Division of Research & Evaluation

Appalachian Regional Commission

Industrial snapshot: Appalachian Georgia

Largest industrial share in 2017: Professional & Technical Services, 232,000 jobs, 14.7 percent of total employment

Fastest growth in employment from 2012 to 2017: Construction, 26.4 percent growth

Fastest growth in earnings per employee from 2012 to 2017: Professional & Technical Services and Coal, Gas, & Other Mining, 23.1 percent growth

For more information, please see the complete report, Industrial Make-up of the Appalachian Region, Employment and Earnings, 2002-2017, available 

for download at www.arc.gov/research. The report includes county-level maps for each industry in the region, allowing for comparisons across states and 

subregions, as well discussion about how trends in the Region compare with those in the United States as a whole.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 1,572 4,512 6,084 13,420 196,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $44,747 $55,391 $52,641 $46,697 $57,187

Professional, Technical Services 232 738 970 1,619 28,479 14.7 16.4 15.9 12.1 14.5 $38,278 $50,985 $47,949 $43,107 $61,372

Retail Trade 180 422 601 1,493 19,222 11.4 9.3 9.9 11.1 9.8 $11,486 $33,134 $26,668 $17,906 $22,477

Manufacturing 171 252 424 1,342 13,307 10.9 5.6 7.0 10.0 6.8 $60,926 $72,275 $67,682 $63,583 $77,469

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 140 439 579 1,240 19,155 8.9 9.7 9.5 9.2 9.8 $20,154 $21,454 $21,139 $21,308 $27,685

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 136 421 557 1,040 19,616 8.7 9.3 9.2 7.8 10.0 $35,225 $83,212 $71,469 $37,716 $60,386

State & Local Government 136 448 584 1,488 19,619 8.7 9.9 9.6 11.1 10.0 $58,146 $60,352 $59,837 $58,113 $69,677

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 133 398 531 874 14,148 8.5 8.8 8.7 6.5 7.2 $85,330 $69,760 $73,669 $80,686 $83,878

Health, Social Services 130 433 563 1,562 22,199 8.3 9.6 9.3 11.6 11.3 $51,717 $56,021 $55,029 $53,807 $56,340

Construction 117 205 323 775 10,636 7.5 4.6 5.3 5.8 5.4 $50,398 $58,200 $55,366 $53,773 $64,788

Personal & Other Services 104 276 381 793 11,170 6.6 6.1 6.3 5.9 5.7 $28,644 $26,295 $26,940 $32,180 $36,353

Education, Information Services 47 215 263 432 8,075 3.0 4.8 4.3 3.2 4.1 $83,929 $78,102 $79,149 $79,670 $82,520

Farming, Forestry 20 62 82 325 3,552 1.3 1.4 1.3 2.4 1.8 $46,271 $29,415 $33,580 $13,726 $28,111

Federal Government, Military 16 176 192 241 4,786 1.0 3.9 3.2 1.8 2.4 $53,750 $90,228 $87,274 $78,938 $91,808

Utilities 6 18 23 57 664 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 $100,582 $126,086 $119,974 $109,314 $125,893

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 3 8 11 140 1,505 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.8 $43,475 $72,794 $65,186 $48,966 $67,769

2017

Employment (thousands) Industrial Share Earnings per employee

Georgia App. U.S. Georgia App. U.S. Georgia App. U.S.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 15.8 12.0 13.0 4.7 9.6 5.9 6.7 6.4 3.7 3.4

Professional, Technical Services 14.8 16.3 15.9 7.1 12.0 23.1 11.6 13.7 9.3 7.8

Retail Trade 12.5 10.3 11.0 2.5 6.4 5.3 15.3 13.5 22.4 15.6

Manufacturing 15.1 12.2 13.4 5.5 5.6 6.5 1.6 3.2 3.4 1.4

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 26.0 18.6 20.3 11.6 15.1 2.3 -2.2 -1.3 6.2 8.0

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 16.2 13.1 13.9 8.6 11.7 -10.2 18.1 13.5 -2.5 2.9

State & Local Government 2.9 1.0 1.4 -0.7 2.3 8.6 8.4 8.4 6.8 7.9

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 22.9 20.3 20.9 6.2 16.8 -1.5 -2.2 -1.9 -0.6 -5.6

Health, Social Services 17.8 10.5 12.1 5.3 10.5 6.7 5.1 5.3 4.7 4.1

Construction 26.4 21.1 23.0 7.2 19.0 20.0 25.7 23.6 3.5 7.9

Personal & Other Services 14.8 9.1 10.6 3.7 7.7 0.9 -1.2 -0.5 3.1 2.5

Education, Information Services 13.6 15.3 15.0 2.4 8.7 -1.0 5.5 4.2 4.4 6.5

Farming, Forestry 5.9 8.4 7.8 0.7 1.3 10.1 -32.6 -22.3 -6.2 -18.9

Federal Government, Military 2.8 -5.5 -4.9 -3.9 -2.9 -2.0 2.6 2.1 3.4 2.8

Utilities 22.4 8.5 11.6 11.0 14.9 3.5 14.0 11.5 0.3 -2.6

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 13.3 7.2 8.7 -17.3 -2.7 23.1 9.0 10.6 -23.3 -36.4

2012-2017

Percent change in employment Percent change in earnings per employee

Georgia App. U.S. Georgia App. U.S.