Chatham County, GA

FIPS 13051 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Chatham County had an annual average of 170,836 jobs across 10,826 establishments, paying $10.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

170,836

+1.1% YoY

Establishments

10,826

Total Wages

$10.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,834

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Chatham County, GA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 17,649 992 $529 $485.9M
561 NAICS 561 12,988 668 $806 $544.5M
336 NAICS 336 12,376 22 $2,097 $1,349.3M
611 NAICS 611 10,926 111 $1,373 $685.5M
622 NAICS 622 8,977 26 $2,106 $659.3M
621 NAICS 621 8,215 779 $1,539 $580.2M
541 NAICS 541 6,226 1,130 $1,764 $526.5M
488 NAICS 488 5,393 184 $2,520 $412.5M
238 NAICS 238 4,827 422 $1,345 $337.6M
721 NAICS 721 4,138 250 $692 $148.8M
484 NAICS 484 3,678 340 $1,128 $215.8M
455 NAICS 455 3,598 92 $595 $111.4M
445 NAICS 445 3,557 212 $954 $113.4M
493 NAICS 493 3,488 100 $1,069 $193.8M
921 NAICS 921 3,285 14 $2,202 $214.5M
423 NAICS 423 3,238 236 $1,565 $263.6M
441 NAICS 441 3,021 135 $1,393 $218.9M
624 NAICS 624 2,862 229 $623 $92.6M
922 NAICS 922 2,711 20 $2,209 $203.5M
424 NAICS 424 2,681 96 $1,746 $243.5M
926 NAICS 926 2,236 12 $2,285 $241.9M
458 NAICS 458 2,233 224 $547 $63.5M
811 NAICS 811 2,073 236 $1,234 $133.0M
236 NAICS 236 2,063 287 $1,591 $170.7M
623 NAICS 623 1,988 43 $810 $83.7M
531 NAICS 531 1,914 513 $1,196 $119.0M
713 NAICS 713 1,890 117 $618 $60.8M
492 NAICS 492 1,859 20 $775 $74.9M
459 NAICS 459 1,830 252 $608 $57.8M
812 NAICS 812 1,782 280 $665 $61.6M
449 NAICS 449 1,541 117 $1,090 $82.5M
457 NAICS 457 1,526 185 $740 $58.8M
444 NAICS 444 1,446 72 $814 $61.2M
522 NAICS 522 1,347 181 $3,789 $136.7M
311 NAICS 311 1,273 40 $1,466 $97.0M
456 NAICS 456 1,217 153 $880 $55.7M
813 NAICS 813 1,214 113 $1,031 $47.0M
333 NAICS 333 1,060 17 $1,435 $79.1M
524 NAICS 524 914 177 $3,634 $72.4M
237 NAICS 237 896 55 $1,393 $64.9M
325 NAICS 325 794 28 $2,106 $86.9M
551 NAICS 551 726 57 $1,691 $63.8M
221 NAICS 221 679 13 $1,897 $67.0M
327 NAICS 327 627 24 $1,568 $51.1M
332 NAICS 332 625 32 $1,633 $53.0M
928 NAICS 928 624 4 $1,710 $49.3M
425 NAICS 425 592 97 $1,793 $55.2M
562 NAICS 562 577 46 $1,382 $41.5M
487 NAICS 487 523 16 $635 $17.3M
711 NAICS 711 509 48 $713 $18.9M
516 NAICS 516 441 16 $1,272 $29.2M
491 NAICS 491 392 13 $1,431 $29.2M
517 NAICS 517 386 23 $1,620 $32.5M
523 NAICS 523 379 110 $5,763 $84.6M
712 NAICS 712 342 22 $1,267 $12.6M
323 NAICS 323 304 18 $877 $13.9M
999 NAICS 999 290 627 $1,319 $19.9M
512 NAICS 512 276 35 $670 $9.6M
485 NAICS 485 258 18 $773 $10.4M
339 NAICS 339 229 28 $1,133 $13.5M
481 NAICS 481 206 11 $1,145 $12.2M
337 NAICS 337 183 15 $1,077 $10.2M
923 NAICS 923 173 11 $1,883 $13.7M
314 NAICS 314 153 9 $1,343 $10.7M
312 NAICS 312 148 10 $970 $7.5M
519 NAICS 519 139 1 $713 $5.1M
925 NAICS 925 122 3 $1,274 $8.1M
513 NAICS 513 118 71 $1,778 $10.9M
483 NAICS 483 109 12 $1,613 $9.1M
924 NAICS 924 59 4 $1,546 $2.3M
321 NAICS 321 57 10 $927 $2.7M
814 NAICS 814 56 54 $894 $2.6M
326 NAICS 326 49 6 $1,057 $2.7M
335 NAICS 335 42 5 $1,730 $3.8M
334 NAICS 334 37 8 $1,572 $3.0M
525 NAICS 525 24 4 $1,390 $1.8M
114 NAICS 114 9 3 $762 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

2,639

jobs · $89,325 avg pay

State Government

4,369

jobs · $82,932 avg pay

Local Government

11,229

jobs · $60,701 avg pay

Private

152,599

jobs · $60,838 avg pay

GA Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.5%

April 2026

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