Ware County, GA

FIPS 13299 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Ware County had an annual average of 14,596 jobs across 1,009 establishments, paying $0.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

14,596

-0.9% YoY

Establishments

1,009

Total Wages

$0.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$46,109

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 Ware County, GA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
621 NAICS 621 1,646 119 $1,138 $96.2M
722 NAICS 722 1,466 82 $397 $30.2M
611 NAICS 611 1,253 12 $1,023 $62.9M
455 NAICS 455 712 22 $544 $20.1M
921 NAICS 921 657 5 $1,105 $26.4M
321 NAICS 321 637 4 $1,068 $35.4M
623 NAICS 623 632 9 $923 $30.1M
441 NAICS 441 387 22 $1,054 $21.2M
238 NAICS 238 354 45 $876 $16.1M
236 NAICS 236 259 18 $1,231 $16.6M
484 NAICS 484 242 19 $721 $9.1M
423 NAICS 423 240 26 $1,248 $15.6M
811 NAICS 811 232 42 $894 $10.8M
922 NAICS 922 224 5 $1,132 $13.2M
444 NAICS 444 224 10 $631 $7.4M
445 NAICS 445 201 20 $601 $6.3M
522 NAICS 522 176 24 $1,315 $12.0M
459 NAICS 459 172 24 $624 $5.6M
457 NAICS 457 170 34 $569 $5.0M
456 NAICS 456 124 25 $734 $4.7M
721 NAICS 721 113 10 $359 $2.1M
624 NAICS 624 105 11 $931 $5.1M
492 NAICS 492 103 7 $684 $3.7M
923 NAICS 923 100 6 $1,576 $5.7M
111 NAICS 111 96 7 $819 $4.1M
237 NAICS 237 96 8 $1,158 $5.8M
485 NAICS 485 89 1 $561 $2.6M
458 NAICS 458 78 16 $462 $1.9M
812 NAICS 812 77 18 $567 $2.3M
924 NAICS 924 72 3 $856 $2.7M
491 NAICS 491 66 4 $1,222 $4.2M
449 NAICS 449 64 8 $890 $3.0M
532 NAICS 532 62 10 $1,154 $3.7M
524 NAICS 524 57 16 $908 $2.7M
531 NAICS 531 57 32 $706 $2.1M
925 NAICS 925 56 4 $957 $2.7M
221 NAICS 221 53 4 $1,683 $4.6M
517 NAICS 517 46 5 $1,497 $3.6M
113 NAICS 113 43 6 $961 $2.2M
339 NAICS 339 37 4 $897 $1.7M
323 NAICS 323 29 7 $562 $0.9M
519 NAICS 519 24 1 $458 $0.6M
523 NAICS 523 22 8 $2,591 $3.0M
488 NAICS 488 18 2 $929 $0.9M
999 NAICS 999 18 36 $750 $0.7M
926 NAICS 926 10 4 $1,431 $0.5M
813 NAICS 813 2 1 $468 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

88

jobs · $68,178 avg pay

State Government

1,241

jobs · $49,884 avg pay

Local Government

1,710

jobs · $46,732 avg pay

Private

11,557

jobs · $45,440 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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