Unemployment Rate
3.5%
+0.3 ppup, generally unfavorable MoM Not seasonally adjusted
Latest · Jun 2026
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Labor-market indicators for metro Atlanta (the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metro area), from the metro series where BLS publishes one. National readings on this page are labeled U.S.
Today in the Job Market
Prior month, May 2026: 3.2%, +0.4 pp MoM.
Employment Level
3,252,603 persons
+0.02%up, generally favorable MoM Not seasonally adjusted
Latest · Jun 2026
Labor Force
3,370,046 persons
+0.37%up, mixed signal MoM Not seasonally adjusted
Latest · Jun 2026
Payroll Employment
3,115.5 thousands
−0.11%down, generally unfavorable MoM
Latest · Jul 2026
Job Openings
—
Not published for this area.
Initial Unemployment Claims
—
Not published for this area.
Consumer Prices
327.65 index
— Not seasonally adjusted
Jun 2026
Average Hourly Earnings
$37.03
+0.87%up, generally favorable MoM Not seasonally adjusted
Latest · Jul 2026
Market heatmap change vs prior year unless tagged
- Payrolls −0.13% Nonfarm Payroll Employment, generally unfavorable
- Unemp. 0 pp Unemployment Rate
- Wages +3.44% Total Private — Average Hourly Earnings, generally favorable
- Labor force +1.43% Labor Force, mixed signal
- Employment +1.48% Employment Level, generally favorable
- CPI +2.85% All Items, mixed signal
Data: July 2026, June 2026 · Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS); BLS State and Area Employment (SAE); BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Atlanta Beta 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.
Job Economy Briefing
Unemployment Rate · U.S. and Atlanta
Full metric detail →- U.S. National · BLS CPS · seasonally adjusted · through Jul 2026
- ATL Atlanta (Beta) · BLS LAUS · not seasonally adjusted · through Jun 2026
Each line ends at the most recent month in JobGetr's data for its area, so the two can end in different months; a month a source did not publish is left as a gap. The U.S. series is seasonally adjusted and the Atlanta series is not seasonally adjusted, so they are shown together for context rather than as a like-for-like comparison. Source: BLS Current Population Survey (CPS); BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS).
Monthly Job Market Brief
Data through: U.S. July 2026 · openings June 2026 · claims week ending Aug 8, 2026 · Atlanta June 2026
National brief: U.S. readings, with metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate where named. Atlanta’s own readings are in Today in the Job Market above.
In July 2026, U.S. payroll employment was little changed at 158.9 million jobs, and the unemployment rate eased to 4.1% from 4.2%. Average hourly earnings were $37.62 in July 2026, up 0.1% from June. Job openings stood at 7.4 million in June 2026, down 2.4% from May. Initial unemployment claims totaled 188,718 in the week ending Aug 8, 2026, up 9.7% from the prior week. In June 2026, metro Atlanta's unemployment rate rose to 3.5% from 3.2%; the U.S. rate for that month was 4.2% (seasonally adjusted; Atlanta: not seasonally adjusted).
Market Highlights
- U.S. unemployment fell to 4.1%, a 2nd straight monthly decline
- U.S. payrolls shed 23,000 jobs on the month
- Job openings fell for a 2nd straight month, to 7.4 million
- Atlanta unemployment rose for a 2nd straight month, to 3.5%
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 (Beta).
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 (Beta).
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Wages
| Metric | Latest | Change | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worker Wage Momentum Beta | 3.8% | 0 pp | July 2026 |
| Job Switcher Wage Growth Beta | 4.4% | 0 pp | July 2026 |
| Job Stayer Wage Growth Beta | 3.6% | 0 pp | July 2026 |
| Switcher Premium Beta | 0.8 pp | 0 pp | July 2026 |
United States (national) · Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Worker Wage Momentum history
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 Businesses Open Momentum history
Industries
Open the industries explorer →| Total, All Industries | Latest | Change | 1 Yr | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, All Industries — Private — Employment | — | — | — | Dec 2025 |
| Total, All Industries — Private — Average Weekly Wage | — | — | — | Q4 2025 |
| Total, All Industries — Private — Establishments | — | — | — | Q4 2025 |
| Total, All Industries — Private — Total Quarterly Wages | — | — | — | Q4 2025 |
Total, All Industries totals. 19 industries covered in the full explorer.
Occupations
Open the occupations explorer →| All Occupations | Latest | Change | 1 Yr | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Occupations — Employment | 2,889,670 | — | +0.62%up | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Annual Mean Wage | $71,900 | — | +2.49%up | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Annual Median Wage | $51,170 | — | +2.81%up | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Annual 10Th-percentile Wage | $29,110 | — | +2.46%up | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Annual 25Th-percentile Wage | $37,030 | — | +2.26%up | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Annual 75Th-percentile Wage | $82,140 | — | +2.56%up | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Annual 90Th-percentile Wage | $132,230 | — | +1.80%up | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Jobs per 1,000 | 1,000.00 | — | 0% | May 2025 |
| All Occupations — Location Quotient | 1.00 | — | 0% | May 2025 |
All Occupations totals. 56 occupations covered in the full explorer.
National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metro area only; where a metro series is not published, JobGetr shows it as unavailable rather than substituting a national, state, or other-metro figure.
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