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Warner Robins, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Warner Robins rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Warner Robins peaked in April 2020 at 9.8% and is now 6.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.1% in January 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Warner Robins unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Georgia 3.2% +0.1 +0.3
Warner Robins 3.2% +0.1 0.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Warner Robins, Georgia, National

Warner Robins, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Warner Robins, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Warner Robins peaked in April 2020 at 8,172. There are now 5,390 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,697 in April 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 85.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Warner Robins 2,782 +85 -5

Number of Unemployed Persons

Warner Robins, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Georgia
Unemployment Rate
Warner Robins
Unemployment Rate
Warner Robins
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 3.2% 3.2% 2,782
April
2023
3.4% 3.1% 3.1% 2,697
March
2023
3.5% 3.1% 3.2% 2,731
February
2023
3.6% 3.1% 3.1% 2,717
January
2023
3.4% 3.1% 3.2% 2,731
December
2022
3.5% 3.1% 3.2% 2,770
November
2022
3.6% 3.1% 3.2% 2,771
October
2022
3.7% 3.1% 3.2% 2,790
September
2022
3.5% 3.1% 3.3% 2,827
August
2022
3.7% 3.1% 3.3% 2,854
July
2022
3.5% 3.0% 3.3% 2,853

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.