1 CA 9.0
AK 6.6

ID 3.4
UT 3.1 AZ 6.7

StaStteatuenUenmepmlopylomymenetnrt aRtaetses
January 2021
National Unemployment Rate: 6.3% Rates are seasonally adjusted

MT 4.0
WY 5.1
CO 6.6 NM 8.7

ND 4.5 SD 3.1
NE 3.2
KS 3.5

MN 4.5
WI 3.8
IA 3.5
IL 7.7 MO 4.3

OK 4.3 TX 6.8

AR 4.6
MS 6.4 LA 7.6

MI 5.7

OH

IN

5.3

4.2

KY 5.3 TN 5.1

PA 7.3

WV

6.5

VA

5.3

NC 5.9

SC 5.3

AL

GA

4.3

5.1

FL 4.8

NH

3.6 ME

VT

5.2

3.2

MA 7.8
NY 8.8
RI 7.2

CT

NJ 7.9

8.1

DE

6.0

DC 8.4

MD 6.4

Unemployment rate
10.0% or greater 8.0% to 9.9% 6.0% to 7.9% 4.0% to 5.9% Less than 4.0%

HI 10.2

PR 9.3

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 JAN 2021
5,112,468 4,853,894
258,574 5.1
5,111,994 4,855,448
256,546 5.0
65,956 61,649
4,307 6.5
97,843 93,710
4,133 4.2
3,061,960 2,904,992
156,968 5.1
268,689 255,744
12,945 4.8
51,879 49,435
2,444 4.7
122,079 115,460
6,619 5.4
59,614 56,292
3,322 5.6
103,248 99,831 3,417 3.3

Revised DEC 2020
5,100,297 4,829,189
271,108 5.3
5,139,816 4,849,950
289,866 5.6
66,804 61,958 4,846
7.3
98,163 93,473 4,690
4.8
3,092,660 2,914,291
178,369 5.8
270,135 255,791
14,344 5.3
51,779 48,954
2,825 5.5
122,815 115,577
7,238 5.9
58,795 55,532
3,263 5.5
103,556 99,610 3,946 3.8

Revised JAN 2020
5,198,431 5,024,604
173,827 3.3
5,212,231 5,025,807
186,424 3.6
68,110 65,155 2,955
4.3
101,933 98,567
3,366 3.3
3,138,667 3,032,382
106,285 3.4
272,597 262,091
10,506 3.9
52,616 50,720
1,896 3.6
124,891 119,812
5,079 4.1
60,336 56,865
3,471 5.8
104,592 101,590
3,002 2.9

Change From

DEC 2020

JAN 2020

12,171 24,705 -12,534

-85,963 -170,710
84,747

-27,822 5,498
-33,320

-100,237 -170,359
70,122

-848 -309 -539

-2,154 -3,506 1,352

-320 237 -557

-4,090 -4,857
767

-30,700 -9,299 -21,401

-76,707 -127,390
50,683

-1,446 -47
-1,399

-3,908 -6,347 2,439

100 481 -381

-737 -1,285
548

-736 -117 -619

-2,812 -4,352 1,540

819

-722

760

-573

59

-149

-308 221 -529

-1,344 -1,759
415

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 JAN 2021
34,355 32,732
1,623 4.7
103,011 97,072 5,939 5.8

Revised DEC 2020
34,705 32,817 1,888
5.4
103,678 97,092 6,586 6.4

Revised JAN 2020
34,659 33,308
1,351 3.9
104,402 100,394
4,008 3.8

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

44,274 42,186 2,088
4.7
193,661 183,671
9,990 5.2

43,988 41,701 2,287
5.2
195,727 184,365
11,362 5.8

44,370 42,572
1,798 4.1
193,813 187,397
6,416 3.3

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

66,036 62,780
3,256 4.9
87,490 83,589
3,901 4.5

65,840 62,203
3,637 5.5
87,903 83,512 4,391
5.0

65,750 63,274
2,476 3.8
88,410 85,337
3,073 3.5

Change From

DEC 2020

JAN 2020

-350 -85
-265

-304 -576 272

-667 -20
-647

-1,391 -3,322 1,931

286

-96

485

-386

-199

290

-2,066 -694
-1,372

-152 -3,726 3,574

196 577 -381

286 -494 780

-413 77
-490

-920 -1,748
828

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

JAN 2021
160,161,000 150,031,000
10,130,000 6.3
159,234,000 148,383,000
10,851,000 6.8

DEC 2020
160,567,000 149,830,000
10,736,000 6.7
160,017,000 149,613,000 10,404,000
6.5

JAN 2020
164,455,000 158,659,000
5,796,000 3.5
163,497,000 156,994,000
6,504,000 4.0

Change From

DEC 2020

JAN 2020

-406,000 201,000 -606,000

-4,294,000 -8,628,000 4,334,000

-783,000 -1,230,000
447,000

-4,263,000 -8,611,000 4,347,000

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 January 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

5,111,994 4,855,448 256,546 5.0

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

9,550 9,159

391 4.1

4,767 4,616

151 3.2

4,795 4,600

195 4.1

1,222 1,156

66 5.4

17,684 16,581 1,103 6.2

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

10,211 9,905 306 3.0

40,350 38,883 1,467 3.6

50,078 47,680 2,398 4.8

5,508

5,116

392 7.1

7,735 7,399

336 4.3

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

68,123 63,645 4,478 6.6

4,562 4,294

268 5.9

7,203 6,889

314 4.4

7,241 6,914

327 4.5

19,053 18,363 690 3.6

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

37,758 35,777 1,981 5.2

9,299 8,701

598 6.4

10,891 10,311

580 5.3

2,431 2,324

107 4.4

21,518 20,749

769 3.6

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

5,809 5,577

232 4.0

54,826 52,151 2,675 4.9

32,748 31,788 960 2.9

4,989 4,828

161 3.2

142,496 134,409 8,087 5.7

Chattahoochee 2,013

Chattooga

9,772

Cherokee 133,487

Clarke

58,461

Clay

929

1,908 9,124 129,096 55,585
822

105 5.2 648 6.6 4,391 3.3 2,876 4.9 107 11.5

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

140,119 128,014 12,105 8.6

3,086 2,992

94 3.0

415,318 397,645 17,673 4.3

19,311 18,308 1,003 5.2

22,970 22,095

875 3.8

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

75,423 73,121 2,302 3.1

8,360 8,016 344 4.1

74,031 70,881 3,150 4.3

5,623 5,369

254 4.5

9,750 9,015

735 7.5

Revised December 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

5,139,816 4,849,950 289,866 5.6

8,916 8,481

435 4.9

4,453 4,299

154 3.5

4,567 4,345

222 4.9

1,142 1,059

83 7.3

17,750 16,529 1,221 6.9

10,058 9,694 364 3.6

40,692 38,974 1,718 4.2

50,266 47,699 2,567 5.1

5,447 5,038

409 7.5

7,542

7,171

371 4.9

68,798 63,856 4,942 7.2

4,548

4,241

307 6.8

7,074 6,699

375 5.3

6,928 6,564 364 5.3

19,217 18,390

827 4.3

37,629 35,466 2,163 5.7

9,242 8,593

649 7.0

10,940 10,312

628 5.7

2,253 2,135

118 5.2

21,598 20,681

917 4.2

5,622 5,362

260 4.6

55,114 52,129 2,985 5.4

33,032 31,900 1,132 3.4

4,932

4,742

190 3.9

144,110 134,970 9,140 6.3

2,015 9,660 134,611 58,797
877

1,881 8,971 129,516 55,584
755

134 689 5,095 3,213 122

6.7 7.1 3.8 5.5 13.9

141,911 128,464 13,447 9.5

2,991 2,878

113 3.8

419,203 399,132 20,071 4.8

19,003 17,937 1,066 5.6

22,048 21,028 1,020 4.6

76,069 73,342 2,727 3.6

8,222

7,837

385 4.7

74,778 71,061 3,717 5.0

5,579

5,310

269 4.8

9,730 8,862 868 8.9

Revised January 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

5,212,231 5,025,807 186,424 3 . 6

9,620 4,639 5,001 1,243 18,034

9,232 4,496 4,803 1,190 17,193

388 4.0 143 3.1 198 4.0
53 4.3 841 4.7

10,143 9,846

297 2.9

41,839 40,586 1,253 3.0

51,600 49,741 1,859 3.6

5,530 5,213

317 5.7

7,740 7,374 366 4.7

68,613 65,873 2,740 4.0

4,663 4,428

235 5.0

7,346 7,037 309 4.2

7,194 6,925 269 3.7

19,326 18,727 599 3.1

37,830 36,332 1,498 4.0

9,404 8,881

523 5.6

11,141 10,756 385 3.5

2,418 2,326

92 3.8

21,519 20,718

801 3.7

5,785 5,620

165 2.9

56,464 54,375 2,089 3.7

33,741 32,689 1,052 3.1

5,043 4,847

196 3.9

142,004 137,145 4,859 3.4

2,071

1,980

91 4.4

10,195 9,678

517 5.1

138,603 134,735 3,868 2.8

60,699 58,524 2,175 3.6

912

841

71 7.8

139,902 133,674 6,228 4.5

2,945 2,837

108 3.7

428,385 415,104 13,281 3.1

19,182 18,344 838 4.4

22,532 21,837 695 3.1

77,288 74,845 2,443 3.2

8,303 8,015 288 3.5

76,310 73,986 2,324 3.0

5,725 5,538

187 3.3

9,707 9,270

437 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

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

Preliminary January 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

7,928

7,678

250 3.2

12,413 12,004 409 3.3

11,686 11,197 489 4.2

395,535 371,395 24,140 6.1

6,998 6,639 359 5.1

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

5,042

4,717

325 6.4

37,560 34,577 2,983 7.9

72,347 68,255 4,092 5.7

4,587 4,323 264 5.8

2,042 1,982

60 2.9

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

32,112 30,899 1,213 3.8

8,030 7,565 465 5.8

8,806 8,215

591 6.7

5,177 4,945

232 4.5

11,247 10,869

378 3.4

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

56,539 54,484 2,055 3.6 44,274 42,186 2,088 4.7 121,476 117,807 3,669 3.0 10,094 9,661 433 4.3 557,275 523,095 34,180 6.1

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

12,058 11,629

429 3.6

1,272 1,237

35 2.8

38,538 36,675 1,863 4.8

28,998 27,788 1,210 4.2

11,069 10,667 402 3.6

Greene

7,085 6,733

352 5.0

Gwinnett

481,409 459,811 21,598 4.5

Habersham 18,663 17,811

852 4.6

Hall

103,248 99,831 3,417 3.3

Hancock

2,625 2,413

212 8.1

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

12,301 11,757 544 4.4

16,578 16,017

561 3.4

11,682 11,151

531 4.5

5,177 4,920

257 5.0

115,517 109,087 6,430 5.6

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

71,236 68,217 3,019 4.2

3,617 3,441

176 4.9

41,427 40,187 1,240 3.0

6,892 6,594 298 4.3

6,280 5,983

297 4.7

Revised December 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

7,940 7,644 296 3.7

12,447 11,957 490 3.9

11,312 10,734

578 5.1

400,623 373,114 27,509 6.9

7,034 6,619

415 5.9

4,924 4,567

357 7.3

38,308 34,937 3,371 8.8

73,260 68,546 4,714 6.4

4,420

4,129

291 6.6

1,910 1,837

73 3.8

32,400 31,005 1,395 4.3

8,019 7,477 542 6.8

8,662 8,008

654 7.6

5,094 4,832

262 5.1

11,321 10,857

464 4.1

57,107 54,704 2,403 4.2

43,988 41,701 2,287 5.2

122,376 118,075 4,301 3.5

9,934 9,448

486 4.9

563,697 524,883 38,814 6.9

12,038 11,524

514 4.3

1,249 1,201

48 3.8

38,664 36,545 2,119 5.5

28,639 27,341 1,298 4.5

10,719 10,265

454 4.2

7,049 6,630

419 5.9

485,966 461,362 24,604 5.1

18,645 17,725

920 4.9

103,556 99,610 3,946 3.8

2,531 2,300

231 9.1

12,398 11,780

618 5.0

16,539 15,910

629 3.8

11,420 10,836

584 5.1

5,182 4,897

285 5.5

116,856 109,605 7,251 6.2

71,807 68,391 3,416 4.8

3,487 3,283

204 5.9

42,049 40,630 1,419 3.4

6,875 6,547

328 4.8

6,091 5,762

329 5.4

Revised January 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,157 7,876

281 3.4

12,871 12,497

374 2.9

11,820 11,353

467 4.0

402,269 387,848 14,421 3.6

7,145 6,730

415 5.8

5,177 4,973

204 3.9

38,486 36,603 1,883 4.9

73,985 71,269 2,716 3.7

4,584 4,385

199 4.3

2,039 1,978

61 3.0

32,483 8,115 8,697 5,025
11,325

31,525 7,770 8,241 4,844
10,922

958 2.9 345 4.3 456 5.2 181 3.6 403 3.6

58,668 56,894 1,774 3.0

44,370 42,572 1,798 4.1

126,412 122,941 3,471 2.7

10,258 9,861

397 3.9

566,508 546,082 20,426 3.6

12,341 11,906

435 3.5

1,317 1,264

53 4.0

39,051 37,681 1,370 3.5

28,956 27,882 1,074 3.7

11,033 10,663

370 3.4

7,210 6,917

293 4.1

495,405 479,901 15,504 3.1

19,546 18,761

785 4.0

104,592 101,590 3,002 2.9

2,632 2,476

156 5.9

12,711 12,264

447 3.5

17,174 16,639 535 3.1

11,749 11,271

478 4.1

5,324 5,125

199 3.7

118,240 113,975 4,265 3.6

72,114 69,693 2,421 3.4

3,575 3,397

178 5.0

39,835 38,771 1,064 2.7

7,097 6,862

235 3.3

6,346 6,050 296 4.7

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

18

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Preliminary January 2021

Labor Force
6,813 3,282 4,204 13,560 8,049

Employment
6,402 3,097 4,025 13,057 7,622

Unemployment Number Rate
411 6.0 185 5.6 179 4.3 503 3.7 427 5.3

Revised December 2020

Labor Force
6,683 3,258 4,133 13,569 8,134

Employment
6,237 3,057 3,935 12,998 7,639

Unemployment Number Rate
446 6.7 201 6.2 198 4.8 571 4.2 495 6.1

Revised January 2020

Labor Force
6,912 3,236 4,135 13,947 8,295

Employment
6,552 3,084 3,967 13,488 7,952

Unemployment Number Rate
360 5.2 152 4.7 168 4.1 459 3.3 343 4.1

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,836 3,669

167 4.4

20,026 18,966 1,060 5.3

14,686 14,141 545 3.7

26,018 24,680 1,338 5.1

3,629 3,454

175 4.8

3,820 3,631

189 4.9

19,936 18,753 1,183 5.9

14,855 14,260 595 4.0

26,404 24,868 1,536 5.8

3,553 3,373

180 5.1

3,860 3,698

162 4.2

19,704 18,707

997 5.1

15,455 14,960

495 3.2

26,180 25,137 1,043 4.0

3,687 3,519

168 4.6

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

8,337 8,052

285 3.4

52,917 50,215 2,702 5.1

16,434 15,859

575 3.5

8,821 8,241 580 6.6

6,138 5,871

267 4.3

8,301 7,949

352 4.2

53,182 50,171 3,011 5.7

16,519 15,881 638 3.9

8,851 8,258 593 6.7

6,041

5,710

331 5.5

8,479 8,171 308 3.6

52,657 50,673 1,984 3.8

17,187 16,646

541 3.1

8,916 8,435

481 5.4

6,219 6,002

217 3.5

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

4,826 13,065
3,227 8,903 2,889

4,505 12,566
3,084 8,275 2,785

321 6.7 499 3.8 143 4.4 628 7.1 104 3.6

4,608 13,109 3,213 8,894
2,740

4,267 12,518 3,050 8,212 2,637

341 7.4 591 4.5 163 5.1 682 7.7 103 3.8

4,840 13,646
3,348 8,998 2,939

4,611 13,205
3,199 8,610 2,838

229 4.7 441 3.2 149 4.5 388 4.3 101 3.4

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

8,530 12,878 4,036
9,310 15,661

8,018 12,351 3,840
8,919 14,742

512 6.0 527 4.1 196 4.9 391 4.2 919 5.9

8,207 12,893
3,962 9,211 15,405

7,631 12,279
3,749 8,766 14,483

576 7.0 614 4.8 213 5.4 445 4.8 922 6.0

8,825 13,194 4,015 9,560 15,782

8,397 12,753 3,832 9,254 14,883

428 4.8 441 3.3 183 4.6 306 3.2 899 5.7

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

77,015 71,989 5,026 6.5

52,202 49,273 2,929 5.6

19,391 18,882 509 2.6

6,926 6,677

249 3.6

85,798 82,458 3,340 3.9

77,680 72,078 5,602 7.2

52,692 49,338 3,354 6.4

19,410 18,813

597 3.1

6,847 6,558

289 4.2

86,460 82,687 3,773 4.4

78,517 74,946 3,571 4.5

53,491 51,415 2,076 3.9

20,355 19,844

511 2.5

7,233 6,994

239 3.3

88,821 86,084 2,737 3.1

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

12,151 15,036
8,728 8,779 18,562

11,442 14,502
8,409 8,468 17,695

709 5.8 534 3.6 319 3.7 311 3.5 867 4.7

12,046 15,170 8,593 8,814 18,538

11,268 14,553
8,210 8,442 17,546

778 6.5 617 4.1 383 4.5 372 4.2 992 5.4

12,139 15,632
8,824 9,121 18,859

11,647 15,139 8,521 8,821 18,125

492 4.1 493 3.2 303 3.4 300 3.3 734 3.9

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,103 8,258
805 7,093 2,542

3,930 7,815
758 6,797 2,399

173 4.2 443 5.4
47 5.8 296 4.2 143 5.6

4,050 8,202
797 7,136 2,456

3,853 7,697
749 6,812 2,294

197 4.9 505 6.2
48 6.0 324 4.5 162 6.6

4,157 8,537
815 7,376 2,653

3,997 8,161
778 7,110 2,536

160 3.8 376 4.4
37 4.5 266 3.6 117 4.4

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

19

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

Preliminary January 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

86,210 80,714 5,496 6.4

44,121 41,478 2,643 6.0

2,183 2,086

97 4.4

5,186 4,819

367 7.1

3,171 3,036

135 4.3

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

28,601 26,730 1,871 6.5

10,439 9,909 530 5.1

2,590 2,464

126 4.9

12,757 11,834

923 7.2

2,782 2,617

165 5.9

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

537 9,955 2,772 3,874 3,536

501 9,567 2,591 3,527 3,266

36 6.7 388 3.9 181 6.5 347 9.0 270 7.6

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

17,103 21,352 12,448
3,729 2,830

16,184 20,441 11,757 3,545 2,694

919 5.4 911 4.3 691 5.6 184 4.9 136 4.8

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

37,993 35,787 2,206 5.8

3,426 3,179

247 7.2

2,827 2,650

177 6.3

10,623 10,279 344 3.2

11,469 10,857

612 5.3

Walker

30,847 29,737 1,110 3.6

Walton

45,180 43,397 1,783 3.9

Ware

15,645 14,929

716 4.6

Warren

2,737 2,563

174 6.4

Washington 6,948 6,532

416 6.0

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,780 11,222 558 4.7

1,040

981

59 5.7

1,671 1,562

109 6.5

16,393 15,837 556 3.4

43,953 41,550 2,403 5.5

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

2,868 3,791 3,881 8,952

2,714 3,556 3,678 8,509

154 5.4 235 6.2 203 5.2 443 4.9

Revised December 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

87,264 81,148 6,116 7.0

44,622 41,633 2,989 6.7

2,151 2,058

93 4.3

5,075 4,682

393 7.7

3,049 2,887

162 5.3

28,797 26,765 2,032 7.1

10,422 9,808

614 5.9

2,516 2,371

145 5.8

12,621 11,637 984 7.8

2,786 2,597

189 6.8

525 9,592 2,748 3,782 3,572

487 9,178 2,542 3,401 3,268

38 7.2 414 4.3 206 7.5 381 10.1 304 8.5

17,112 16,048 1,064 6.2

21,006 19,977 1,029 4.9

12,207 11,478

729 6.0

3,835 3,607

228 5.9

2,759 2,606

153 5.5

38,001 35,660 2,341 6.2

3,337 3,055

282 8.5

2,839 2,649

190 6.7

10,518 10,100

418 4.0

11,389 10,691 698 6.1

31,022 29,732 1,290 4.2

45,564 43,499 2,065 4.5

15,462 14,633

829 5.4

2,720 2,553

167 6.1

6,932 6,444 488 7.0

11,719 11,087

632 5.4

1,016

952

64 6.3

1,591 1,466

125 7.9

16,348 15,766

582 3.6

43,390 41,049 2,341 5.4

2,753 3,681 3,888 8,927

2,591 3,427 3,665 8,434

162 5.9 254 6.9 223 5.7 493 5.5

Revised January 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

86,924 82,671 4,253 4.9

45,099 43,304 1,795 4.0

2,254 2,168

86 3.8

5,177 4,944

233 4.5

3,252 3,118

134 4.1

29,119 27,890 1,229 4.2

10,761 10,326

435 4.0

2,627 2,519

108 4.1

12,995 12,304

691 5.3

2,833 2,720

113 4.0

546 10,178 2,803 4,012 3,618

512 9,777 2,686 3,596 3,446

34 6.2 401 3.9 117 4.2 416 10.4 172 4.8

17,278 21,064 12,338 3,864
2,763

16,594 20,363 11,732
3,665 2,611

684 4.0 701 3.3 606 4.9 199 5.2 152 5.5

38,573 3,390 2,923 10,706 11,656

37,381 3,231 2,742 10,343 11,209

1,192 3.1 159 4.7 181 6.2 363 3.4 447 3.8

31,655 30,555 1,100 3.5

46,797 45,298 1,499 3.2

15,757 15,140

617 3.9

2,751 2,622

129 4.7

7,064 6,734

330 4.7

11,598 11,114

484 4.2

1,064 1,013

51 4.8

1,717 1,588

129 7.5

16,681 16,226

455 2.7

44,554 41,982 2,572 5.8

2,853 3,846 3,993 9,308

2,736 3,636 3,840 8,956

117 4.1 210 5.5 153 3.8 352 3.8

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 January 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

*Albany

30,519 27,996 2,523 8.3

*Alpharetta

35,998 34,778 1,220 3.4

*Athens

58,461 55,585 2,876 4.9

*Atlanta

263,141 246,461 16,680 6.3

Dekalb Part

23,853 22,900

953 4.0

Fulton Part

239,288 223,561 15,727 6.6

*Augusta

86,210 80,714 5,496 6.4

*Brookhaven

34,021 33,080

941 2.8

*Canton

15,581 15,105

476 3.1

Carrollton

11,529 10,844

685 5.9

*Chamblee

20,144 19,549

595 3.0

*Columbus

77,015 71,989 5,026 6.5

Dalton

13,815 13,058

757 5.5

*Decatur

13,945 13,474

471 3.4

Douglasville

16,963 15,910 1,053 6.2

Duluth

15,706 15,031

675 4.3

*Dunwoody

26,600 25,656

944 3.5

East Point

17,100 15,282 1,818 10.6

Gainesville

20,614 19,840

774 3.8

Hinesville 15,342 14,614

728 4.7

*Johns Creek

43,692 42,152 1,540 3.5

Kennesaw

19,438 18,656

782 4.0

LaGrange

15,715 14,559 1,156 7.4

Lawrenceville

14,597 13,818

779 5.3

*McDonough

12,361 11,326 1,035 8.4

*Macon-Bibb

68,123 63,645 4,478 6.6

*Marietta 34,675 33,167 1,508 4.3

Milton 19,665 19,025

640 3.3

Newnan 18,936 17,906 1,030 5.4

Peachtree City

18,001 17,585

416 2.3

P'tree Corners

24,458 23,492

966 3.9

Pooler 13,873 13,301

572 4.1

Rome

15,562 14,652

910 5.8

*Roswell

52,057 50,373 1,684 3.2

*Sandy Springs 64,033 61,766 2,267 3.5

*Savannah

68,518 63,891 4,627 6.8

*Smyrna

34,262 32,783 1,479 4.3

Statesboro

14,405 13,422

983 6.8

Stockbridge

14,457 13,465

992 6.9

Tucker

19,545 18,576

969 5.0

*Valdosta

25,878 24,278 1,600 6.2

*Warner Robins 34,119 32,494 1,625 4.8

Woodstock

17,156 16,624

532 3.1

Revised December 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

31,152 28,287 2,865 9.2

36,226 34,897 1,329 3.7

58,797 55,584 3,213 5.5

267,337 247,331 20,006 7.5

24,130 23,006 1,124 4.7

243,207 224,325 18,882 7.8

87,264 81,148 6,116 7.0

34,329 33,233 1,096 3.2

15,728 15,155

573 3.6

11,557 10,840

717 6.2

20,315 19,639

676 3.3

77,680 72,078 5,602 7.2

13,641 12,901

740 5.4

14,109 13,536

573 4.1

17,209 15,978 1,231 7.2

15,857 15,082

775 4.9

26,827 25,775 1,052 3.9

17,434 15,335 2,099 12.0

20,687 19,796

891 4.3

15,561 14,725

836 5.4

43,956 42,296 1,660 3.8

19,571 18,726

845 4.3

15,736 14,508 1,228 7.8

14,772 13,865

907 6.1

12,542 11,380 1,162 9.3

68,798 63,856 4,942 7.2

35,008 33,291 1,717 4.9

19,831 19,090

741 3.7

19,199 17,952 1,247 6.5

18,167 17,656

511 2.8

24,754 23,571 1,183 4.8

14,031 13,356

675 4.8

15,495 14,483 1,012 6.5

52,448 50,545 1,903 3.6

64,603 61,978 2,625 4.1

69,474 64,158 5,316 7.7

34,596 32,906 1,690 4.9

14,369 13,305 1,064 7.4

14,728 13,529 1,199 8.1

19,743 18,662 1,081 5.5

26,052 24,256 1,796 6.9

34,474 32,573 1,901 5.5

17,314 16,678

636 3.7

Revised January 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

31,220 29,636 1,584 5.1

37,290 36,307

983 2.6

60,699 58,524 2,175 3.6

267,492 257,299 10,193 3.8

24,585 23,914

671 2.7

242,907 233,385 9,522 3.9

86,924 82,671 4,253 4.9

35,320 34,546

774 2.2

16,164 15,765

399 2.5

11,822 11,307

515 4.4

20,873 20,415

458 2.2

78,517 74,946 3,571 4.5

14,117 13,194

923 6.5

14,477 14,070

407 2.8

17,295 16,613

682 3.9

16,171 15,688

483 3.0

27,490 26,792

698 2.5

16,817 15,954

863 5.1

20,846 20,189

657 3.2

15,449 14,884

565 3.7

45,302 44,004 1,298 2.9

20,062 19,475

587 2.9

15,753 15,208

545 3.5

14,935 14,422

513 3.4

12,392 11,834

558 4.5

68,613 65,873 2,740 4.0

35,701 34,623 1,078 3.0

20,441 19,861

580 2.8

19,379 18,691

688 3.6

18,893 18,363

530 2.8

25,247 24,518

729 2.9

13,961 13,571

390 2.8

15,497 14,786

711 4.6

54,053 52,587 1,466 2.7

66,272 64,481 1,791 2.7

67,768 65,192 2,576 3.8

35,276 34,223 1,053 3.0

14,391 13,630

761 5.3

14,709 14,069

640 4.4

20,024 19,399

625 3.1

25,595 24,499 1,096 4.3

34,422 33,197 1,225 3.6

17,849 17,350

499 2.8

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 JANUARY 2021 January 2021

Dade 3.2

Catoosa 2.9

Walker

Whitfield

Murray 5.9

Fannin 3.4

Union 3.2

Towns 4.9

Rabun 4.2

3.6

5.5

Chattooga 6.6

Gordon 4.2

Floyd 4.7

Bartow 4.8

Gilmer 3.6
Pickens 3.6
Cherokee 3.3

Lumpkin 3.5
Dawson 3.3
Forsyth 3.0

White Habersham

3.4

4.6

Stephens

5.1

Banks Franklin

Hall

3.0

4.3

3.3

Jackson 3.0

Madison 3.8

Hart 4.5
Elbert 5.8

6.0% or greater 35 counties (22%)
5.0% to 5.9% 35 counties (22%)
4.0% to 4.9% 48 counties (30%)

Polk 4.7

Paulding

Cobb 4.3

Gwinnett 4.5

Barrow 3.6

Clarke 4.9

Oglethorpe 3.6

Less than 4.0% 41 counties (26%)

Haralson 4.4
Carroll 4.9
Heard 5.0

3.9 Douglas 5.7
Coweta 4.3

Fulton 6.1

DeKalb 6.1 Rockdale

Walton 3.9

Oconee 2.6

Clayton

6.0 Newton

8.6
Fayette 3.6

Henry 5.6

5.6

Morgan 4.2

Spalding 6.5

Butts 5.3

Jasper 4.3

Putnam 5.4

Wilkes 6.2

Lincoln 4.8

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

Greene 5.0

Taliaferro

6.7

McDuffie

Warren 6.6

Columbia 3.1

6.4

Richmond

Hancock

6.4

8.1

Glascock

2.8

Troup 5.8

Meriwether 7.1

Pike 3.5

Lamar 5.3

Monroe 4.1

Jones 3.7

Baldwin 6.2

Washington

Jefferson 6.0

Burke 6.4

Upson

6.0

Harris 3.4

Talbot 5.9

Muscogee 6.5
Marion Chattahoochee 4.4

5.3
Taylor 6.5

Crawford 4.5

Bibb 6.6

Twiggs 6.3

Wilkinson 5.2

Peach

5.8

Macon 6.7

Houston 4.2

Bleckley 5.9

Laurens 5.3

Johnson 4.3

Emanuel 6.7

Jenkins 5.6

Screven 7.1

Treutlen 4.8

Candler 4.0

Bulloch 5.2

Effingham 3.8

5.2
Stewart 4.9

Schley 4.4

Webster 5.7

Sumter 7.2

Quitman

5.8 Randolph

Terrell

Lee

5.6

7.6

3.7

Clay

Dooly 6.4

Pulaski 4.2

Dodge 5.1

Crisp 7.5

Wilcox 5.4

Turner 7.2

Ben Hill 7.1

Montgomery

Wheeler 6.5

4.9

Toombs 5.6

Evans 4.5

Tattnall

Telfair

3.9

9.0

Jeff Davis 4.7

Appling 4.1

Long 3.4

Bryan 3.6
Liberty 5.1

Chatham 5.7

11.5

Calhoun

Dougherty

4.4

7.9

Early 5.8
Miller 3.6

Baker 5.4

Mitchell 6.0

Worth 4.9
Colquitt 3.8

Irwin 4.9
Tift 4.3

Coffee 5.2

Berrien

Atkinson

4.3

3.2

Cook

4.1 Lanier

Bacon 4.1

Wayne 4.7

Pierce 3.7
Ware 4.6

Brantley 4.4

McIntosh 4.3
Glynn 4.8

Seminole 4.3

Decatur 4.2

Grady 3.6

Thomas 5.4

Brooks 4.5

4.4
Lowndes 5.1

Clinch 3.0

Charlton 3.2

Camden 3.6

Echols

2.9

Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 5.0 %
Georgia's U(nNoet SmeasponlaollyyAmdjusetend)t Rate: 5.0% (not seasonally adjusted) Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics and Economic Research
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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

January 2021 Initial
Claims

Average Weekly Benefit

County

January 2021 Initial
Claims

Average Weekly Benefit

County

January 2021 Initial
Claims

Average Weekly Benefit

Georgia
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham

130,426.............. $255
197.............. $262 188.............. $264 106.............. $208
21.............. $247 435.............. $211 169.............. $249 686.............. $231 1,926.............. $263 245.............. $218 245.............. $232 1,974.............. $201 144.............. $244 127.............. $247 153.............. $201 341.............. $239 958.............. $211 324.............. $242 230.............. $233
83.............. $220 406.............. $202 103.............. $210 1,555.............. $224 314.............. $242
52.............. $245 3,736.............. $208
32.............. $201 181.............. $236 1,909.............. $238 1,440.............. $195
62.............. $208 5,055.............. $221
38.............. $227 7,716.............. $234
644.............. $248 414.............. $234 1,110.............. $232 245.............. $206 1,781.............. $237 113.............. $241 505.............. $247 188.............. $270 193.............. $217 217.............. $209 8,901.............. $228 194.............. $227 143.............. $222 1,476.............. $198 1,833.............. $227
99.............. $187 14.............. $291 544.............. $237

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

369.............. $255 284.............. $218
94.............. $221 133.............. $221 983.............. $229 1,636.............. $250 1,152.............. $243 318.............. $243 14,412.............. $230 243.............. $232
14.............. $267 934.............. $215 1,159.............. $260 132.............. $246 152.............. $221 8,877.............. $228 602.............. $252 1,502.............. $228
86.............. $236 324.............. $221 386.............. $230 304.............. $257 163.............. $255 3,104.............. $224 1,651.............. $229
89.............. $220 652.............. $235 167.............. $246
99.............. $239 228.............. $222 108.............. $265 105.............. $204 216.............. $221 243.............. $228
96.............. $201 604.............. $199 504.............. $228 546.............. $213 101.............. $237 101.............. $243 1,549.............. $193 263.............. $208 212.............. $242 284.............. $223
77.............. $232 492.............. $231
99.............. $210 397.............. $240
45.............. $214 159.............. $209 206.............. $224 146.............. $237 131.............. $242 1,085.............. $261

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

2,716.............. $236 1,151.............. $227
236.............. $216 92.............. $243
1,325.............. $235 476.............. $241 227.............. $218 125.............. $217 171.............. $260 661.............. $259 137.............. $246 259.............. $241 12.............. $245 142.............. $257 112.............. $233
2,825.............. $223 1,142.............. $231
42.............. $229 292.............. $269
75.............. $223 1,085.............. $241
338.............. $237 53.............. $258
471.............. $209 81.............. $252 11.............. $212
169.............. $233 137.............. $276 125.............. $210 107.............. $219 483.............. $214 574.............. $199 438.............. $233 107.............. $198
71.............. $230 1,437.............. $228
107.............. $212 74.............. $234
204.............. $204 459.............. $262 549.............. $248 902.............. $232 351.............. $205 129.............. $219 203.............. $212 250.............. $262
25.............. $199 100.............. $182 299.............. $218 4,110.............. $266
66.............. $215 111.............. $239 80.............. $223 170.............. $255

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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