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, 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, April 26, 2012
The jobless rate for county residents a year earlier was 8.9 percent.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Cobb County’s unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in March, according to preliminary figures announced today by the Georgia Department of Labor. The jobless rate for Cobb residents improved from a revised 8.3 percent in February, 8.4 percent in January and 8.9 percent in March 2011. The gains in Cobb paralleled wider trends: The state and national rates are adjusted for seasonal factors; the regional and local rates are not. The state Labor Department attributed the Atlanta-area improvements to fewer layoffs in construction, manufacturing, trade, and administrative and support services. The statewide gains the past year came in professional and business services, trade and transportation, education and health services, manufacturing, and…
