Cobb County holds more than seven percent of all jobs in Georgia, with 31 percent of them being high-paying, “premium” jobs, according to a new study released by Georgia State University in Atlanta.
The study, released by the Fiscal Research Center of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, offers maps, tables, and information about the distribution in number and pay of jobs in Georgia.
Using the latest establishment-level data reported in the Georgia Department of Labor’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, each policy brief provides information on the distribution, type and quality of jobs (weighted as premium, mid-range and low-paying) for every county and municipality in Georgia, and shows their total employment as a percent of the state total. FRC Research Associate Zackary Hawley authored the series.
“We hope this information will be useful to Georgia’s cities and counties
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