Fulton County · Georgia
Atlanta, GA jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Atlanta, GA earn a median of $55,760 a year, 25% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.9% against 5.2% nationally, and professional, scientific & management is the largest employer at 23.8% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $55,760#9 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 67.8%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 268,973Civilian employed, age 16+
What Atlanta does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Professional, scientific & management23.8%
- Education, health care & social assistance20.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate9.5%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food8.9%
- Retail trade8.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.6%
- Manufacturing5.5%
- Public administration4.4%
- Other services, except public administration3.8%
- Information3.7%
- Construction3%
- Wholesale trade2.1%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.3%
Related data for Atlanta
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.