Add It Up: Ain’t got a job
Metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate exceeds the nation for the 28th straight month
Percent of unemployed metro Atlantans, as of January: 10.8
Nation’s unemployment rate in January: 9.7
Number of months that Georgia’s unemployment rate has consecutively exceeded the nation’s: 28
Percentage of Georgia counties where at least one out of every 10 workers was without a job in January: 80.5
Approximate unemployment rate at which economist Jeff Humphreys thinks the state will peak: 11.3
Percentage of recently surveyed metro Atlanta companies who plan to hire more workers between April and July: 9
Percentage of surveyed companies who plan to cut their workforce during same period: 11
Percentage of metro Atlanta companies who plan to maintain the jobs they have: 78
Number of metropolitan areas, out of 201, whose employment outlook is “weaker” than metro Atlanta’s: 6
Sources: Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Department of Labor, Manpower