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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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Southeast Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southeast Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Atlanta Area Employment – October 2019 Employment News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell – November 2019 Average energy prices News Release Dec 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 – February 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2020
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Mar 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the Atlanta Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area – December 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2020
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
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,085.4 3,098.4 3,096.8 (p)3,117.0 (p)3,121.4  

Employment(1)

 2,995.7 3,009.1 3,017.1 (p)3,033.4 (p)3,020.1  

Unemployment(1)

 89.8 89.3 79.7 (p)83.6 (p)101.3  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.9 2.9 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)3.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,856.0 2,878.5 2,894.2 2,904.0 2,862.6 (p)2,861.7

12-month % change

 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.1 (p)1.5

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 (p)1.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 130.5 130.7 130.6 130.7 127.7 (p)129.6

12-month % change

 2.1 1.8 2.9 2.3 0.7 (p)1.3

Manufacturing(3)

 173.5 172.8 172.7 172.1 172.1 (p)171.6

12-month % change

 2.5 1.4 1.2 0.3 1.5 (p)0.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 599.9 604.6 617.7 623.6 611.0 (p)603.8

12-month % change

 1.8 1.6 0.9 1.2 2.1 (p)1.5

Information(3)

 100.0 101.6 103.6 102.0 100.4 (p)101.7

12-month % change

 0.2 -0.6 1.3 3.4 1.4 (p)-0.2

Financial Activities(3)

 179.1 179.0 178.7 179.2 177.6 (p)178.4

12-month % change

 3.2 2.5 1.1 2.4 2.1 (p)2.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 549.3 555.6 557.6 562.6 546.9 (p)546.7

12-month % change

 1.7 1.8 1.7 3.1 0.9 (p)0.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 374.4 379.3 381.6 384.1 382.9 (p)383.9

12-month % change

 4.1 4.6 4.9 5.6 4.7 (p)4.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 306.3 310.8 306.4 303.5 300.5 (p)302.0

12-month % change

 2.4 4.4 3.7 2.5 2.6 (p)1.9

Other Services(3)

 104.7 104.5 104.8 105.6 104.8 (p)104.1

12-month % change

 2.6 2.0 3.7 4.7 3.0 (p)1.7

Government(3)

 336.7 338.1 339.0 339.1 337.2 (p)338.4

12-month % change

 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 1.4 (p)0.9

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   245.860   245.076   247.042

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

     3.0   3.3   2.9

CPI-W, All items(5)

   242.086   241.387   243.207

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

     2.4   3.3   2.7

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