Employment & Income
| Employment/Income: Key Drivers of Atlanta's Success | |
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Another driver of population growth is employment - good jobs have a way of attracting people to an area. After being one of the leaders in job growth during the 1990s, employment growth has been somewhat anemic this decade, including a bleeding of high-paying jobs. And that doesn't include the recent downturn. |
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| Recent Employment and Income Trends in the 20-County Atlanta Region | |||
| Job Change, 2000 - 2008 | Job Density, 2008 | High-Paying Jobs, 2008 | Low-Paying Jobs, 2008 |
| Share of Region's Employment, 2008 (Compare to the Homes Averaging More than $250,000 map to understand how jobs and housing relate, or don't relate) |
Average Wage, 2008 | Household Income, 2008 | |
| For more information about employment/income trends... | |
| Reports from the Atlanta Regional Commission: | Useful links to other sources of employment/income information: |
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ARC's Employment Estimates: The Brewing Storm (Large file - 12MB) |
Local Employment Dynamics (Census)
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Reports from Georgia State University (Fiscal Research Center in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies): Geography of Income in the Atlanta Region
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