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Macon

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Mar 2024
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 Macon — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Macon-Bibb County, GA Economy at a Glance:
Macon-Bibb County, GA
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2023
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

100.9 101.1 101.1 101.0 (p)100.3 (p)98.7

Employment(1)

96.6 97.2 97.1 97.5 (p)97.1 (p)95.2

Unemployment(1)

4.4 3.9 3.9 3.4 (p)3.2 (p)3.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.3 3.9 3.9 3.4 (p)3.2 (p)3.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

100.4 100.3 100.8 101.4 101.9 (p)100.2

12-month % change

-0.4 -0.5 0.0 -0.4 0.0 (p)-0.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

19.8 19.7 19.7 20.1 20.7 (p)19.7

12-month % change

-2.0 -2.5 -2.5 -2.9 -1.4 (p)-2.0

Financial Activities(3)

8.0 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.0 (p)8.0

12-month % change

-10.1 -10.2 -9.1 -9.1 -8.0 (p)-7.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

11.2 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 (p)11.2

12-month % change

-8.2 -5.8 -5.0 -5.0 -5.8 (p)-5.1

Education and Health Services(3)

21.6 21.9 22.2 22.2 22.0 (p)21.8

12-month % change

4.3 5.3 6.7 6.2 4.8 (p)4.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

10.4 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.1 (p)9.9

12-month % change

1.0 0.0 1.0 -1.0 -1.0 (p)-2.0

Government(3)

14.5 14.5 14.6 14.5 14.6 (p)14.6

12-month % change

2.8 2.1 3.5 0.7 2.8 (p)3.5

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