Fayette County, GA

FIPS 13113 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Fayette County had an annual average of 49,094 jobs across 4,852 establishments, paying $2.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

49,094

-0.1% YoY

Establishments

4,852

Total Wages

$2.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,774

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 Fayette County, GA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
924 NAICS 924 — 1 — —
722 NAICS 722 6,418 332 $453 $151.2M
621 NAICS 621 4,374 494 $1,332 $302.5M
611 NAICS 611 3,975 96 $2,310 $222.0M
541 NAICS 541 2,769 590 $2,346 $230.3M
423 NAICS 423 2,283 124 $1,836 $218.0M
238 NAICS 238 1,814 233 $1,437 $135.6M
445 NAICS 445 1,684 50 $567 $49.7M
455 NAICS 455 1,580 31 $498 $40.9M
561 NAICS 561 1,573 273 $1,019 $83.4M
921 NAICS 921 1,472 8 $2,356 $99.3M
326 NAICS 326 1,228 8 $1,174 $74.9M
332 NAICS 332 1,127 22 $1,231 $72.1M
624 NAICS 624 1,028 92 $592 $31.6M
333 NAICS 333 983 15 $1,696 $86.7M
713 NAICS 713 979 54 $400 $20.3M
812 NAICS 812 824 156 $635 $27.2M
484 NAICS 484 773 71 $1,130 $45.4M
459 NAICS 459 727 77 $536 $20.3M
488 NAICS 488 699 50 $3,918 $72.7M
811 NAICS 811 656 117 $1,096 $37.4M
444 NAICS 444 629 26 $602 $19.7M
236 NAICS 236 611 140 $1,763 $56.0M
237 NAICS 237 583 27 $1,745 $52.9M
458 NAICS 458 532 52 $431 $11.9M
531 NAICS 531 487 241 $1,204 $30.5M
456 NAICS 456 482 58 $732 $18.4M
813 NAICS 813 455 42 $997 $23.6M
441 NAICS 441 450 45 $919 $21.5M
449 NAICS 449 435 49 $853 $19.3M
524 NAICS 524 434 97 $1,523 $34.4M
721 NAICS 721 400 21 $697 $14.5M
522 NAICS 522 328 58 $1,475 $25.2M
425 NAICS 425 313 88 $1,623 $26.4M
327 NAICS 327 284 11 $1,802 $26.6M
325 NAICS 325 282 14 $1,455 $21.4M
457 NAICS 457 242 37 $607 $7.6M
424 NAICS 424 239 45 $1,728 $21.5M
339 NAICS 339 224 19 $1,327 $15.4M
562 NAICS 562 193 14 $1,531 $15.4M
999 NAICS 999 190 410 $1,661 $16.4M
491 NAICS 491 148 5 $1,341 $10.3M
512 NAICS 512 142 31 $1,146 $8.5M
513 NAICS 513 95 38 $1,890 $9.4M
335 NAICS 335 83 4 $2,089 $9.0M
551 NAICS 551 76 22 $1,868 $7.4M
923 NAICS 923 68 2 $2,732 $9.1M
517 NAICS 517 64 9 $1,269 $4.2M
111 NAICS 111 59 6 $770 $2.4M
221 NAICS 221 48 9 $2,899 $5.2M
323 NAICS 323 44 15 $838 $1.9M
926 NAICS 926 33 4 $2,303 $3.1M
814 NAICS 814 26 26 $1,182 $1.6M
922 NAICS 922 23 3 $1,430 $1.6M
481 NAICS 481 21 4 $2,602 $2.8M
518 NAICS 518 18 13 $2,852 $2.7M
314 NAICS 314 16 7 $1,051 $0.9M
337 NAICS 337 15 6 $1,306 $1.0M
623 NAICS 623 7 1 $850 $0.3M
928 NAICS 928 4 1 $573 $0.1M
925 NAICS 925 3 1 $1,087 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

659

jobs · $134,681 avg pay

State Government

112

jobs · $45,968 avg pay

Local Government

4,579

jobs · $61,169 avg pay

Private

43,744

jobs · $57,412 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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