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

Atlanta

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Atlanta Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2019
Southeast Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southeast Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Atlanta Area Employment – August 2019 Employment News Release Oct 2019
Average Energy Prices, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell – September 2019 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Consumer Price Index, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell – October 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2019
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the Atlanta Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area – September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release 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 Mechanical Occupations in Alabama’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages for Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers in Alabama’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in Selected Georgia Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Economy at a Glance:
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,205.5 3,214.9 3,208.7 (p)3,216.1 (p)3,212.5  

Employment(1)

 3,124.2 3,121.6 3,122.2 (p)3,133.4 (p)3,109.5  

Unemployment(1)

 81.3 93.3 86.5 (p)82.7 (p)103.0  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.5 2.9 2.7 (p)2.6 (p)3.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,997.6 3,019.4 3,037.8 (p)3,043.2    

12-month % change

 5.8 5.2 4.8 (p)4.3    

Mining and Logging(3)

 2.0 2.0 2.0 (p)1.9    

12-month % change

 11.1 11.1 5.3 (p)0.0    

Construction(3)

 131.1 132.7 133.0 (p)133.7    

12-month % change

 -1.4 -0.6 -0.7 (p)0.5    

Manufacturing(3)

 177.3 176.4 176.6 (p)177.5    

12-month % change

 5.0 3.5 2.2 (p)1.4    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 642.1 646.6 658.8 (p)663.4    

12-month % change

 5.7 4.7 4.2 (p)3.2    

Information(3)

 123.6 124.3 126.6 (p)126.7    

12-month % change

 13.3 11.4 12.2 (p)12.4    

Financial Activities(3)

 196.8 199.1 198.8 (p)203.3    

12-month % change

 5.4 6.2 5.3 (p)7.0    

Professional and Business Services(3)

 598.5 599.5 598.5 (p)593.1    

12-month % change

 7.2 5.5 5.2 (p)3.6    

Education and Health Services(3)

 392.3 396.5 398.0 (p)398.8    

12-month % change

 6.0 4.9 4.2 (p)4.6    

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 293.1 297.3 299.4 (p)298.6    

12-month % change

 8.6 10.5 9.4 (p)8.6    

Other Services(3)

 101.5 102.6 103.3 (p)102.6    

12-month % change

 2.5 2.2 4.1 (p)2.8    

Government(3)

 339.3 342.4 342.8 (p)343.6    

12-month % change

 2.9 3.3 2.9 (p)3.2    

Consumer Price Index: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

CPI-U, All items(4)

   297.058   295.452   299.916

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     10.7   8.1   7.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

   289.900   287.366   292.898

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     10.0   6.9   6.7

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary