DeKalb County, GA

FIPS 13089 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, DeKalb County had an annual average of 310,018 jobs across 23,556 establishments, paying $23.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

310,018

-0.7% YoY

Establishments

23,556

Total Wages

$23.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$76,012

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 DeKalb County, GA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 39,182 596 $2,321 $3,774.2M
622 NAICS 622 23,260 41 $2,230 $2,145.0M
541 NAICS 541 22,298 3,841 $2,325 $2,355.5M
722 NAICS 722 22,067 1,651 $529 $606.6M
561 NAICS 561 19,598 1,307 $1,339 $1,364.9M
621 NAICS 621 18,875 1,887 $1,292 $1,262.5M
524 NAICS 524 13,935 419 $3,512 $1,190.4M
921 NAICS 921 13,112 27 $1,388 $920.2M
445 NAICS 445 7,742 422 $666 $268.2M
455 NAICS 455 7,436 170 $623 $240.8M
624 NAICS 624 7,260 616 $1,623 $278.7M
238 NAICS 238 6,628 578 $1,605 $553.2M
423 NAICS 423 5,947 472 $2,076 $642.0M
484 NAICS 484 5,796 349 $1,324 $399.1M
441 NAICS 441 4,688 216 $1,509 $367.8M
623 NAICS 623 4,479 140 $1,090 $221.2M
551 NAICS 551 4,102 111 $3,040 $648.5M
531 NAICS 531 4,101 1,080 $1,362 $290.5M
424 NAICS 424 3,639 286 $1,542 $291.7M
517 NAICS 517 3,366 78 $2,997 $524.6M
812 NAICS 812 3,274 647 $728 $124.0M
458 NAICS 458 3,090 299 $548 $88.1M
449 NAICS 449 2,958 224 $1,735 $266.9M
311 NAICS 311 2,869 84 $1,064 $158.8M
923 NAICS 923 2,844 23 $2,538 $212.0M
713 NAICS 713 2,798 183 $611 $88.9M
522 NAICS 522 2,604 361 $3,286 $212.6M
922 NAICS 922 2,548 22 $2,535 $267.6M
811 NAICS 811 2,529 412 $1,395 $154.2M
492 NAICS 492 2,459 37 $1,157 $147.9M
459 NAICS 459 2,355 315 $610 $74.7M
236 NAICS 236 2,339 434 $1,985 $241.4M
813 NAICS 813 2,331 270 $1,280 $153.5M
493 NAICS 493 2,154 39 $1,000 $112.0M
456 NAICS 456 2,106 274 $824 $90.2M
488 NAICS 488 1,923 116 $1,814 $173.9M
444 NAICS 444 1,723 70 $855 $76.6M
425 NAICS 425 1,647 303 $2,147 $183.9M
457 NAICS 457 1,584 308 $679 $55.9M
721 NAICS 721 1,504 114 $931 $72.8M
518 NAICS 518 1,494 109 $2,000 $155.4M
513 NAICS 513 1,333 284 $3,325 $230.5M
221 NAICS 221 1,207 30 $2,688 $168.7M
326 NAICS 326 1,174 17 $1,317 $80.4M
332 NAICS 332 1,159 47 $1,396 $84.2M
485 NAICS 485 1,077 43 $1,257 $55.9M
516 NAICS 516 1,062 37 $2,060 $113.8M
512 NAICS 512 985 163 $1,528 $78.2M
325 NAICS 325 949 58 $1,562 $77.1M
999 NAICS 999 907 2,404 $1,651 $77.8M
562 NAICS 562 906 39 $1,382 $65.1M
237 NAICS 237 837 52 $1,456 $63.4M
339 NAICS 339 760 79 $1,132 $44.7M
335 NAICS 335 745 29 $1,645 $63.7M
333 NAICS 333 726 48 $1,646 $62.2M
323 NAICS 323 700 72 $1,454 $53.0M
321 NAICS 321 697 17 $1,164 $42.2M
532 NAICS 532 696 92 $1,351 $48.9M
334 NAICS 334 686 26 $2,731 $97.4M
312 NAICS 312 600 23 $1,236 $38.6M
925 NAICS 925 561 4 $1,766 $36.7M
491 NAICS 491 449 15 $1,437 $33.6M
928 NAICS 928 424 4 $2,276 $50.2M
327 NAICS 327 414 27 $1,566 $33.7M
322 NAICS 322 407 11 $1,404 $29.7M
337 NAICS 337 386 33 $1,417 $28.5M
519 NAICS 519 333 45 $2,966 $22.1M
336 NAICS 336 288 24 $2,400 $35.9M
926 NAICS 926 255 18 $2,212 $21.0M
711 NAICS 711 249 174 $1,161 $15.0M
712 NAICS 712 227 21 $2,072 $13.1M
315 NAICS 315 225 10 $758 $8.9M
314 NAICS 314 211 14 $947 $10.4M
924 NAICS 924 211 5 $2,215 $17.1M
814 NAICS 814 171 319 $1,204 $10.7M
481 NAICS 481 69 16 $2,077 $7.4M
533 NAICS 533 62 11 $1,238 $4.0M
111 NAICS 111 20 6 $882 $0.9M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

13,140

jobs · $103,081 avg pay

State Government

8,452

jobs · $53,624 avg pay

Local Government

23,834

jobs · $67,890 avg pay

Private

264,592

jobs · $76,114 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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