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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
The monthly payroll picture
Atlanta employers recorded 3,101,900 payroll jobs in September 2026, −0.1% compared with September 2025.
BLS CES · September 2026 vs September 2025 · Preliminary
Source published 2026-10-28. Not seasonally adjusted.
BLS does not mark this annual change statistically significant.
- Monthly payroll jobs
- 3,101,900
- Payroll change, 1 year
- −0.1%
- Jobs change, 1 year
- −2,700
- Payroll observation
- September 2026
- Resident unemployment rate
- 3.5% September 2026 · BLS LAUS
- Occupation reports (OEWS)
- 647 May 2025 · Occupational context
Historical workforce detail · 2025 Q3
Jobs rose 0.2% from 2024 Q3 to 2025 Q3
Health care and social assistance had the largest job gain of any major industry
Census QWI 2025 Q3 vs 2024 Q3BLS OEWS occupation pay: May 2025
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