# Counties in Georgia by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

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

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- 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 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fulton County | 948,768 |
| 2 | Gwinnett County | 390,169 |
| 3 | Cobb County | 381,663 |
| 4 | DeKalb County | 312,426 |
| 5 | Chatham County | 172,740 |
| 6 | Clayton County | 129,649 |
| 7 | Richmond County | 104,220 |
| 8 | Hall County | 103,296 |
| 9 | Forsyth County | 90,199 |
| 10 | Muscogee County | 89,113 |
| 11 | Bibb County | 79,940 |
| 12 | Henry County | 75,454 |
| 13 | Clarke County | 73,999 |
| 14 | Cherokee County | 73,868 |
| 15 | Houston County | 65,359 |
| 16 | Whitfield County | 55,935 |
| 17 | Douglas County | 49,867 |
| 18 | Coweta County | 49,373 |
| 19 | Lowndes County | 49,349 |
| 20 | Fayette County | 48,483 |
| 21 | Bartow County | 47,654 |
| 22 | Carroll County | 46,150 |
| 23 | Dougherty County | 44,899 |
| 24 | Floyd County | 44,187 |
| 25 | Jackson County | 43,619 |
| 26 | Glynn County | 43,238 |
| 27 | Troup County | 42,864 |
| 28 | Columbia County | 42,806 |
| 29 | Rockdale County | 34,821 |
| 30 | Paulding County | 30,869 |
| 31 | Bulloch County | 28,815 |
| 32 | Newton County | 27,786 |
| 33 | Walton County | 26,474 |
| 34 | Gordon County | 25,007 |
| 35 | Barrow County | 24,813 |
| 36 | Spalding County | 23,534 |
| 37 | Tift County | 21,569 |
| 38 | Thomas County | 20,901 |
| 39 | Laurens County | 20,291 |
| 40 | Liberty County | 19,848 |
| 41 | Coffee County | 17,975 |
| 42 | Oconee County | 17,237 |
| 43 | Baldwin County | 16,520 |
| 44 | Catoosa County | 16,421 |
| 45 | Camden County | 16,280 |
| 46 | Colquitt County | 15,791 |
| 47 | Habersham County | 15,755 |
| 48 | Walker County | 14,867 |
| 49 | Effingham County | 14,590 |
| 50 | Ware County | 14,273 |
| 51 | Bryan County | 13,308 |
| 52 | Toombs County | 11,971 |
| 53 | Dawson County | 11,498 |
| 54 | Polk County | 11,132 |
| 55 | Peach County | 10,790 |
| 56 | Sumter County | 9,680 |
| 57 | Pickens County | 9,658 |
| 58 | White County | 9,423 |
| 59 | Morgan County | 9,071 |
| 60 | Wayne County | 9,050 |
| 61 | Lumpkin County | 8,806 |
| 62 | Decatur County | 8,635 |
| 63 | Butts County | 8,528 |
| 64 | Crisp County | 8,409 |
| 65 | Monroe County | 8,368 |
| 66 | Gilmer County | 8,305 |
| 67 | Hart County | 8,261 |
| 68 | Franklin County | 8,226 |
| 69 | Stephens County | 8,219 |
| 70 | Murray County | 8,160 |
| 71 | Haralson County | 8,149 |
| 72 | Union County | 7,856 |
| 73 | Appling County | 7,777 |
| 74 | Fannin County | 7,675 |
| 75 | Lee County | 7,583 |
| 76 | Greene County | 7,333 |
| 77 | Burke County | 7,322 |
| 78 | Upson County | 7,242 |
| 79 | Emanuel County | 7,229 |
| 80 | McDuffie County | 7,094 |
| 81 | Harris County | 6,950 |
| 82 | Mitchell County | 6,497 |
| 83 | Washington County | 6,468 |
| 84 | Putnam County | 6,381 |
| 85 | Elbert County | 5,943 |
| 86 | Grady County | 5,823 |
| 87 | Rabun County | 5,714 |
| 88 | Tattnall County | 5,685 |
| 89 | Ben Hill County | 5,665 |
| 90 | Banks County | 5,109 |
| 91 | Chattooga County | 5,079 |
| 92 | Meriwether County | 5,046 |
| 93 | Dodge County | 5,013 |
| 94 | Jefferson County | 4,890 |
| 95 | Pierce County | 4,650 |
| 96 | Evans County | 4,626 |
| 97 | Dade County | 4,576 |
| 98 | Cook County | 4,540 |
| 99 | Lamar County | 4,462 |
| 100 | Jeff Davis County | 4,348 |
| 101 | Jones County | 4,238 |
| 102 | Madison County | 4,233 |
| 103 | Berrien County | 3,953 |
| 104 | Bacon County | 3,746 |
| 105 | Pike County | 3,541 |
| 106 | Early County | 3,540 |
| 107 | Towns County | 3,393 |
| 108 | Brooks County | 3,363 |
| 109 | Bleckley County | 3,278 |
| 110 | Candler County | 3,189 |
| 111 | Worth County | 3,101 |
| 112 | Screven County | 2,946 |
| 113 | Pulaski County | 2,878 |
| 114 | Wilkinson County | 2,876 |
| 115 | Wilkes County | 2,770 |
| 116 | Brantley County | 2,707 |
| 117 | Dooly County | 2,692 |
| 118 | Macon County | 2,624 |
| 119 | Jasper County | 2,461 |
| 120 | Clinch County | 2,384 |
| 121 | Seminole County | 2,219 |
| 122 | Heard County | 2,174 |
| 123 | Charlton County | 2,171 |
| 124 | Atkinson County | 2,166 |
| 125 | Telfair County | 2,120 |
| 126 | Terrell County | 2,100 |
| 127 | Chattahoochee County | 1,982 |
| 128 | Oglethorpe County | 1,958 |
| 129 | Miller County | 1,940 |
| 130 | Irwin County | 1,930 |
| 131 | McIntosh County | 1,846 |
| 132 | Twiggs County | 1,801 |
| 133 | Turner County | 1,800 |
| 134 | Jenkins County | 1,709 |
| 135 | Stewart County | 1,708 |
| 136 | Randolph County | 1,660 |
| 137 | Taylor County | 1,592 |
| 138 | Montgomery County | 1,518 |
| 139 | Lincoln County | 1,451 |
| 140 | Warren County | 1,438 |
| 141 | Hancock County | 1,437 |
| 142 | Johnson County | 1,421 |
| 143 | Long County | 1,388 |
| 144 | Lanier County | 1,370 |
| 145 | Crawford County | 1,336 |
| 146 | Marion County | 1,290 |
| 147 | Calhoun County | 1,271 |
| 148 | Schley County | 1,224 |
| 149 | Wilcox County | 1,198 |
| 150 | Treutlen County | 1,145 |
| 151 | Wheeler County | 1,037 |
| 152 | Talbot County | 984 |
| 153 | Echols County | 603 |
| 154 | Clay County | 581 |
| 155 | Webster County | 456 |
| 156 | Baker County | 454 |
| 157 | Glascock County | 391 |
| 158 | Quitman County | 336 |
| 159 | Taliaferro County | 192 |