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Savannah, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Savannah fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2013 to 7.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Savannah peaked in October 2010 at 9.2% and is now 1.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Savannah unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.5% -0.1 -0.6
Georgia 8.2% -0.2 -0.9
Savannah 7.7% -0.1 -0.9
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2013 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Savannah, Georgia, National

Savannah, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Savannah, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Savannah peaked in November 2010 at 16,396. There are now 2,389 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Savannah employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Savannah, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Savannah 14,007 -281 -1,551

Number of Unemployed Persons

Savannah, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		Georgia
Unemployment Rate 		Savannah
Unemployment Rate 		Savannah
Unemployed
May
2013 		7.6% — — —
April
2013 		7.5% 8.2% 7.7% 14,007
March
2013 		7.6% 8.4% 7.8% 14,288
February
2013 		7.7% 8.6% 7.9% 14,526
January
2013 		7.9% 8.7% 8.1% 14,808
December
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 8.1% 14,798
November
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 8.1% 14,801
October
2012 		7.9% 8.8% 8.1% 14,828
September
2012 		7.8% 8.9% 8.1% 14,882
August
2012 		8.1% 9.0% 8.2% 14,979
July
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 8.3% 15,127
June
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 8.4% 15,298
May
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 8.5% 15,451

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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