Georgia · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Georgia

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Georgia, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Georgia had about 4,889,600 people on their payrolls across roughly 395,262 establishments, with average annual pay of $73,040.

Total employment in Georgia grew 13.5% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 4,889,600. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Georgia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

4,889,600Employment, 2025
395,262Establishments
$73,040Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Georgia	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	23,081	0.5%	0.59	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	5,902	0.1%	0.33	pub.
23	Construction	234,446	4.8%	0.89	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	425,221	8.7%	1.07	pub.
22	Utilities	22,010	0.4%	0.80	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	226,420	4.6%	1.19	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	512,084	10.5%	1.06	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	297,098	6.1%	1.25	pub.
51	Information	115,272	2.4%	1.23	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	195,814	4.0%	0.98	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	80,265	1.6%	1.05	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	337,664	6.9%	0.99	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	90,015	1.8%	1.10	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	319,870	6.5%	1.12	pub.
61	Educational Services	417,508	8.5%	1.00	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	671,179	13.7%	0.85	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	67,016	1.4%	0.70	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	451,808	9.2%	1.01	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	122,491	2.5%	0.83	pub.
92	Public Administration	255,190	5.2%	1.03	pub.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	4,889,588	395,262	$73,035	0.6%	pub.
2024	4,862,001	391,882	$70,607	1.1%	pub.
2023	4,808,000	387,003	$67,557	2.2%	pub.
2022	4,705,337	379,261	$65,646	5.1%	pub.
2021	4,475,118	336,795	$62,242	3.9%	pub.
2020	4,307,139	309,584	$58,884	4.6%	pub.
2019	4,513,029	288,579	$55,263	1.9%	pub.
2018	4,430,135	278,738	$53,496	1.9%	pub.
2017	4,346,453	273,853	$52,189	2.0%	pub.
2016	4,262,937	298,464	$50,676	2.7%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Georgia	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	323,577	6.6%	0.94
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	390,383	8.0%	1.19
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	167,855	3.4%	1.03
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	65,700	1.3%	0.80
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	32,404	0.7%	0.71
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	59,836	1.2%	0.72
23-0000	Legal occupations	43,180	0.9%	1.06
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	279,892	5.7%	0.98
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	57,127	1.2%	0.88
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	306,877	6.3%	1.00
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	159,733	3.3%	0.65
33-0000	Protective service occupations	117,808	2.4%	1.00
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	434,227	8.9%	1.01
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	116,132	2.4%	0.81
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	89,471	1.8%	0.88
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	460,025	9.4%	1.10
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	579,872	11.9%	1.01
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	9,383	0.2%	0.68
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	153,063	3.1%	0.76
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	206,914	4.2%	1.08
51-0000	Production occupations	310,957	6.4%	1.14
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	525,174	10.7%	1.22

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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