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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Georgia > Athens

Athens

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Mechanical Occupations in Georgia’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in Selected Georgia Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Athens-Clarke County, GA Economy at a Glance:
Athens-Clarke County, GA
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 102.9 103.7 104.5 104.7 (p)103.7 (p)100.3

Employment(1)

 99.9 101.3 101.5 102.1 (p)101.2 (p)97.1

Unemployment(1)

 3.0 2.4 3.0 2.6 (p)2.5 (p)3.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.9 2.3 2.9 2.5 (p)2.4 (p)3.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 102.8 103.4 104.4 105.8 (p)104.9  

12-month % change

 6.6 5.3 5.1 6.2 (p)4.7  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 17.7 17.7 17.9 18.0 (p)18.6  

12-month % change

 4.7 4.1 4.1 0.6 (p)4.5  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 (p)9.4  

12-month % change

 13.1 5.6 4.4 4.4 (p)3.3  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 11.7 11.7 11.8 12.0 (p)11.8  

12-month % change

 12.5 8.3 6.3 8.1 (p)7.3  

Government(3)

 29.9 30.1 30.7 30.6 (p)29.6  

12-month % change

 6.8 5.6 6.2 8.5 (p)3.9  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary