Atlanta Jobs Declined by 77,000 Over Decade
Thursday, July 1st, 2010The number of jobs Atlanta lost during the last decade places the city among the majority of markets that experienced employment declines.
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics found that Atlanta was among 53 markets that lost private-sector jobs during the last decade. The city lost a total of 77,000 jobs between May 2000 and May 2010, placing it 91st among the top 100 metro areas.
During May 2000, Atlanta had a workforce of 2,012,800 employees, but after hitting a high of 2,129,000 jobs during May 2007, the city went on to strike a low employment of 1,935,300 workers during May of this year. However, that was not even close to the worst employment decline in the nation.