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Georgia: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Georgia from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20263.3%#11 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20253.4%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20255.42M0.0% on a year earlier
Employed, 20255.24M185,175 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
4M4.5M5M5.5M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20253.4%5,421,9345,236,759185,175
20243.4%5,423,2685,237,835185,433
20233.2%5,372,6445,198,344174,300
20223.1%5,274,0055,108,354165,651
20213.9%5,194,4754,991,370203,105
20206.5%5,082,4994,750,641331,858
20193.6%5,144,5464,959,322185,224
20184.0%5,111,2104,906,904204,306
20174.8%5,093,2924,850,589242,703
20165.4%4,914,1874,646,831267,356
20156.1%4,736,3394,449,504286,835
20147.1%4,747,8544,408,466339,388
20138.1%4,751,8664,364,945386,921
20129.0%4,768,6964,338,585430,111
201110.0%4,729,1604,254,859474,301
201010.4%4,687,3724,199,634487,738
20099.9%4,712,9774,244,935468,042
20086.4%4,808,3974,501,493306,904
20074.6%4,763,2584,546,117217,141
20064.7%4,664,3524,446,727217,625
20055.3%4,548,1554,307,585240,570
20044.8%4,421,4264,210,815210,611
20034.8%4,376,3374,166,182210,155
20025.0%4,308,7364,093,750214,986
20014.0%4,241,2154,071,965169,250
20003.5%4,194,1254,046,676147,449
19993.8%4,120,0303,961,994158,036
19984.2%4,041,8903,872,554169,336
19974.5%3,941,1413,764,654176,487
19964.6%3,802,0613,626,493175,568
19954.8%3,685,4693,510,129175,340
19945.1%3,604,8893,422,314182,575
19935.7%3,500,5603,299,946200,614
19926.7%3,420,9603,193,112227,848
19915.3%3,312,8103,138,336174,474
19905.4%3,294,2783,117,860176,418
19895.4%3,256,1513,080,111176,040
19885.6%3,197,9403,018,602179,338
19875.6%3,101,1332,928,845172,288
19865.9%3,015,8282,837,782178,046
19856.4%2,902,3692,717,339185,030
19846.1%2,797,6702,626,579171,091
19837.6%2,714,4532,508,076206,377
19827.8%2,668,9902,461,101207,889
19816.5%2,599,9372,431,781168,156
19806.3%2,535,1682,376,030159,138
19795.1%2,468,3402,342,044126,296
19785.7%2,411,3502,273,425137,925
19776.9%2,329,6112,168,157161,454
19768.2%2,270,4042,085,187185,217

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.