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Valdosta

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2026
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Valdosta, GA — May 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2026
Valdosta, GA Economy at a Glance:
Valdosta, GA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 61.8 61.8 61.3 61.3 (p)62.2  

Employment(1)

 59.9 59.6 58.8 59.1 (p)59.9  

Unemployment(1)

 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.2 (p)2.3  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.0 3.4 4.1 3.6 (p)3.8  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 56.9 56.8 56.5 56.2 56.9 (p)57.2

12-month % change

 -0.2 -0.9 -0.9 -0.5 0.4 (p)1.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.1 (p)12.1

12-month % change

 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.7 0.8 (p)0.8

Government(3)

 12.9 12.9 12.5 12.4 13.2 (p)13.6

12-month % change

 2.4 1.6 -0.8 -0.8 2.3 (p)5.4

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.
(p) Preliminary