Southeast Information Office

Dalton

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2023
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
Occupational Employment and Wages in Dalton — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2021

Dalton, GA Economy at a Glance:

Dalton, GA

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(m)60.1	(m)59.8	(m)59.6	(m)60.9	67.7	(p)67.2
Employment(1)		(m)57.3	(m)57.2	(m)57.1	(m)56.7	64.9	(p)64.7
Unemployment(1)		(m)2.7	(m)2.6	(m)2.5	(m)4.3	2.8	(p)2.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		(m)4.5	(m)4.4	(m)4.3	(m)7.0	4.2	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		69.3	69.5	69.7	69.5	(p)68.4
12-month % change		0.4	1.0	0.4	0.1	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		22.1	22.0	21.9	21.7	(p)21.7
12-month % change		-1.3	-0.5	-1.4	-2.7	(p)-0.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		14.4	14.2	14.4	14.5	(p)14.0
12-month % change		2.1	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	(p)-2.8
Professional and Business Services(3)		9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	(p)8.9
12-month % change		1.1	4.6	2.2	3.4	(p)2.3
Government(3)		7.1	7.2	7.3	7.1	(p)7.0
12-month % change		2.9	1.4	2.8	1.4	(p)1.4
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. (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary