# Counties in Georgia by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 159 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fulton County | 1,999 |
| 2 | Burke County | 1,559 |
| 3 | Clayton County | 1,543 |
| 4 | DeKalb County | 1,536 |
| 5 | Cobb County | 1,526 |
| 6 | Gwinnett County | 1,313 |
| 7 | Forsyth County | 1,276 |
| 8 | Hall County | 1,270 |
| 9 | Chatham County | 1,239 |
| 10 | Appling County | 1,227 |
| 11 | Rockdale County | 1,215 |
| 12 | Heard County | 1,182 |
| 13 | Bartow County | 1,180 |
| 14 | Carroll County | 1,164 |
| 15 | Richmond County | 1,162 |
| 16 | Fayette County | 1,157 |
| 17 | Troup County | 1,154 |
| 18 | Wilkinson County | 1,152 |
| 19 | Gordon County | 1,147 |
| 20 | Clarke County | 1,145 |
| 21 | Houston County | 1,143 |
| 22 | Douglas County | 1,135 |
| 23 | Newton County | 1,126 |
| 24 | Early County | 1,109 |
| 24 | Pickens County | 1,109 |
| 26 | Bibb County | 1,106 |
| 27 | Stewart County | 1,105 |
| 28 | Peach County | 1,103 |
| 29 | Camden County | 1,101 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 1,096 |
| 31 | Dougherty County | 1,093 |
| 32 | Coweta County | 1,091 |
| 32 | Muscogee County | 1,091 |
| 34 | Cherokee County | 1,089 |
| 34 | Whitfield County | 1,089 |
| 36 | Bryan County | 1,087 |
| 37 | Glynn County | 1,086 |
| 38 | Macon County | 1,081 |
| 39 | Barrow County | 1,079 |
| 39 | Webster County | 1,079 |
| 41 | Effingham County | 1,078 |
| 41 | Walton County | 1,078 |
| 43 | Taylor County | 1,077 |
| 44 | Thomas County | 1,076 |
| 45 | Morgan County | 1,072 |
| 46 | Haralson County | 1,069 |
| 47 | Warren County | 1,050 |
| 48 | Greene County | 1,046 |
| 49 | Laurens County | 1,041 |
| 50 | Liberty County | 1,036 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 1,034 |
| 52 | Oconee County | 1,032 |
| 53 | Henry County | 1,022 |
| 53 | Tift County | 1,022 |
| 55 | Meriwether County | 1,011 |
| 56 | Wayne County | 1,010 |
| 57 | Hart County | 1,009 |
| 58 | Washington County | 1,005 |
| 59 | Floyd County | 1,004 |
| 60 | Wilkes County | 997 |
| 61 | Spalding County | 996 |
| 62 | Habersham County | 993 |
| 63 | Paulding County | 992 |
| 64 | Jefferson County | 991 |
| 65 | Chattahoochee County | 989 |
| 66 | Pike County | 988 |
| 67 | Echols County | 986 |
| 67 | Lamar County | 986 |
| 69 | Talbot County | 982 |
| 70 | Columbia County | 976 |
| 71 | Polk County | 974 |
| 72 | Harris County | 966 |
| 72 | Lumpkin County | 966 |
| 74 | Butts County | 965 |
| 74 | Stephens County | 965 |
| 76 | Lowndes County | 962 |
| 77 | Bacon County | 960 |
| 78 | Atkinson County | 956 |
| 78 | Coffee County | 956 |
| 80 | Jones County | 950 |
| 81 | Tattnall County | 945 |
| 81 | Upson County | 945 |
| 83 | Bulloch County | 944 |
| 84 | Jeff Davis County | 942 |
| 85 | Treutlen County | 939 |
| 86 | Charlton County | 938 |
| 86 | Putnam County | 938 |
| 88 | Lee County | 932 |
| 88 | Union County | 932 |
| 90 | Brooks County | 931 |
| 91 | Clinch County | 930 |
| 92 | Pulaski County | 929 |
| 93 | Pierce County | 927 |
| 94 | Berrien County | 924 |
| 94 | Crawford County | 924 |
| 94 | Madison County | 924 |
| 97 | Bleckley County | 923 |
| 98 | Franklin County | 922 |
| 99 | Crisp County | 919 |
| 100 | Colquitt County | 918 |
| 101 | Ware County | 917 |
| 102 | Mitchell County | 915 |
| 103 | Baker County | 913 |
| 103 | Walker County | 913 |
| 105 | Wheeler County | 910 |
| 106 | Dade County | 909 |
| 106 | Elbert County | 909 |
| 108 | Towns County | 908 |
| 109 | Dooly County | 905 |
| 110 | Catoosa County | 904 |
| 111 | Emanuel County | 901 |
| 112 | Decatur County | 899 |
| 113 | Brantley County | 898 |
| 113 | Jenkins County | 898 |
| 115 | Toombs County | 897 |
| 116 | Banks County | 896 |
| 117 | Terrell County | 895 |
| 118 | Miller County | 894 |
| 118 | Murray County | 894 |
| 118 | Seminole County | 894 |
| 121 | Ben Hill County | 893 |
| 122 | Grady County | 892 |
| 122 | Schley County | 892 |
| 124 | McDuffie County | 891 |
| 125 | Cook County | 884 |
| 126 | Hancock County | 882 |
| 127 | Fannin County | 881 |
| 127 | Sumter County | 881 |
| 129 | Lanier County | 879 |
| 130 | Evans County | 877 |
| 131 | Calhoun County | 874 |
| 132 | Chattooga County | 873 |
| 133 | Baldwin County | 871 |
| 134 | Irwin County | 870 |
| 134 | Twiggs County | 870 |
| 136 | Gilmer County | 869 |
| 136 | Oglethorpe County | 869 |
| 138 | Candler County | 868 |
| 139 | Screven County | 850 |
| 140 | Randolph County | 846 |
| 141 | Turner County | 844 |
| 142 | Dawson County | 843 |
| 143 | Telfair County | 842 |
| 144 | Rabun County | 839 |
| 145 | Johnson County | 838 |
| 146 | Lincoln County | 835 |
| 147 | Long County | 832 |
| 148 | McIntosh County | 826 |
| 149 | Worth County | 822 |
| 150 | Jasper County | 817 |
| 151 | Dodge County | 816 |
| 152 | Montgomery County | 806 |
| 152 | Wilcox County | 806 |
| 154 | Marion County | 795 |
| 155 | White County | 791 |
| 156 | Glascock County | 747 |
| 157 | Clay County | 742 |
| 158 | Taliaferro County | 706 |
| 159 | Quitman County | 704 |