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Georgia's unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) continued to decline, currently at 3.1 percent in October from 3.3 percent in September 2021. Unemployment in Georgia has fallen to the lowest rate in the state's recorded history, breaking the record previously set in September. Over the year, the unemployment rate is down from 5.9 percent in October 2020.

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Georgia Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

OCT 2021 SEP 2021

Revised OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 2020
Net %

Total Nonfarm

4,605.6

4,584.5

4,408.7

21.1 0.5

196.9 4.5

Total Private

3,932.4

3,910.1

3,733.5

22.3 0.6

198.9 5.3

Goods Producing

614.4

609.4

593.1

5.0 0.8

21.3 3.6

Service-Providing

3,991.2

3,975.1

3,815.6

16.1 0.4

175.6 4.6

Private Service-Providing

3,318.0

3,300.7

3,140.4

17.3 0.5

177.6 5.7

Mining and Logging

9.7

9.7

9.3

0.0 0.0

0.4 4.3

Mining, Logging and Construction

216.9

215.2

208.7

1.7 0.8

8.2 3.9

Construction

207.2

205.5

199.4

1.7 0.8

7.8 3.9

Manufacturing

397.5

394.2

384.4

3.3 0.8

13.1 3.4

Durable Goods

195.9

194.6

191.0

1.3 0.7

4.9 2.6

Non-Durable Goods

201.6

199.6

193.4

2.0 1.0

8.2 4.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

977.4

970.6

932.1

6.8 0.7

45.3 4.9

Wholesale Trade

215.0

214.8

207.4

0.2 0.1

7.6 3.7

Retail Trade

502.6

499.6

488.2

3.0 0.6

14.4 2.9

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

259.8

256.2

236.5

3.6 1.4

23.3 9.9

Information

119.3

117.7

110.0

1.6 1.4

9.3 8.5

Financial Activities

254.9

254.9

250.9

0.0 0.0

4.0 1.6

Finance and Insurance

183.2

183.1

180.8

0.1 0.1

2.4 1.3

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

71.7

71.8

70.1

-0.1 -0.1

1.6 2.3

Professional and Business Services

755.0

751.8

694.6

3.2 0.4

60.4 8.7

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

296.7

296.9

278.2

-0.2 -0.1

18.5 6.6

Management of Companies and Enterprises

87.4

86.3

85.2

1.1 1.3

2.2 2.6

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

370.9

368.6

331.2

2.3 0.6

39.7 12.0

Education and Health Services

610.2

606.8

586.9

3.4 0.6

23.3 4.0

Educational Services

94.3

93.4

87.9

0.9 1.0

6.4 7.3

Health Care and Social Assistance

515.9

513.4

499.0

2.5 0.5

16.9 3.4

Leisure and Hospitality

446.5

445.1

415.2

1.4 0.3

31.3 7.5

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

47.6

47.0

44.8

0.6 1.3

2.8 6.3

Accommodation and Food Services

398.9

398.1

370.4

0.8 0.2

28.5 7.7

Other Services

154.7

153.8

150.7

0.9 0.6

4.0 2.7

Government

673.2

674.4

675.2

-1.2 -0.2

-2.0 -0.3

Federal Government

106.4

106.7

110.2

-0.3 -0.3

-3.8 -3.4

State Government

159.4

159.9

159.7

-0.5 -0.3

-0.3 -0.2

Local Government

407.4

407.8

405.3

-0.4 -0.1

2.1 0.5

Note: These seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers throughout Georgia. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 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

OCT 2021 SEP 2020 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2020
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 2020
Net %

Total Nonfarm

4,635.9

Total Private

3,956.5

Goods Producing

614.6

Service-Providing

4,021.3

Private Service-Providing

3,341.9

Mining and Logging

9.7

Mining, Logging and Construction

216.9

Construction

207.2

Construction of Buildings

48.7

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

34.8

Specialty Trade Contractors

123.7

Manufacturing

397.7

Durable Goods

195.6

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

50.3

Non-Durable Goods

202.1

Food Manufacturing

68.0

Textile Mills

15.9

Textile Product Mills

26.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

979.8

Wholesale Trade

216.0

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

113.8

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

62.0

Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 40.2

Retail Trade

501.7

Food and Beverage Stores

94.5

General Merchandise Stores

108.9

Miscellaneous Store Retailers

19.9

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

262.1

Utilities

19.4

Transportation and Warehousing

242.7

Air Transportation

27.9

Truck Transportation

57.5

Couriers and Messengers

34.8

Warehousing and Storage

72.3

Information

122.1

Telecommunications

36.2

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

31.1

Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

18.4

Financial Activities

255.2

Finance and Insurance

183.1

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

88.4

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

72.1

Professional and Business Services

766.0

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

296.6

Accounting, Tax Prep, and Bookkeeping Services

37.7

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

43.7

Computer Systems Design and Related Services

75.2

Management and Technical Consulting Services

51.7

Management of Companies and Enterprises

87.7

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

381.7

Employment Services

195.9

Education and Health Services

616.2

Educational Services

97.7

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

50.4

Health Care and Social Assistance

518.5

Ambulatory Health Care Services

238.7

Hospitals

156.2

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

56.9

Social Assistance

66.7

Leisure and Hospitality

447.2

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

48.4

Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

37.2

Accommodation and Food Services

398.8

Accommodation

41.9

Food Services and Drinking Places

356.9

Other Services

155.4

Repair and Maintenance

43.2

Personal and Laundry Services

37.8

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar

74.4

Government

679.4

Federal Government

106.6

Department of Defense

46.3

State Government

162.7

State Government Educational Services

98.4

State Government excluding Educational Services

64.3

Local Government

410.1

Local Government Educational Services

242.8

Local Government excluding Educational Services

167.3

4,572.5 3,896.2
607.0 3,965.5 3,289.2
9.6 214.4 204.8
47.9 33.7 123.2 392.6 194.2 49.9 198.4 65.0 16.0 26.1 965.0 214.5 113.0 61.7 39.8 494.4 93.5 106.5 19.5 256.1 19.4 236.7 27.2 57.5 34.4 69.8 118.0 36.1 31.0 17.5 254.3 182.8 87.7 71.5 751.9 294.2 36.5 43.3 75.2 50.8 86.6 371.1 188.8 603.0 92.9 48.1 510.1 233.5 155.9 56.0 64.7 443.8 48.5 37.7 395.3 41.5 353.8 153.2 42.2 37.0 74.0 676.3 106.9 46.1 161.8 96.8 65.0 407.6 241.5 166.1

4,435.9 3,754.3
593.7 3,842.2 3,160.6
9.3 209.3 200.0
44.9 35.1 120.0 384.4 190.4 50.3 194.0 65.5 16.1 25.4 934.1 207.8 109.1 61.1 37.6 487.4 96.9 109.7 20.1 238.9 19.7 219.2 23.4 56.2 33.3 65.7 112.0 35.5 30.3 16.4 251.9 180.8 87.3 71.1 702.9 279.2 33.8 42.7 72.5 47.0 85.4 338.3 170.6 594.4 91.3 47.0 503.1 223.7 154.4 57.0 68.0 414.6 43.2 33.2 371.4 32.6 338.8 150.7 40.5 34.7 75.5 681.6 110.7 45.0 162.9 96.2 66.7 408.0 236.3 171.7

63.4 1.4 60.3 1.6
7.6 1.3 55.8 1.4 52.7 1.6
0.1 1.0 2.5 1.2 2.4 1.2 0.8 1.7 1.1 3.3 0.5 0.4 5.1 1.3 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.8 3.7 1.9 3.0 4.6 -0.1 -0.6 0.2 0.8 14.8 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.0 7.3 1.5 1.0 1.1 2.4 2.3 0.4 2.1 6.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 6.0 2.5 0.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 2.5 3.6 4.1 3.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.9 5.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 14.1 1.9 2.4 0.8 1.2 3.3 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.8 1.1 1.3 10.6 2.9 7.1 3.8 13.2 2.2 4.8 5.2 2.3 4.8 8.4 1.7 5.2 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.6 2.0 3.1 3.4 0.8 -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1.3 3.5 0.9 0.4 1.0 3.1 0.9 2.2 1.4 1.0 2.4 0.8 2.2 0.4 0.5 3.1 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.6 1.7 -0.7 -1.1 2.5 0.6 1.3 0.5 1.2 0.7

200.0 202.2
20.9 179.1 181.3
0.4 7.6 7.2 3.8 -0.3 3.7 13.3 5.2 0.0 8.1 2.5 -0.2 0.9 45.7 8.2 4.7 0.9 2.6 14.3 -2.4 -0.8 -0.2 23.2 -0.3 23.5 4.5 1.3 1.5 6.6 10.1 0.7 0.8 2.0 3.3 2.3 1.1 1.0 63.1 17.4 3.9 1.0 2.7 4.7 2.3 43.4 25.3 21.8 6.4 3.4 15.4 15.0 1.8 -0.1 -1.3 32.6 5.2 4.0 27.4 9.3 18.1 4.7 2.7 3.1 -1.1 -2.2 -4.1 1.3 -0.2 2.2 -2.4 2.1 6.5 -4.4

4.5 5.4 3.5 4.7 5.7 4.3 3.6 3.6 8.5 -0.9 3.1 3.5 2.7 0.0 4.2 3.8 -1.2 3.5 4.9 4.0 4.3 1.5 6.9 2.9 -2.5 -0.7 -1.0 9.7 -1.5 10.7 19.2 2.3 4.5 10.1 9.0 2.0 2.6 12.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 9.0 6.2 11.5 2.3 3.7 10.0 2.7 12.8 14.8 3.7 7.0 7.2 3.1 6.7 1.2 -0.2 -1.9 7.9 12.0 12.1 7.4 28.5 5.3 3.1 6.7 8.9 -1.5 -0.3 -3.7 2.9 -0.1 2.3 -3.6 0.5 2.8 -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 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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

60.2

59.9

59.9

0.3 0.5

48.8

48.4

48.2

0.4 0.8

6.6

6.4

6.5

0.2 3.1

53.6

53.5

53.4

0.1 0.2

42.2

42.0

41.7

0.2 0.5

12.5

12.4

12.3

0.1 0.8

7.3

7.3

7.3

0.0 0.0

11.4

11.5

11.7

-0.1 -0.9

2.6

2.7

2.8

-0.1 -3.7

2.3

2.3

2.3

0.0 0.0

6.5

6.5

6.6

0.0 0.0

0.3 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.1 1.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -2.6 -0.2 -7.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.5

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 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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

95.3

94.5

93.4

67.3

66.8

65.2

9.4

9.4

9.3

85.9

85.1

84.1

57.9

57.4

55.9

16.6

16.3

15.9

10.7

10.5

10.4

9.1

9.0

8.4

10.2

10.1

9.6

28.0

27.7

28.2

1.1

1.1

1.2

18.9

18.9

19.1

8.0

7.7

7.9

0.8 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.3 1.8 0.2 1.9 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.9

1.9 2.0 2.1 3.2 0.1 1.1 1.8 2.1 2.0 3.6 0.7 4.4 0.3 2.9 0.7 8.3 0.6 6.3 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 -8.3 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 1.3

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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021

Revised OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

2,839.9 2,505.9
303.7 2,536.2 2,202.2
1.7 132.7 131.0
32.1 81.6 171.0 88.9 14.6 82.1 23.9 605.9 150.7 80.4 40.3 30.0 284.3 58.5 59.0 13.2 170.9
9.9 161.0
26.5 36.9 25.7 106.9 30.3 26.1 17.8 182.1 130.1 61.9 52.0 572.4 239.6 27.4 33.0 61.6 46.9 76.3 256.5 134.2 377.8 69.1 308.7 149.9 86.5 41.4 261.5 34.5 227.0 19.2 207.8 95.6 26.2 25.3 334.0 49.9 75.3 208.8

2,799.2 2,467.3
300.1 2,499.1 2,167.2
1.6 131.3 129.7
31.1 81.8 168.8 88.2 14.5 80.6 22.7 598.1 151.0 80.7 40.1 30.2 280.2 57.7 57.5 12.9 166.9
9.9 157.0
25.8 36.2 24.8 103.6 30.3 26.1 17.0 181.5 130.0 61.6 51.5 561.5 237.7 26.4 32.7 62.1 46.2 76.0 247.8 128.1 367.0 66.6 300.4 145.0 86.5 39.8 260.5 34.9 225.6 19.2 206.4 95.0 25.8 25.3 331.9 50.0 74.2 207.7

2,705.1 2,374.2
291.6 2,413.5 2,082.6
1.6 128.2 126.6
29.0 79.5 163.4 85.7 14.6 77.7 22.7 583.7 146.2 79.8 37.9 28.5 279.5 59.9 57.8 13.2 158.0 10.2 147.8 22.9 35.5 24.5 98.3 29.9 25.6 15.8 180.3 128.2 62.1 52.1 528.5 224.3 24.9 32.4 61.8 41.4 74.4 229.8 120.7 358.4 64.6 293.8 137.6 85.6 42.6 239.9 29.3 210.6 15.7 194.9 93.5 23.7 23.7 330.9 51.4 71.9 207.6

40.7 1.5 38.6 1.6
3.6 1.2 37.1 1.5 35.0 1.6
0.1 6.3 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 3.2 -0.2 -0.2 2.2 1.3 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.7 1.5 1.9 1.2 5.3 7.8 1.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.2 -0.7 4.1 1.5 0.8 1.4 1.5 2.6 0.3 2.3 4.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 4.0 2.6 0.7 2.7 0.7 1.9 0.9 3.6 3.3 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 4.7 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.0 10.9 1.9 1.9 0.8 1.0 3.8 0.3 0.9 -0.5 -0.8 0.7 1.5 0.3 0.4 8.7 3.5 6.1 4.8 10.8 2.9 2.5 3.8 8.3 2.8 4.9 3.4 0.0 0.0 1.6 4.0 1.0 0.4 -0.4 -1.2 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.6 -0.1 -0.2 1.1 1.5 1.1 0.5

134.8 131.7
12.1 122.7 119.6
0.1 4.5 4.4 3.1 2.1 7.6 3.2 0.0 4.4 1.2 22.2 4.5 0.6 2.4 1.5 4.8 -1.4 1.2 0.0 12.9 -0.3 13.2 3.6 1.4 1.2 8.6 0.4 0.5 2.0 1.8 1.9 -0.2 -0.1 43.9 15.3 2.5 0.6 -0.2 5.5 1.9 26.7 13.5 19.4 4.5 14.9 12.3 0.9 -1.2 21.6 5.2 16.4 3.5 12.9 2.1 2.5 1.6 3.1 -1.5 3.4 1.2

5.0 5.6 4.2 5.1 5.7 6.3 3.5 3.5 10.7 2.6 4.7 3.7 0.0 5.7 5.3 3.8 3.1 0.8 6.3 5.3 1.7 -2.3 2.1 0.0 8.2 -2.9 8.9 15.7 3.9 4.9 8.8 1.3 2.0 12.7 1.0 1.5 -0.3 -0.2 8.3 6.8 10.0 1.9 -0.3 13.3 2.6 11.6 11.2 5.4 7.0 5.1 8.9 1.1 -2.8 9.0 17.8 7.8 22.3 6.6 2.3 10.6 6.8 0.9 -2.9 4.7 0.6

Note: These not seasonally adjusted estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by
selected employers in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, 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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

238.6 193.8
43.4 195.2 150.4
20.0 23.4 43.5
5.7 29.3
8.5 2.2 6.1 31.0 35.6 23.7 8.3 44.8 10.1 13.4 21.3

236.6 191.9
43.7 192.9 148.2
20.6 23.1 41.4
5.7 27.4
8.3 2.2 6.1 31.6 35.2 23.4 8.3 44.7 10.2 13.2 21.3

236.9 191.2
42.8 194.1 148.4
19.7 23.1 40.7
5.6 27.0
8.1 2.2 6.2 32.3 35.3 23.7 8.0 45.7 10.5 14.0 21.2

2.0 0.9 1.9 1.0 -0.3 -0.7 2.3 1.2 2.2 1.5 -0.6 -2.9 0.3 1.3 2.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 1.9 6.9 0.2 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -1.9 0.4 1.1 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -1.0 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.0

1.7 0.7 2.6 1.4 0.6 1.4 1.1 0.6 2.0 1.4 0.3 1.5 0.3 1.3 2.8 6.9 0.1 1.8 2.3 8.5 0.4 4.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.6 -1.3 -4.0 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.8 -0.9 -2.0 -0.4 -3.8 -0.6 -4.3 0.1 0.5

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 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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

43.6

43.4

42.0

0.2 0.5

35.1

34.8

33.5

0.3 0.9

4.2

4.2

4.1

0.0 0.0

39.4

39.2

37.9

0.2 0.5

30.9

30.6

29.4

0.3 1.0

8.9

8.8

8.6

0.1 1.1

5.6

5.6

5.5

0.0 0.0

8.5

8.6

8.5

-0.1 -1.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

0.0 0.0

1.8

1.9

1.8

-0.1 -5.3

4.6

4.6

4.6

0.0 0.0

1.6 3.8 1.6 4.8 0.1 2.4 1.5 4.0 1.5 5.1 0.3 3.5 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

119.3 96.5 15.7 103.6 80.8
5.2 10.5 18.0
2.8 12.7
2.5 1.1 12.1 10.1 3.6 15.3 16.0 14.3 4.0 22.8 6.6 4.0 12.2

117.9 95.2 15.3 102.6 79.9
5.0 10.3 17.7
2.8 12.4
2.5 1.1 12.1 10.1 3.6 15.0 15.8 14.2 4.0 22.7 6.6 4.0 12.1

117.4 93.7 15.2 102.2 78.5
4.8 10.4 17.5
2.7 12.5
2.3 1.1 12.2 10.3 3.6 14.7 15.6 13.5 3.9 23.7 7.0 4.3 12.4

1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 0.4 2.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.2 4.0 0.2 1.9 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.0 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8

1.9 1.6 2.8 3.0 0.5 3.3 1.4 1.4 2.3 2.9 0.4 8.3 0.1 1.0 0.5 2.9 0.1 3.7 0.2 1.6 0.2 8.7 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.2 -1.9 0.0 0.0 0.6 4.1 0.4 2.6 0.8 5.9 0.1 2.6 -0.9 -3.8 -0.4 -5.7 -0.3 -7.0 -0.2 -1.6

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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

65.6

64.9

64.4

58.7

58.0

57.4

24.3

24.0

23.4

41.3

40.9

41.0

34.4

34.0

34.0

22.8

22.5

21.9

4.1

4.1

4.0

13.4

13.2

13.1

13.9

13.7

13.6

6.5

6.4

6.4

3.6

3.5

3.4

7.6

7.5

7.1

6.9

6.9

7.0

0.2

0.2

0.3

1.1

1.1

1.1

5.6

5.6

5.6

0.7 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.3 1.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 1.2 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.2 1.5 0.1 1.6 0.1 2.9 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1.2 1.9 1.3 2.3 0.9 3.9 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.2 0.9 4.1 0.1 2.5 0.3 2.3 0.3 2.2 0.1 1.6 0.2 5.9 0.5 7.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 -33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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

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

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Gainesville MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 2020
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing

96.7

95.2

93.7

86.0

84.6

83.0

24.7

24.4

24.5

1.5 1.6 1.4 1.7 0.3 1.2

3.0 3.2 3.0 3.6 0.2 0.8

Service-Providing Private Service-Providing

72.0

70.8

69.2

61.3

60.2

58.5

1.2 1.7 1.1 1.8

2.8 4.1 2.8 4.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

17.6

17.5

18.1

0.1 0.6

-0.5 -2.8

Retail Trade Government

9.2

9.2

9.2

10.7

10.6

10.7

0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Federal Government

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.0 0.0

-0.1 -16.7

State Government Local Government

2.5

2.5

2.6

0.0 0.0

7.7

7.6

7.5

0.1 1.3

-0.1 -3.9 0.2 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 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 OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 2020
Net %

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

21.2

20.8

20.6

13.2

12.9

12.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

18.7

18.3

18.2

10.7

10.4

10.2

8.0

7.9

8.0

3.9

3.9

4.0

0.4

0.4

0.4

3.7

3.6

3.6

0.4 1.9 0.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.2 0.3 2.9 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.8

0.6 2.9 0.6 4.8 0.1 4.2 0.5 2.8 0.5 4.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.8

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

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

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Macon-BIBB County MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

102.0

101.0

98.1

1.0 1.0

87.4

86.5

84.0

0.9 1.0

9.9

10.1

9.9

-0.2 -2.0

92.1

90.9

88.2

1.2 1.3

77.5

76.4

74.1

1.1 1.4

21.9

21.1

19.1

0.8 3.8

12.5

12.3

11.7

0.2 1.6

5.4

5.2

4.8

0.2 3.9

9.6

9.6

9.6

0.0 0.0

11.1

11.1

11.1

0.0 0.0

21.5

21.1

21.0

0.4 1.9

9.8

9.8

9.5

0.0 0.0

14.6

14.5

14.1

0.1 0.7

1.1

1.1

1.2

0.0 0.0

4.1

4.1

3.9

0.0 0.0

9.4

9.3

9.0

0.1 1.1

3.9 4.0 3.4 4.1 0.0 0.0 3.9 4.4 3.4 4.6 2.8 14.7 0.8 6.8 0.6 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.4 0.3 3.2 0.5 3.6 -0.1 -8.3 0.2 5.1 0.4 4.4

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 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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

41.5

40.9

40.3

35.9

35.3

34.8

7.1

6.9

7.1

34.4

34.0

33.2

28.8

28.4

27.7

6.1

6.0

6.1

7.9

7.5

7.7

4.5

4.4

4.7

10.9

10.8

11.0

5.6

5.6

5.5

0.2

0.2

0.2

1.5

1.5

1.6

3.9

3.9

3.7

0.6 1.5 0.6 1.7 0.2 2.9 0.4 1.2 0.4 1.4 0.1 1.7 0.4 5.3 0.1 2.3 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1.2 3.0 1.1 3.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.6 1.1 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.6 -0.2 -4.3 -0.1 -0.9 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -6.3 0.2 5.4

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 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

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Savannah MSA Nonfarm Employment

(In thousands)

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

194.3 170.6
26.1 168.2 144.5
8.3 17.8 45.6
6.5 21.0 18.1
1.8 6.1 31.1 27.1 25.5 7.3 23.7 2.9 5.1 15.7

192.4 168.6
26.2 166.2 142.4
8.2 18.0 45.6
6.5 20.8 18.3
1.7 6.0 29.7 26.6 25.6 7.2 23.8 2.9 5.2 15.7

182.2 157.3
24.9 157.3 132.4
8.1 16.8 43.5
6.4 21.2 15.9
1.6 6.0 25.1 26.1 23.0 7.1 24.9 3.3 5.4 16.2

1.9 1.0 2.0 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 2.0 1.2 2.1 1.5 0.1 1.2 -0.2 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 5.9 0.1 1.7 1.4 4.7 0.5 1.9 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 1.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.9 0.0 0.0

12.1 6.6 13.3 8.5
1.2 4.8 10.9 6.9 12.1 9.1
0.2 2.5 1.0 6.0 2.1 4.8 0.1 1.6 -0.2 -0.9 2.2 13.8 0.2 12.5 0.1 1.7 6.0 23.9 1.0 3.8 2.5 10.9 0.2 2.8 -1.2 -4.8 -0.4 -12.1 -0.3 -5.6 -0.5 -3.1

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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

57.9

56.9

56.2

44.9

44.1

43.3

7.6

7.6

7.3

50.3

49.3

48.9

37.3

36.5

36.0

13.8

13.7

13.7

7.2

7.2

7.0

13.0

12.8

12.9

1.1

1.1

1.2

3.6

3.5

3.6

8.3

8.2

8.1

1.0 1.8 0.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.8 2.2 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.9 0.1 1.2

1.7 3.0 1.6 3.7 0.3 4.1 1.4 2.9 1.3 3.6 0.1 0.7 0.2 2.9 0.1 0.8 -0.1 -8.3 0.0 0.0 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 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

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 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

79.9

78.7

76.4

51.2

50.3

48.2

10.7

10.6

10.1

69.2

68.1

66.3

40.5

39.7

38.1

10.9

10.8

11.2

8.9

8.8

8.8

28.7

28.4

28.2

15.8

15.7

15.8

2.5

2.3

2.4

10.4

10.4

10.0

1.2 1.5 0.9 1.8 0.1 0.9 1.1 1.6 0.8 2.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.1 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.2 8.7 0.0 0.0

3.5 4.6 3.0 6.2 0.6 5.9 2.9 4.4 2.4 6.3 -0.3 -2.7 0.1 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 4.2 0.4 4.0

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

Revised

OCT 2021 SEP 2021 OCT 2020

Change in Jobs from SEP 2021
Net %

Change in Jobs from OCT 2020
Net %

Albany MSA

59.8

60.0

59.5

-0.2 -0.3

0.3 0.5

Athens-Clarke County MSA

93.8

93.8

92.3

0.0 0.0

1.5 1.6

Atlanta MSA

2,823.8

2,801.7

2,694.3

22.1 0.8

129.5 4.8

Octobera-Richmond County MSA

239.0

238.8

236.7

0.2 0.1

2.3 1.0

Brunswick MSA

43.7

43.5

42.1

0.2 0.5

1.6 3.8

Columbus MSA

118.6

118.0

116.6

0.6 0.5

2.0 1.7

Dalton MSA

65.6

64.9

64.6

0.7 1.1

1.0 1.5

Gainesville MSA

96.1

95.5

93.3

0.6 0.6

2.8 3.0

Hinesville MSA

21.1

20.9

20.5

0.2 1.0

0.6 2.9

Macon-Bibb County MSA

101.9

101.6

97.9

0.3 0.3

4.0 4.1

Rome MSA

41.3

41.0

40.0

0.3 0.7

1.3 3.2

Savannah MSA

194.3

193.9

182.5

0.4 0.2

11.8 6.5

Valdosta MSA

57.0

56.9

55.5

0.1 0.2

1.5 2.7

Warner Robins MSA

80.0

78.6

76.5

1.4 1.8

3.5 4.6

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 OCT 2021

Revised SEP 2021

Revised OCT 2020

Total Private..................................................................................................$1,000.85.............................$993.71....................... $959.11 Goods Producing....................................................................................... $1,186.55.......................... $1,168.77..................... $1,119.15 Private Service Providing............................................................................. $968.03............................ $960.45.......................$930.52 Construction.............................................................................................$1,177.00.......................... $1,140.44.................... $1,153.60 Manufacturing..........................................................................................$1,107.97.......................... $1,109.97.....................$1,081.19 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities........................................................... $838.69.............................$841.77....................... $832.12 Financial Activities..................................................................................$1,372.86..........................$1,385.92.................... $1,331.25 Professional and Business Services......................................................$1,234.80..........................$1,208.52.................... $1,154.36 Educational and Health Services............................................................ $1,092.10..........................$1,075.59.................... $1,045.16 Leisure and Hospitality.............................................................................. $430.94.............................$419.72.......................$376.54 Other Services...........................................................................................$775.38............................ $790.36.......................$773.77

Average Weekly Hours (AWH)

Preliminary OCT 2021

Revised SEP 2021

Revised OCT 2020

Total Private...........................................................................................................34.5...................................34.6.............................34.7 Goods Producing................................................................................................ 41.3...................................40.4............................. 41.9 Private Service Providing....................................................................................33.3.................................. 33.5.............................33.4 Construction..................................................................................................... 41.4...................................40.1............................. 41.2 Manufacturing..................................................................................................40.6................................... 40.1............................. 42.3 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities..................................................................33.9.................................. 34.4.............................34.3 Financial Activities...........................................................................................34.8.................................. 35.5.............................35.5 Professional and Business Services...............................................................36.5...................................36.0.............................36.6 Educational and Health Services.....................................................................33.5.................................. 34.2.............................34.0 Leisure and Hospitality.....................................................................................26.8...................................26.7.............................26.8 Other Services.................................................................................................32.2...................................32.7............................. 31.1

Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)

Preliminary OCT 2021

Revised SEP 2021

Revised OCT 2020

Total Private.......................................................................................................$29.01...............................$28.72......................... $27.64 Goods Producing............................................................................................$28.73.............................. $28.93......................... $26.71 Private Service Providing................................................................................$29.07...............................$28.67......................... $27.86 Construction.................................................................................................$28.43.............................. $28.44.........................$28.00 Manufacturing.............................................................................................. $27.29............................... $27.68.........................$25.56 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities.............................................................. $24.74...............................$24.47.........................$24.26 Financial Activities...................................................................................... $39.45.............................. $39.04......................... $37.50 Professional and Business Services.......................................................... $33.83.............................. $33.57.........................$31.54 Educational and Health Services................................................................ $32.60...............................$31.45......................... $30.74 Leisure and Hospitality.................................................................................$16.08...............................$15.72......................... $14.05 Other Services.............................................................................................$24.08............................... $24.17.........................$24.88

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 OCT 2021

Revised SEP 2020

Revised OCT 2020

Albany MSA ....................................................................................................$676.67............................. $719.51....................... $717.24 Athens-Clarke County MSA .......................................................................... $790.88............................. $751.12........................$757.16 Atlanta MSA ...............................................................................................$1,089.51.......................... $1,074.68.................... $1,067.59 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .................................................................. $893.53.............................$882.51...................... $909.22 Brunswick MSA .............................................................................................$709.33............................ $722.08.......................$700.75 Columbus MSA ..............................................................................................$738.49.............................$740.07.......................$780.89 Dalton MSA .................................................................................................. $693.45.............................$697.90.......................$689.47 Gainesville MSA ..........................................................................................$1,234.01..........................$1,249.02.................... $1,099.31 Hinesville MSA ...............................................................................................$579.08............................ $568.54.......................$621.87 Macon-Bibb County MSA .............................................................................. $784.16.............................$821.06.......................$857.58 Rome MSA .................................................................................................... $822.54.............................$869.14.......................$768.73 Savannah MSA .............................................................................................. $811.85............................ $778.54.......................$752.43 Valdosta MSA ................................................................................................. $738.18............................. $729.17.......................$828.70 Warner Robins MSA .......................................................................................$818.35............................. $841.16....................... $857.47

Average Weekly Hours (AWH)

Preliminary OCT 2021

Revised SEP 2021

Revised OCT 2020

Albany MSA .......................................................................................................... 32.1...................................34.1.............................34.4 Athens-Clarke County MSA .................................................................................32.4...................................31.8............................. 31.8 Atlanta MSA ........................................................................................................34.5.................................. 34.5.............................34.9 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .........................................................................34.7.................................. 34.5.............................35.2 Brunswick MSA ...................................................................................................34.4.................................. 34.9.............................34.3 Columbus MSA ....................................................................................................31.6...................................31.6.............................33.3 Dalton MSA .........................................................................................................33.1...................................32.4.............................34.2 Gainesville MSA ...................................................................................................39.4...................................40.5.............................38.9 Hinesville MSA .....................................................................................................31.8...................................31.0............................. 30.1 Macon-Bibb County MSA ....................................................................................33.8...................................34.6.............................36.2 Rome MSA ...........................................................................................................35.5...................................35.9.............................34.8 Savannah MSA ....................................................................................................33.3.................................. 33.5.............................32.8 Valdosta MSA .......................................................................................................31.6...................................31.8.............................34.4 Warner Robins MSA .............................................................................................33.9...................................34.0.............................34.8

Average Hourly Earnings (AHE)

Preliminary OCT 2021

Revised SEP 2021

Revised OCT 2020

Albany MSA ......................................................................................................$21.08............................... $21.10.........................$20.85 Athens-Clarke County MSA .............................................................................$24.41.............................. $23.62.........................$23.81 Atlanta MSA ....................................................................................................$31.58............................... $31.15.........................$30.59 Augusta-Richmond County MSA .....................................................................$25.75.............................. $25.58.........................$25.83 Brunswick MSA ...............................................................................................$20.62.............................. $20.69.........................$20.43 Columbus MSA ................................................................................................$23.37...............................$23.42.........................$23.45 Dalton MSA .....................................................................................................$20.95...............................$21.54......................... $20.16 Gainesville MSA ...............................................................................................$31.32.............................. $30.84.........................$28.26 Hinesville MSA .................................................................................................$18.21...............................$18.34.........................$20.66 Macon-Bibb County MSA ............................................................................... $23.20...............................$23.73.........................$23.69 Rome MSA ....................................................................................................... $23.17...............................$24.21.........................$22.09 Savannah MSA ................................................................................................$24.38.............................. $23.24.........................$22.94 Valdosta MSA .................................................................................................. $23.36.............................. $22.93.........................$24.09 Warner Robins MSA ......................................................................................... $24.14............................... $24.74.........................$24.64

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.
12%

10%

8%

6%

4%

2%

0% Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

Georgia

U.S.

WA 5.0 OR 4.4 NV 7.3 CA 7.3
AK 6.1

ID 2.8
UT 2.2 AZ 5.2

StaStetautenUemnepmlopylomymenetnrt aRtaetses
October 2021
National Unemployment Rate: 4.6% Rates are seasonally adjusted

MT 3.1
WY 4.1
CO 5.4 NM 6.5

ND 3.3 SD 2.8
NE 1.9
KS 3.9

MN 3.5
WI 3.2
IA 3.9
IL 6.0 MO 3.7

OK 2.7 TX 5.4

AR 3.7
MS 5.5 LA 5.4

NH

2.9 ME

VT

4.9

2.8

MI 6.1

OH

IN

5.1

3.3

KY 4.2 TN 4.2

PA 6.0

WV

4.3

VA

3.6

NC 4.1

SC 3.9

AL

GA

3.1

3.1

FL 4.6

MA 5.3
NY 6.9
RI 5.4

NJ

CT 6.4

7.0

DE

5.3

DC 6.3

MD 5.7

Unemployment rate
7.0% or greater 5.0% to 6.9% 3.0% to 4.9% Less than 3.0%

HI 6.3

PR 8.0

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
Octobera-Richmond County MSA
Brunswick MSA
Columbus MSA
Dalton MSA
Gainesville MSA

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

Preliminary OCT 2021
5,174,052 5,015,945
158,107 3.1
5,174,794 5,049,329
125,465 2.4
64,550 62,455
2,095 3.2
98,800 96,665
2,135 2.2
3,131,161 3,056,047
75,114 2.4
266,471 259,418
7,053 2.6
52,557 51,359
1,198 2.3
121,325 117,824
3,501 2.9
58,459 57,049
1,410 2.4
105,644 103,854
1,790 1.7

Revised SEP 2021
5,175,941 5,004,937
171,004 3.3
5,152,831 5,023,111
129,720 2.5
64,454 62,293
2,161 3.4
98,457 96,340
2,117 2.2
3,115,726 3,036,950
78,776 2.5
266,136 258,704
7,432 2.8
52,449 51,214 1,235
2.4
120,954 117,184
3,770 3.1
58,373 56,872
1,501 2.6
104,803 103,027
1,776 1.7

Revised OCT 2020
5,133,190 4,831,831
301,359 5.9
5,115,883 4,837,381
278,502 5.4
66,432 61,954
4,478 6.7
98,675 94,237
4,438 4.5
3,076,992 2,899,297
177,695 5.8
271,279 258,476
12,803 4.7
51,534 48,979
2,555 5.0
123,094 116,189
6,905 5.6
58,675 55,720
2,955 5.0
103,540 99,951 3,589 3.5

Change From

SEP 2021

OCT 2020

-1,889 11,008 -12,897

40,862 184,114 -143,252

21,963 26,218 -4,255

58,911 211,948 -153,037

96

-1,882

162

501

-66

-2,383

343

125

325

2,428

18

-2,303

15,435 19,097 -3,662

54,169 156,750 -102,581

335 714 -379

-4,808 942
-5,750

108

1,023

145

2,380

-37

-1,357

371 640 -269

-1,769 1,635 -3,404

86

-216

177

1,329

-91

-1,545

841

2,104

827

3,903

14

-1,799

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. Octobera-Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties. Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties. Gainesville MSA: Hall County. Hinesville MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon-Bibb County MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties. Rome MSA: Floyd County. Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties. Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties. Warner Robins MSA: Houston, Peach and Pulaski counties.

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

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Hinesville MSA
Macon-Bibb County MSA Rome MSA Savannah MSA
Valdosta MSA Warner Robins MSA

Georgia Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

Preliminary OCT 2021
34,470 33,654
816 2.4
103,320 100,549
2,771 2.7

Revised SEP 2021
34,136 33,285
851 2.5
103,048 100,200
2,848 2.8

Revised OCT 2020
34,141 32,472
1,669 4.9
102,518 96,306
6,212 6.1

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

43,893 42,842
1,051 2.4
199,415 194,744
4,671 2.3

43,618 42,551
1,067 2.4
199,370 194,458
4,912 2.5

43,640 41,634 2,006
4.6
192,829 181,981 10,848
5.6

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

66,067 64,540
1,527 2.3
89,385 87,133 2,252
2.5

65,254 63,691
1,563 2.4
88,482 86,512
1,970 2.2

65,584 62,346
3,238 4.9
87,465 83,370
4,095 4.7

Change From

SEP 2021

OCT 2020

334

329

369

1,182

-35

-853

272

802

349

4,243

-77

-3,441

275

253

291

1,208

-16

-955

45

6,586

286

12,763

-241

-6,177

813

483

849

2,194

-36

-1,711

903

1,920

621

3,763

282

-1,843

Area United States
(Seasonally adjusted)
United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

United States Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

OCT 2021
161,458,000 154,039,000
7,419,000 4.6
161,863,000 154,966,000
6,896,000 4.3

SEP 2021
161,354,000 153,680,000
7,674,000 4.8
161,392,000 154,026,000
7,366,000 4.6

OCT 2020
160,718,000 149,669,000
11,049,000 6.9
161,053,000 150,433,000
10,620,000 6.6

Change From

SEP 2021

OCT 2020

104,000 359,000 -255,000

740,000 4,370,000 -3,630,000

471,000 940,000 -470,000

810,000 4,533,000 -3,724,000

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. Octobera-Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties. Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties. Gainesville MSA: Hall County. Hinesville MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon-Bibb County MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties. Rome MSA: Floyd County. Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties. Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties. Warner Robins MSA: Houston, Peach and Pulaski counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

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

Georgia

Preliminary October 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

5,174,794 5,049,329 125,465 2.4

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,762 4,575 4,412 1,118 17,236

8,569 4,501 4,310 1,081 16,715

193 2.2 74 1.6
102 2.3 37 3.3
521 3.0

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

10,090 9,923

167 1.7

41,552 40,771

781 1.9

51,029 49,931 1,098 2.2

5,387 5,206

181 3.4

7,566 7,399

167 2.2

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

68,073 66,047 2,026 3.0

4,554 4,412

142 3.1

7,341 7,169

172 2.3

7,076 6,925

151 2.1

19,841 19,479

362 1.8

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

37,148 8,972 11,017 2,199 21,592

36,175 8,640 10,782 2,146 21,136

973 2.6 332 3.7 235 2.1
53 2.4 456 2.1

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

5,543 5,430

113 2.0

56,113 54,815 1,298 2.3

33,709 33,128

581 1.7

5,001 4,893

108 2.2

146,292 142,604 3,688 2.5

Chattahoochee 1,979 1,919

60 3.0

Chattooga

9,329 9,056

273 2.9

Cherokee 138,537 136,164 2,373 1.7

Clarke

58,711 57,293 1,418 2.4

Clay

850

793

57 6.7

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

139,697 134,213 5,484 3.9

2,995 2,935

60 2.0

427,545 419,051 8,494 2.0

18,813 18,368

445 2.4

21,942 21,492

450 2.1

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

75,576 74,191 1,385 1.8

8,342 8,173

169 2.0

75,977 74,393 1,584 2.1

5,634 5,502

132 2.3

9,715 8,934

781 8.0

Revised September 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

5,152,831 5,023,111 129,720 2.5

8,845 4,542 4,405 1,101 17,292

8,626 4,465 4,300 1,060 16,772

219 2.5 77 1.7 105 2.4 41 3.7 520 3.0

9,969 9,805

164 1.6

41,294 40,501

793 1.9

50,716 49,586 1,130 2.2

5,411 5,229

182 3.4

7,462 7,292

170 2.3

67,944 65,847 2,097 3.1

4,525 4,380

145 3.2

7,314

7,136

178 2.4

6,955 6,799

156 2.2

19,807 19,447 360 1.8

37,112 8,967 10,948 2,162 21,593

36,144 8,598 10,705 2,109 21,146

968 2.6 369 4.1 243 2.2
53 2.5 447 2.1

5,518 5,398

120 2.2

55,781 54,455 1,326 2.4

33,782 33,209

573 1.7

4,994 4,884

110 2.2

146,327 142,407 3,920 2.7

1,962 1,902

60 3.1

9,389 9,092

297 3.2

137,692 135,348 2,344 1.7

58,532 57,112 1,420 2.4

852

788

64 7.5

139,180 133,334 5,846 4.2

2,923 2,865

58 2.0

425,304 416,519 8,785 2.1

18,877 18,422

455 2.4

21,497 21,046

451 2.1

75,462 74,090 1,372 1.8

8,279 8,104

175 2.1

75,540 73,909 1,631 2.2

5,602 5,472

130 2.3

9,412 8,946

466 5.0

Revised October 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

5,115,883 4,837,381 278,502 5.4

8,983 4,513 4,606 1,137 17,748

8,632 4,373 4,414 1,080 16,644

351 3.9 140 3.1 192 4.2
57 5.0 1,104 6.2

9,998 9,683

315 3.2

40,323 38,726 1,597 4.0

49,762 47,433 2,329 4.7

5,492 5,137 355 6.5

7,580 7,266

314 4.1

68,006 4,557 7,099 7,002
18,942

63,258 4,278 6,802 6,688 18,193

4,748 7.0 279 6.1 297 4.2 314 4.5 749 4.0

37,955 35,898 2,057 5.4

9,134 8,555

579 6.3

10,817 10,248 569 5.3

2,211 2,114

97 4.4

21,413 20,633

780 3.6

5,700 5,463

237 4.2

54,782 51,979 2,803 5.1

32,968 32,013 955 2.9

4,882 4,744

138 2.8

142,104 133,232 8,872 6.2

1,992 9,657 133,859 59,075
891

1,889 9,074 129,036 55,924
796

103 5.2 583 6.0 4,823 3.6 3,151 5.3
95 10.7

141,198 127,527 13,671 9.7

2,977 2,877

100 3.4

417,339 397,306 20,033 4.8

19,231 18,271 960 5.0

22,370 21,478 892 4.0

75,434 73,066 2,368 3.1

8,214 7,875 339 4.1

74,196 70,637 3,559 4.8

5,529 5,278

251 4.5

9,644 8,873

771 8.0

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

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

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

Preliminary October 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,288

8,151

137 1.7

12,902 12,674

228 1.8

11,075 10,822

253 2.3

401,940 390,926 11,014 2.7

7,105 6,914

191 2.7

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,872 4,583

289 5.9

36,568 35,172 1,396 3.8

73,838 71,873 1,965 2.7

4,349 4,220

129 3.0

1,948 1,912

36 1.8

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

33,282 7,842 8,361 5,037
11,494

32,661 7,610 8,089 4,926
11,275

621 1.9 232 3.0 272 3.3 111 2.2 219 1.9

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

58,312 57,231 1,081 1.9 43,893 42,842 1,051 2.4 125,936 123,847 2,089 1.7
9,856 9,629 227 2.3 566,075 550,145 15,930 2.8

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

12,462 1,249
39,096 28,592 10,636

12,211 1,227 38,215 28,023 10,413

251 2.0 22 1.8 881 2.3 569 2.0 223 2.1

Greene

7,002 6,838

164 2.3

Gwinnett 495,676 485,128 10,548 2.1

Habersham 18,217 17,809 408 2.2

Hall

105,644 103,854 1,790 1.7

Hancock

2,426 2,332

94 3.9

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

12,698 12,417

281 2.2

16,699 16,382

317 1.9

11,528 11,237

291 2.5

5,275 5,146

129 2.4

117,223 114,134 3,089 2.6

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

73,031 71,238 1,793 2.5

3,546 3,446

100 2.8

42,416 41,761 655 1.5

7,036 6,897

139 2.0

6,024 5,882

142 2.4

Revised September 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,304

8,172

132 1.6

12,813 12,592

221 1.7

11,068 10,788 280 2.5

400,449 388,546 11,903 3.0

7,134 6,940

194 2.7

4,729 4,545

184 3.9

36,564 35,114 1,450 4.0

73,530 71,435 2,095 2.8

4,342 4,203

139 3.2

1,902 1,866

36 1.9

33,236 7,902 8,374 5,022
11,506

32,604 7,658 8,083 4,905
11,291

632 1.9 244 3.1 291 3.5 117 2.3 215 1.9

57,949 56,869 1,080 1.9 43,618 42,551 1,067 2.4 125,090 123,055 2,035 1.6 9,855 9,616 239 2.4 563,718 546,703 17,015 3.0

12,420 1,231
39,053 28,592 10,605

12,174 1,210 38,142 28,007 10,378

246 2.0 21 1.7 911 2.3
585 2.0 227 2.1

7,045 6,873

172 2.4

493,146 482,236 10,910 2.2

18,233 17,825 408 2.2

104,803 103,027 1,776 1.7

2,421 2,319

102 4.2

12,626 12,342 284 2.2

16,591 16,277

314 1.9

11,503 11,208 295 2.6

5,238

5,109

129 2.5

116,586 113,375 3,211 2.8

72,320 70,762 1,558 2.2

3,506 3,408

98 2.8

41,957 41,308 649 1.5

6,995 6,845

150 2.1

6,036 5,884

152 2.5

Revised October 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,023 7,788

235 2.9

12,425 11,985 440 3.5

11,353 10,853 500 4.4

398,899 370,910 27,989 7.0

7,044 6,693

351 5.0

4,880 4,529

351 7.2

38,049 34,887 3,162 8.3

72,845 68,175 4,670 6.4

4,456 4,197

259 5.8

1,929 1,865

64 3.3

31,783 7,980 8,603 5,139 11,318

30,556 7,480 8,012 4,907
10,954

1,227 3.9 500 6.3 591 6.9 232 4.5 364 3.2

56,741 54,342 2,399 4.2

43,640 41,634 2,006 4.6

121,568 117,504 4,064 3.3

9,941 9,486

455 4.6

561,387 522,016 39,371 7.0

12,155 1,253 38,430 28,425 10,708

11,761 1,216 36,453 27,283 10,316

394 3.2 37 3.0
1,977 5.1 1,142 4.0
392 3.7

7,012 6,653

359 5.1

484,749 459,684 25,065 5.2

18,587 17,813

774 4.2

103,540 99,951 3,589 3.5

2,549 2,332

217 8.5

12,328 16,575 11,487
5,135 115,846

11,757 16,030 10,989
4,886 108,577

571 4.6 545 3.3 498 4.3 249 4.8 7,269 6.3

71,350 3,530 41,031 6,823 6,076

68,170 3,370 39,721 6,543 5,819

3,180 4.5 160 4.5
1,310 3.2 280 4.1 257 4.2

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

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

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Preliminary October 2021

Labor Force
6,495 3,232 4,051 13,760 8,269

Employment
6,309 3,140 3,957 13,489 8,064

Unemployment Number Rate
186 2.9 92 2.8 94 2.3
271 2.0 205 2.5

Revised September 2021

Labor Force
6,487 3,228 4,057 13,708 8,219

Employment
6,289 3,131 3,959 13,433 8,017

Unemployment Number Rate
198 3.1 97 3.0 98 2.4
275 2.0 202 2.5

Revised October 2020

Labor Force
6,647 3,275 4,094 13,420 8,059

Employment
6,250 3,096 3,927 12,920 7,629

Unemployment Number Rate
397 6.0 179 5.5 167 4.1 500 3.7 430 5.3

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,881 19,369 14,682 26,082
3,521

3,794 18,849 14,380 25,445
3,424

87 2.2 520 2.7 302 2.1 637 2.4
97 2.8

3,839 19,447 14,650 25,855 3,506

3,747 18,905 14,351 25,181
3,400

92 2.4 542 2.8 299 2.0 674 2.6 106 3.0

3,814 3,654

160 4.2

19,742 18,679 1,063 5.4

14,806 14,255

551 3.7

25,937 24,555 1,382 5.3

3,535 3,379

156 4.4

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

8,388 8,209

179 2.1

53,162 51,909 1,253 2.4

16,974 16,659

315 1.9

8,578 8,304

274 3.2

6,120 5,975

145 2.4

8,281 8,104

177 2.1

52,558 51,279 1,279 2.4

16,894 16,586 308 1.8

8,581 8,288 293 3.4

6,082 5,936

146 2.4

8,204 7,917

287 3.5

52,839 50,139 2,700 5.1

16,634 16,084

550 3.3

8,755 8,202

553 6.3

6,005 5,724

281 4.7

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

4,580 13,297 3,235
8,952 2,712

4,387 13,023
3,159 8,668 2,657

193 4.2 274 2.1
76 2.3 284 3.2
55 2.0

4,491 13,255
3,210 8,906 2,708

4,347 12,983
3,138 8,604 2,651

144 3.2 272 2.1
72 2.2 302 3.4
57 2.1

4,675 13,183 3,216 8,850 2,766

4,336 12,662 3,084
8,218 2,674

339 7.3 521 4.0 132 4.1 632 7.1
92 3.3

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

7,959 13,057
3,929 9,507 15,296

7,718 12,805
3,830 9,315 14,895

241 3.0 252 1.9
99 2.5 192 2.0 401 2.6

7,950 13,010 3,924 9,433 15,263

7,697 12,754 3,827 9,236 14,837

253 3.2 256 2.0
97 2.5 197 2.1 426 2.8

8,254 12,789 3,953
9,212 15,357

7,737 12,242
3,775 8,823 14,550

517 6.3 547 4.3 178 4.5 389 4.2 807 5.3

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

76,495 73,958 2,537 3.3

53,079 51,657 1,422 2.7

19,873 19,566

307 1.5

6,919 6,783

136 2.0

88,142 86,444 1,698 1.9

76,291 73,568 2,723 3.6

52,880 51,310 1,570 3.0

19,802 19,505

297 1.5

6,868 6,740

128 1.9

87,608 85,872 1,736 2.0

77,648 72,406 5,242 6.8

52,256 49,060 3,196 6.1

19,538 19,024

514 2.6

6,879 6,627

252 3.7

85,765 82,126 3,639 4.2

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

12,198 15,531 8,402
9,073 18,631

11,837 15,247
8,231 8,903 18,195

361 3.0 284 1.8 171 2.0 170 1.9 436 2.3

12,057 15,440
8,433 9,007 18,534

11,732 15,152 8,264 8,843 18,108

325 2.7 288 1.9 169 2.0 164 1.8 426 2.3

12,068 15,010 8,587
8,767 18,501

11,321 14,470 8,261 8,436 17,658

747 6.2 540 3.6 326 3.8 331 3.8 843 4.6

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,156 8,162
795 7,820 2,456

4,058 7,943
768 7,662 2,382

98 2.4 219 2.7
27 3.4 158 2.0
74 3.0

4,105 8,092
789 7,847 2,393

4,018 7,861
762 7,689 2,314

87 2.1 231 2.9
27 3.4 158 2.0
79 3.3

4,047 8,227
792 7,312 2,507

3,879 7,807
752 7,050 2,380

168 4.2 420 5.1
40 5.1 262 3.6 127 5.1

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

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

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

Preliminary October 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

84,198 81,408 2,790 3.3

44,923 43,649 1,274 2.8

2,141 2,086

55 2.6

4,985 4,813

172 3.5

3,101 3,030

71 2.3

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

28,863 10,097
2,552 12,161 2,786

28,055 9,835 2,488 11,722 2,711

808 2.8 262 2.6
64 2.5 439 3.6
75 2.7

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

520 9,554 2,751 3,559 3,443

504 9,361 2,647 3,377 3,304

16 3.1 193 2.0 104 3.8 182 5.1 139 4.0

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

16,443 21,301 12,144
4,103 2,751

15,995 20,846 11,804
3,987 2,688

448 2.7 455 2.1 340 2.8 116 2.8
63 2.3

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

36,922 3,302 2,796 10,737 11,325

35,948 3,108 2,706
10,542 11,057

974 2.6 194 5.9
90 3.2 195 1.8 268 2.4

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

31,484 46,444 14,925
2,609 6,778

30,876 45,507 14,585
2,538 6,561

608 1.9 937 2.0 340 2.3
71 2.7 217 3.2

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,397 11,122

275 2.4

1,013

982

31 3.1

1,563 1,508

55 3.5

16,892 16,620

272 1.6

43,163 42,154 1,009 2.3

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

2,787 3,650 3,783 8,739

2,699 3,542 3,689 8,518

88 3.2 108 3.0
94 2.5 221 2.5

Revised September 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

84,293 81,285 3,008 3.6

44,741 43,378 1,363 3.0

2,147 2,094

53 2.5

4,984 4,793

191 3.8

3,120 3,049

71 2.3

28,719 10,165 2,528 12,176 2,769

27,868 9,883 2,461 11,747 2,691

851 3.0 282 2.8
67 2.7 429 3.5
78 2.8

523 9,526 2,736 3,544 3,446

507 9,326 2,641 3,369 3,293

16 3.1 200 2.1
95 3.5 175 4.9 153 4.4

16,529 21,099 12,144
4,115 2,746

16,070 20,664 11,795
4,003 2,679

459 2.8 435 2.1 349 2.9 112 2.7
67 2.4

36,918 35,868 1,050 2.8

3,230 3,095

135 4.2

2,784 2,694

90 3.2

10,703 10,509

194 1.8

11,333 11,045

288 2.5

31,543 46,178 15,007 2,620 6,787

30,929 45,206 14,654
2,539 6,558

614 1.9 972 2.1 353 2.4
81 3.1 229 3.4

11,365 11,086

279 2.5

986

960

26 2.6

1,545 1,486

59 3.8

16,855 16,589 266 1.6

43,110 42,035 1,075 2.5

2,709 3,655 3,789 8,693

2,635 3,545 3,692 8,475

74 2.7 110 3.0 97 2.6 218 2.5

Revised October 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

86,216 80,479 5,737 6.7

44,340 41,409 2,931 6.6

2,171 2,089

82 3.8

5,142 4,780

362 7.0

3,058 2,931

127 4.2

28,546 10,470
2,519 12,688
2,777

26,631 9,938 2,384 11,782 2,616

1,915 6.7 532 5.1 135 5.4 906 7.1 161 5.8

522 9,612 2,797 3,737 3,540

492 9,271 2,607 3,423 3,274

30 5.7 341 3.5 190 6.8 314 8.4 266 7.5

17,076 20,885 12,225
4,007 2,760

16,138 19,971 11,595 3,822 2,629

938 5.5 914 4.4 630 5.2 185 4.6 131 4.7

37,530 3,298 2,774 10,579 11,360

35,396 3,063 2,608
10,249 10,734

2,134 5.7 235 7.1 166 6.0 330 3.1 626 5.5

30,923 29,855 1,068 3.5

45,165 43,224 1,941 4.3

15,391 14,677

714 4.6

2,663 2,515

148 5.6

6,954 6,528

426 6.1

11,676 1,010 1,595
16,529 43,318

11,139 959
1,507 16,049 41,170

537 4.6 51 5.0 88 5.5
480 2.9 2,148 5.0

2,802 3,676 3,814 8,900

2,652 3,455 3,628 8,458

150 5.4 221 6.0 186 4.9 442 5.0

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

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City Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Preliminary October 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

*Albany 29,634 28,478 1,156 3.9

*Alpharetta 37,237 36,577

660 1.8

*Athens 58,711 57,293 1,418 2.4

*Atlanta 267,319 259,226 8,093 3.0

Dekalb Part

24,593 24,104

489 2.0

Fulton Part

242,726 235,122 7,604 3.1

*Augusta 84,198 81,408 2,790 3.3

*Brookhaven

35,328 34,820

508 1.4

Canton 16,200 15,932

268 1.7

Carrollton 11,709 11,398

311 2.7

Chamblee 20,909 20,577

332 1.6

*Columbus

76,495 73,958 2,537 3.3

Dalton 13,543 13,248

295 2.2

Decatur 14,415 14,182

233 1.6

Douglasville

17,270 16,754

516 3.0

Duluth 16,184 15,859

325 2.0

*Dunwoody 27,539 27,005

534 1.9

East Point

16,807 16,073

734 4.4

Gainesville 21,012 20,639

373 1.8

Hinesville 15,439 15,067

372 2.4

*Johns Creek

45,105 44,331

774 1.7

Kennesaw 20,036 19,660

376 1.9

LaGrange 15,094 14,625

469 3.1

Lawrenceville

14,965 14,579

386 2.6

McDonough

12,302 11,850

452 3.7

*Macon-Bibb

68,073 66,047 2,026 3.0

*Marietta 35,732 34,952

780 2.2

Milton 20,338 20,008

330 1.6

Newnan 19,268 18,794

474 2.5

Peachtree City

18,732 18,471

261 1.4

P'tree Corners

25,291 24,785

506 2.0

Pooler 14,371 14,112

259 1.8

Rome 15,290 14,880

410 2.7

*Roswell 53,815 52,978

837 1.6

*Sandy Springs 66,240 64,961 1,279 1.9

*Savannah

69,849 67,787 2,062 3.0

*Smyrna 35,258 34,548

710 2.0

Statesboro

14,044 13,571

473 3.4

Stockbridge

14,509 14,088

421 2.9

Tucker 19,985 19,553

432 2.2

*Valdosta 25,831 25,097

734 2.8

*Warner Robins 34,907 33,930

977 2.8

Woodstock 17,812 17,534

278 1.6

Revised September 2021

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

29,657 28,431 1,226 4.1

37,014 36,348 666 1.8

58,532 57,112 1,420 2.4

266,232 257,608 8,624 3.2

24,487 23,957 530 2.2

241,745 233,651 8,094 3.3

84,293 81,285 3,008 3.6

35,133 34,608

525 1.5

16,096 15,837

259 1.6

11,648 11,323

325 2.8

20,787 20,451

336 1.6

76,291 73,568 2,723 3.6

13,554 13,210

344 2.5

14,356 14,096

260 1.8

17,211 16,651

560 3.3

16,096 15,764

332 2.1

27,351 26,841

510 1.9

16,864 15,972

892 5.3

20,853 20,475

378 1.8

15,304 14,910 394 2.6

44,833 44,054

779 1.7

19,917 19,541

376 1.9

15,120 14,592

528 3.5

14,888 14,492 396 2.7

12,215 11,772 443 3.6

67,944 65,847 2,097 3.1

35,517 34,741

776 2.2

20,220 19,883

337 1.7

19,177 18,671 506 2.6

18,615 18,354

261 1.4

25,230 24,637

593 2.4

14,383 14,092

291 2.0

15,192 14,779

413 2.7

53,544 52,647

897 1.7

65,857 64,554 1,303 2.0

69,999 67,693 2,306 3.3

35,115 34,339

776 2.2

14,004 13,559 445 3.2

14,505 13,995

510 3.5

19,904 19,434

470 2.4

25,502 24,792

710 2.8

34,545 33,704

841 2.4

17,715 17,429

286 1.6

Revised October 2020

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

30,938 36,006 59,075 266,051 23,934 242,117 86,216 34,045 15,604 11,495 20,160 77,648 13,644 13,953 17,152 15,777 26,597 17,353 20,731 15,322 43,776 19,483 15,531 14,730 12,520 68,006 34,854 19,666 19,057 17,992 24,620 13,834 15,332 52,126 64,247 68,566 34,416 14,538 14,576 19,598 25,889 34,236 17,215

28,247 34,707 55,924 245,970 22,870 223,100 80,479 33,037 15,098 10,809 19,523 72,406 12,939 13,456 15,892 15,027 25,622 15,251 19,863 14,540 42,065 18,640 14,400 13,814 11,273 63,258 33,138 18,985 17,845 17,539 23,485 13,184 14,460 50,269 61,639 63,332 32,755 13,467 13,403 18,552 24,241 32,469 16,616

2,691 8.7 1,299 3.6 3,151 5.3 20,081 7.5 1,064 4.4 19,017 7.9 5,737 6.7 1,008 3.0
506 3.2 686 6.0 637 3.2 5,242 6.8 705 5.2 497 3.6 1,260 7.3 750 4.8 975 3.7 2,102 12.1 868 4.2 782 5.1 1,711 3.9 843 4.3 1,131 7.3 916 6.2 1,247 10.0 4,748 7.0 1,716 4.9 681 3.5 1,212 6.4 453 2.5 1,135 4.6 650 4.7 872 5.7 1,857 3.6 2,608 4.1 5,234 7.6 1,661 4.8 1,071 7.4 1,173 8.0 1,046 5.3 1,648 6.4 1,767 5.2 599 3.5

Note: City estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. All cities listed have total population of 25,000 or more and an asterisks (*) designates cities with population of 50,000 or more.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
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UNEMGPeoLrOgiaYUMneEmNploTymReAntTREateBs bYy CCoOunUtyNTIES OCTOBER 2021 October 2021

Dade 1.7

Catoosa 1.7

Walker

Whitfield

Murray 2.6

Fannin 1.9

Union 1.8

Towns 2.8

Rabun 2.0

1.9

2.3

Chattooga 2.9

Gordon 2.0

Floyd 2.4

Bartow 2.2

Gilmer 2.0
Pickens 1.8
Cherokee 1.7

Lumpkin 1.9
Dawson 1.8
Forsyth 1.7

White Habersham

1.6

2.2

Stephens

2.6

Banks Franklin

Hall

1.7

2.3

1.7

Jackson 1.5

Madison 2.1

Hart 2.5
Elbert 3.0

4.0% or greater 7 counties (4%)
3.0% to 3.9% 31 counties (19%)
2.0% to 2.9% 94 counties (59%)

Polk 2.3

Paulding

Cobb 2.0

Gwinnett 2.1

Barrow 1.9

Clarke 2.4

Oglethorpe 2.0

Less than 2.0% 27 counties (17%)

Haralson 2.2
Carroll 2.3
Heard 2.4

1.9 Douglas 2.7
Coweta 2.1

Fulton 2.8

DeKalb 2.7 Rockdale

Walton 2.0

Oconee 1.5

Clayton

2.8 Newton

3.9
Fayette 1.9

Henry 2.6

2.7

Morgan 2.0

Spalding 2.8

Butts 2.1

Jasper 2.0

Putnam 2.7

Wilkes 3.0

Lincoln 2.8

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

Greene 2.3

Taliaferro

3.1

McDuffie

Warren 3.2

Columbia 1.8

2.7

Richmond

Hancock

3.3

3.9

Glascock

1.8

Troup 2.6

Meriwether 3.2

Pike 1.9

Lamar 2.5

Monroe 1.9

Jones 2.0

Baldwin 3.0

Washington

Jefferson 2.9

Burke 3.7

Upson

3.2

Harris 1.9

Talbot 2.7

Muscogee 3.3
Marion Chattahoochee 2.3

2.4
Taylor 3.8

Crawford 2.3

Bibb 3.0

Twiggs 3.2

Wilkinson 2.5

Peach

3.0

Houston

Macon

2.5

4.2

Bleckley 3.1

Laurens 2.7

Johnson 2.3

Emanuel 3.3

Jenkins 2.8

Screven 3.5

Treutlen 2.3

Candler 2.0

Bulloch 2.6

Effingham 1.9

3.0
Stewart 2.5

Schley 2.6

Webster 3.1

Sumter 3.6

Quitman

3.4 Randolph Terrell

Lee

3.0

4.0

2.1

Clay 6.7

Calhoun 2.4

Dougherty 3.8

Early 3.0
Miller 2.0

Baker 3.3

Mitchell 3.0

Dooly 5.9

Pulaski 2.4

Dodge 2.7

Crisp 8.0

Wilcox 3.2

Turner 5.9

Ben Hill 3.4

Montgomery

Wheeler 3.5

2.5

Toombs 2.8

Evans 2.2

Tattnall

Telfair

2.0

5.1

Jeff Davis 2.4

Appling 2.2

Long 2.1

Bryan 1.8
Liberty 2.4

Worth 2.5
Colquitt 2.1

Irwin 2.8 Tift 2.1

Coffee 2.4

Berrien

Atkinson

2.2

1.6

Cook

2.0 Lanier

Bacon 2.3

Wayne 2.4

Pierce 2.0
Ware 2.3

Brantley 2.3

McIntosh 2.4
Glynn 2.3

Chatham 2.5

Seminole 2.3

Decatur 2.3

Grady 2.1

Thomas 2.7

Brooks 2.1

2.2
Lowndes 2.4

Clinch 2.0

Charlton 2.2

Camden 2.1

Echols

1.8

Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 2.4%
Georgia's U(nNoet SmeasponlaollyyAmdjusetend)t Rate: 2.4% (not seasonally adjusted) Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics and Economic Research
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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

October 2021 Initial
Claims

Average Weekly Benefit

County

October 2021 Initial
Claims

Average Weekly Benefit

County

October 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

27,310.............. $300
59.............. $263 7.............. $248
13.............. $318 6.............. $196
65.............. $241 19.............. $253 120.............. $261 189.............. $269 81.............. $239 23.............. $260 479.............. $221 23.............. $209 24.............. $265 27.............. $290 60.............. $257 154.............. $263 61.............. $296 31.............. $254 11.............. $257 37.............. $244 24.............. $263 249.............. $240 56.............. $240
6.............. $256 529.............. $233
4.............. $161 40.............. $232 262.............. $278 169.............. $239
5.............. $261 1,172.............. $247
7.............. $228 1,176.............. $269
56.............. $253 124.............. $192 168.............. $273
30.............. $276 212.............. $262
31.............. $272 1,584.............. $293
11.............. $272 33.............. $285 52.............. $228 1,899.............. $247 47.............. $201 476.............. $245 412.............. $231 328.............. $261 26.............. $142
3.............. $160 80.............. $258

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

40.............. $186 74.............. $239 16.............. $207 13.............. $249 197.............. $284 230.............. $267 158.............. $287 43.............. $263 3,105.............. $261 22.............. $217
2.............. $318 109.............. $222 166.............. $285
42.............. $240 23.............. $243 1,312.............. $271 72.............. $258 244.............. $255 15.............. $248 58.............. $211 38.............. $287 37.............. $288 18.............. $227 717.............. $270 1,281.............. $281 16.............. $183 91.............. $256 14.............. $233 20.............. $311 47.............. $221 17.............. $272 24.............. $236 31.............. $290 22.............. $248 10.............. $325 93.............. $219 80.............. $265 111.............. $265 10.............. $286 23.............. $277 215.............. $237 32.............. $253 237.............. $292 44.............. $268
8.............. $215 55.............. $228 15.............. $223 55.............. $295
9.............. $207 47.............. $234 25.............. $252 37.............. $254 35.............. $233 89.............. $252

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

447.............. $237 244.............. $271
24.............. $285 20.............. $183 245.............. $265 277.............. $290 36.............. $268 15.............. $225 24.............. $262 102.............. $256 61.............. $305 35.............. $234
1.................. $0 10.............. $288 21.............. $284 569.............. $240 236.............. $253 12.............. $282 35.............. $251
9.............. $227 211.............. $237 71.............. $290 10.............. $206 174.............. $238 19.............. $275
1.............. $204 38.............. $232 85.............. $253 28.............. $242 19.............. $197 60.............. $220 187.............. $263 115.............. $250
5.............. $251 24.............. $286 347.............. $274 240.............. $255 12.............. $229 15.............. $232 44.............. $230 88.............. $251 149.............. $264 73.............. $241 13.............. $243 31.............. $239 37.............. $290
8.............. $298 7.............. $282 29.............. $238 194.............. $256 59.............. $246 11.............. $205 19.............. $235 60.............. $287

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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Mark Butler, Commissioner 148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751
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