Unemployment Rate
3.5%
Atlanta
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Metro Summary
Employment Level
3,252,603persons
Labor Force
3,370,046persons
Payroll Employment
3,115.5thousands
Job Openings
—Not published for this area.
Initial Unemployment Claims
—Not published for this area.
Consumer Prices
327.65index
Average Hourly Earnings
$37.03
Data as of July 2026, June 2026 · Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS); BLS State and Area Employment (SAE); BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Atlanta covers the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metro area. Metrics without a published metro series are shown as unavailable; national, state, or other-metro figures are never shown in their place.
Unemployment Rate · Atlanta
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| Concept | Atlanta | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate | 3.5% June 2026 | 4.1%July 2026 |
| Employment Level | 3,252,603persons June 2026 | 162,177thousandsJuly 2026 |
| Labor Force | 3,370,046persons June 2026 | 169,094thousandsJuly 2026 |
| Payroll Employment | 3,115.5thousands July 2026 | 158,858thousandsJuly 2026 |
| Job Openings | —Not published for this area. | 7,359thousandsJune 2026 |
| Initial Unemployment Claims | —Not published for this area. | 188,718claimsWeek ending Aug 8, 2026 |
| Consumer Prices | 327.65index June 2026 | 333.918indexJuly 2026 |
| Average Hourly Earnings | $37.03 July 2026 | $37.62July 2026 |
The United States column is national data, shown for context and labelled as such. Atlanta values are metro Atlanta only. Units and reference periods can differ between the two columns; each figure is labelled with its own.
Labor Market
| Metric | Latest | Change | 1 Yr | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Level | 3,252,603 | +0.02%up, generally favorable | +1.48%up, generally favorable | Jun 2026 |
| Labor Force | 3,370,046 | +0.37%up, mixed signal | +1.43%up, mixed signal | Jun 2026 |
| Unemployment Level | 117,443 | +11.0%up, generally unfavorable | +0.01%up, generally unfavorable | Jun 2026 |
| Unemployment Rate | 3.5% | +0.3 ppup, generally unfavorable | 0 pp | Jun 2026 |
Data: June 2026 · Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
Employment & Payrolls
Data: July 2026 · Source: BLS State and Area Employment (SAE)
Hiring & Labor Demand
Hiring & Labor Demand is not published for Atlanta.
Prices & Cost Pressure
| Metric | Latest | Change | 1 Yr | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Items | 327.65 | — | +2.85%up, mixed signal | Jun 2026 |
| All Items Less Food and Energy | 322.814 | — | +1.59%up | Jun 2026 |
| Apparel | 157.147 | — | −2.00%down | Jun 2026 |
| Education and Communication | 143.966 | — | +1.82%up | Jun 2026 |
| Energy | 317.745 | +0.21%up | +11.5%up | Jul 2026 |
| Food | 368.622 | — | +5.50%up | Jun 2026 |
| Food at Home | 324.467 | −0.55%down | +4.61%up | Jul 2026 |
| Food Away From Home | 442.935 | — | +5.88%up | Jun 2026 |
| Gasoline (All Types) | 326.499 | +0.04%up | +26.6%up | Jul 2026 |
| Household Furnishings and Operations | 162.486 | — | +3.29%up | Jun 2026 |
| Medical Care | 519.304 | — | −1.01%down | Jun 2026 |
| Owners' Equivalent Rent of Residences | 397.035 | +0.43%up | +1.26%up | Jul 2026 |
| Recreation | 104.204 | — | +2.94%up | Jun 2026 |
| Rent of Primary Residence | 414.086 | +0.41%up | +0.92%up | Jul 2026 |
| Shelter | 398.914 | +0.13%up | +1.50%up | Jul 2026 |
| Transportation | 296.062 | — | +5.81%up | Jun 2026 |
Data: July 2026, June 2026 · Source: BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Unemployment Claims
Unemployment Claims is not published for Atlanta.
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Local Activity
| Metric | Latest | Change | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Businesses Open Momentum Experimental | -0.4% | — | August 2026 |
Atlanta metro · Source: Homebase
No change is shown: the two most recent published periods (2025-M08 and 2026-M08) are not consecutive, so a period-over-period comparison would span a gap.
Atlanta is scoped to the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metropolitan statistical area (msa:12060). Coverage is partial by design: metro series that federal sources do not publish, or withhold to protect confidentiality, are shown as unavailable.
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