Covered employment (QCEW) in Clay County

Covered employment (QCEW) in Clay County was 581 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1.4% from 2024. That is the 154th highest of 159 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs581
Change on 2024-1.4%
Series high8512003
Series low5032018

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Covered employment (QCEW) in Clay County, 2001 to 2025

50060070080090020012005200920132017202120252001: 679 jobs2002: 834 jobs2003: 851 jobs2004: 783 jobs2005: 730 jobs2006: 831 jobs2007: 764 jobs2008: 740 jobs2009: 690 jobs2010: 710 jobs2011: 662 jobs2012: 615 jobs2013: 607 jobs2014: 543 jobs2015: 517 jobs2016: 542 jobs2017: 511 jobs2018: 503 jobs2019: 693 jobs2020: 661 jobs2021: 668 jobs2022: 656 jobs2023: 613 jobs2024: 589 jobs2025: 581 jobs5006007008009002001201020252001: 679 jobs2002: 834 jobs2003: 851 jobs2004: 783 jobs2005: 730 jobs2006: 831 jobs2007: 764 jobs2008: 740 jobs2009: 690 jobs2010: 710 jobs2011: 662 jobs2012: 615 jobs2013: 607 jobs2014: 543 jobs2015: 517 jobs2016: 542 jobs2017: 511 jobs2018: 503 jobs2019: 693 jobs2020: 661 jobs2021: 668 jobs2022: 656 jobs2023: 613 jobs2024: 589 jobs2025: 581 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
2025581
2024589
2023613
2022656
2021668
2020661
2019693
2018503
2017511
2016542
2015517
2014543
2013607
2012615
2011662
2010710
2009690
2008740
2007764
2006831
2005730
2004783
2003851
2002834
2001679

Compared with Georgia and United States

Place2025
Clay County581
Georgia4,890,150
United States155,732,363

Clay County compared with nearby places

Appling County: 7,777 jobsAtkinson County: 2,166 jobsBacon County: 3,746 jobsBaker County: 454 jobsBaldwin County: 16,520 jobsBanks County: 5,109 jobsBarrow County: 24,813 jobsBartow County: 47,654 jobsBen Hill County: 5,665 jobsBerrien County: 3,953 jobsBibb County: 79,940 jobsBleckley County: 3,278 jobsBrantley County: 2,707 jobsBrooks County: 3,363 jobsBryan County: 13,308 jobsBulloch County: 28,815 jobsBurke County: 7,322 jobsButts County: 8,528 jobsCalhoun County: 1,271 jobsCamden County: 16,280 jobsCandler County: 3,189 jobsCarroll County: 46,150 jobsCatoosa County: 16,421 jobsCharlton County: 2,171 jobsChatham County: 172,740 jobsChattahoochee County: 1,982 jobsChattooga County: 5,079 jobsCherokee County: 73,868 jobsClarke County: 73,999 jobsClay County: 581 jobsClayton County: 129,649 jobsClinch County: 2,384 jobsCobb County: 381,663 jobsCoffee County: 17,975 jobsColquitt County: 15,791 jobsColumbia County: 42,806 jobsCook County: 4,540 jobsCoweta County: 49,373 jobsCrawford County: 1,336 jobsCrisp County: 8,409 jobsDade County: 4,576 jobsDawson County: 11,498 jobsDecatur County: 8,635 jobsDeKalb County: 312,426 jobsDodge County: 5,013 jobsDooly County: 2,692 jobsDougherty County: 44,899 jobsDouglas County: 49,867 jobsEarly County: 3,540 jobsEchols County: 603 jobsEffingham County: 14,590 jobsElbert County: 5,943 jobsEmanuel County: 7,229 jobsEvans County: 4,626 jobsFannin County: 7,675 jobsFayette County: 48,483 jobsFloyd County: 44,187 jobsForsyth County: 90,199 jobsFranklin County: 8,226 jobsFulton County: 948,768 jobsGilmer County: 8,305 jobsGlascock County: 391 jobsGlynn County: 43,238 jobsGordon County: 25,007 jobsGrady County: 5,823 jobsGreene County: 7,333 jobsGwinnett County: 390,169 jobsHabersham County: 15,755 jobsHall County: 103,296 jobsHancock County: 1,437 jobsHaralson County: 8,149 jobsHarris County: 6,950 jobsHart County: 8,261 jobsHeard County: 2,174 jobsHenry County: 75,454 jobsHouston County: 65,359 jobsIrwin County: 1,930 jobsJackson County: 43,619 jobsJasper County: 2,461 jobsJeff Davis County: 4,348 jobsJefferson County: 4,890 jobsJenkins County: 1,709 jobsJohnson County: 1,421 jobsJones County: 4,238 jobsLamar County: 4,462 jobsLanier County: 1,370 jobsLaurens County: 20,291 jobsLee County: 7,583 jobsLiberty County: 19,848 jobsLincoln County: 1,451 jobsLong County: 1,388 jobsLowndes County: 49,349 jobsLumpkin County: 8,806 jobsMcDuffie County: 7,094 jobsMcIntosh County: 1,846 jobsMacon County: 2,624 jobsMadison County: 4,233 jobsMarion County: 1,290 jobsMeriwether County: 5,046 jobsMiller County: 1,940 jobsMitchell County: 6,497 jobsMonroe County: 8,368 jobsMontgomery County: 1,518 jobsMorgan County: 9,071 jobsMurray County: 8,160 jobsMuscogee County: 89,113 jobsNewton County: 27,786 jobsOconee County: 17,237 jobsOglethorpe County: 1,958 jobsPaulding County: 30,869 jobsPeach County: 10,790 jobsPickens County: 9,658 jobsPierce County: 4,650 jobsPike County: 3,541 jobsPolk County: 11,132 jobsPulaski County: 2,878 jobsPutnam County: 6,381 jobsQuitman County: 336 jobsRabun County: 5,714 jobsRandolph County: 1,660 jobsRichmond County: 104,220 jobsRockdale County: 34,821 jobsSchley County: 1,224 jobsScreven County: 2,946 jobsSeminole County: 2,219 jobsSpalding County: 23,534 jobsStephens County: 8,219 jobsStewart County: 1,708 jobsSumter County: 9,680 jobsTalbot County: 984 jobsTaliaferro County: 192 jobsTattnall County: 5,685 jobsTaylor County: 1,592 jobsTelfair County: 2,120 jobsTerrell County: 2,100 jobsThomas County: 20,901 jobsTift County: 21,569 jobsToombs County: 11,971 jobsTowns County: 3,393 jobsTreutlen County: 1,145 jobsTroup County: 42,864 jobsTurner County: 1,800 jobsTwiggs County: 1,801 jobsUnion County: 7,856 jobsUpson County: 7,242 jobsWalker County: 14,867 jobsWalton County: 26,474 jobsWare County: 14,273 jobsWarren County: 1,438 jobsWashington County: 6,468 jobsWayne County: 9,050 jobsWebster County: 456 jobsWheeler County: 1,037 jobsWhite County: 9,423 jobsWhitfield County: 55,935 jobsWilcox County: 1,198 jobsWilkes County: 2,770 jobsWilkinson County: 2,876 jobsWorth County: 3,101 jobs
  • Under 2,000
  • 2,000 to 3,000
  • 3,000 to 7,000
  • 7,000 to 11K
  • 11K to 43K
  • 43K and over
Covered employment (QCEW), 2025, jobs. Clay County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Clay County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Clay County, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/clay-county-georgia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Clay County, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/clay-county-georgia.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Clay County, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/clay-county-georgia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Clay County?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Clay County was 581 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1.4% from 2024. That is the 154th highest of 159 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Clay County?

851 jobs in 2003, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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