Thursday, March 14, 2013
That's two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the rate in December 2012.
Cobb's unemployment rate rose from 7.6 percent in December 2012 to 7.8 percent in January 2013, according to new figures from the Georgia Department of Labor. The rise in Cobb mirrors an uptick in metro Atlanta, where the unemployment rate rose from 8.4 percent in December to 8.7 percent in January. The Labor Department attributes the increase to a loss of seasonal jobs and an increase in new layoffs. While there were 2,392,000 jobs in December, there were 2,362,900 million jobs remaining in January. As a result, the number of initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose from 21,912 in December to 31,663 in January. Most of the claims were filed in construction, manufacturing, trade, transportation and warehousing, …
Saturday, September 29, 2012
That mirrors declines countywide and across metro Atlanta.
The August jobs report is out, and preliminary figures from the Georgia Department of Labor show a dip in Cobb County's jobless rate. Cobb's rate dropped from a revised 8.5 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August. And thanks to fewer layoffs in manufacturing, construction, administrative and support services, educational services, and health care and social assistance, the 28-county metro Atlanta area's jobless rate fell from a revised 9.2 percent in July to 8.9 percent in August, the Georgia Department of Labor said in a news release. Of the 10 counties within the Atlanta Regional Commission, Cobb ranks fourth, behind Cherokee (7.1 percent), Fayette (7.8 percent) and Gwinnett (7.9 percent). Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment …
Friday, August 17, 2012
July unemployment claims in Cobb County also increased by 4.5 percent.
The jobless rate in Georgia has jumped 3 tenths of a percentage point to 9.3 percent from June to July, says the Georgia Department of Labor. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said in a press release that the culprit for the spike was a large number of temporary manufacturing sector layoffs, but many of those workers have returned to work already. First time claims for unemployment insurance jumped by over 15 percent from June, but are still 8.2 percent below the number of claims from this time last year. In Cobb County, there was a 4.5 percent increase in first-time unemployment claims. There were 2,515 first time claims in July, up from 2,406 in June. This number is still below the 2,816 first time claims in July, 2011. Additionally, …
Friday, July 20, 2012
New graduates, seasonal school layoffs are the traditional cause of the June increase.
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Friday, July 20, 2012
The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9.0 percent in June, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 8.9 percent in May, the first increase in almost a year. The jobless rate was 9.9 percent in June a year ago. “The unemployment rate traditionally inches up in June because new graduates and people hunting summer jobs enter the job market at the same time the private and public schools are laying off for the summer,” said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. The number of jobs dropped by 8,200, or two-tenths of a percentage point, from 3,941,500 in May to 3,933,300 in June. “The June job loss is a lot less than we anticipated, based on recent trends,” said Butler, “…
Friday, June 22, 2012
The seasonally adjusted rate for metro Atlanta for May was 8.9 percent, up slightly from April.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
According to the Georgia Department of Labor, metro Atlanta’s jobless rate rose to 8.6 percent in May from 8.5 percent the previous month, still lower than Georgia’s seasonally adjusted employment rate of 8.9 percent. GDOL attributed the increase to an influx of job seekers—16,578 were added in May. Of those looking for work, 10.570 found jobs within a month. Cobb County’s unemployment rate for May was 8.1 percent. Local data is not seasonally adjusted.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
But an additional 1,700 county residents went to work in February, according to the Georgia Labor Department.
Cobb County residents gained almost 1,700 jobs in February, according to preliminary figures released today by the Georgia Department of Labor. The unemployment rate was unchanged from January’s 8.4 percent because the labor force grew by more than 1,900. But at 344,029, the number of people in Cobb with jobs rose by almost 9,000 from February 2011, when the county’s jobless rate was 9.2 percent. The February rate was higher than the national rate of 8.3 percent, unchanged from January, but lower than the state rate of 9.1 percent, down from 9.2 percent in January. For the 28-county Atlanta metro area and for the 10-county area covered by the Atlanta Regional Commission, both of which include Cobb, the unemployment rate dropped to 9 …
Friday, December 23, 2011
The Georgia Labor Department's report for November shows the county's unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Cobb County’s economy is looking up as the unemployment rate keeps falling. The county jobless rate dropped 0.7 percentage point in November to 8.4 percent, according to preliminary figures the Georgia Department of Labor released Thursday. The rate improved from 9.1 percent in October, 9.4 percent in September and 9.7 percent in November 2010. The local numbers are not adjusted for seasonal factors. The percentages reflect actual job growth in Cobb. According to the Labor Department figures, 3,300 more people were working in the county in November than in October, and the county added about 7,400 jobs in the past year. Cobb County’s good job news matched the improvement for the official metro Atlanta area, where the November rate was 9.2 …
Alex Carroll
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