Georgia Economy: GDP, Income and Employment

Georgia produced $936.1 billion in current-dollar GDP in 2025, 3.03% of the published U.S. total. Its real output changed 2.89% from 2024.

Gross domestic product

$936.1 billion

2025 · Current dollars · BEA SAGDP1 line 3
$936,086.7 million. Published September 30, 2026.

Real GDP growth

2.89%

2025 vs. 2024 · Annual change
Calculated from BEA SAGDP1 line 1, chained 2017 dollars.

Unemployment rate

3.2%

August 2026 · Seasonally adjusted · Preliminary
BLS LAUS · Published September 18, 2026.

Payroll job growth

-0.15%

August 2026 vs. August 2025 · Seasonally adjusted
BLS state CES · 4,985.7 thousand nonfarm jobs.

Personal income per capita

$65,111

2025 · Dollars per resident · BEA SAINC1 line 3
Before personal current taxes. Published September 30, 2026.

Regional price level

96.293

2024 · U.S. = 100 · BEA all-items RPP
Published February 19, 2026. This measures price levels, not inflation.

Georgia compared with the United States

Annual real GDP growth was 0.54 percentage points above the U.S. annual growth rate in 2025. Personal income per resident was $11,917 below the U.S. value of $77,028 in the same year. These comparisons use national observations from the same regional producer files.

The August unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points below the national 4.1% reading. That numerical difference is not a statistical-significance claim. The 2024 price parity was 3.7% below the national benchmark. Household circumstances and local housing markets can differ from these state averages.

Where Georgia ranks among states

GDP and income history

Current-dollar output rose 60.4% between 2017 and 2025 in this acquired history. That figure includes price change and is separate from real output growth. The chart uses the published price-adjusted total; chained-dollar industry components are not added together.

Georgia real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 567.2K651.6K736.1K 20172025 Georgia real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 567.2K651.6K736.1K 20172025
Georgia annual accounts and spatial prices · acquired September 30, 2026
YearNominal GDP, $ millionsReal GDP, chained 2017 $ millionsIncome per resident, $All-items price parity
2025936,086.7719,741.765,111Not published
2024884,844.7699,540.662,67296.293
2023841,414.9683,549.760,06096.494
2022789,974.9673,780.857,42295.678
2021709,126.6646,138.856,29395.713
2020638,444.7603,081.751,52294.478
2019646,713.0620,699.448,55394.392
2018612,803.4600,891.946,65094.832
2017583,543.3583,543.344,86095.275

Missing 2025 price parities mean that year was not published in the acquired file. They are not treated as zero or estimated from another year.

Employment and unemployment history

Unemployment describes eligible resident jobseekers as a share of the civilian labor force. Payroll employment describes jobs at establishments in Georgia. A commuter can live in another state; a person with multiple covered jobs can contribute multiple payroll jobs. Neither series substitutes for the other.

Georgia unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 1.97.813.6 2017-012026-08 Georgia unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 1.97.813.6 2017-012026-08

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Monthly unemployment and payroll table
BLS state series · seasonally adjusted · payroll levels in thousands of jobs
MonthUnemployment, %Payroll jobs, thousandsUnemployment status
August 20263.24,985.7Preliminary
July 20263.34,977.7Published
June 20263.44,986.7Published
May 20263.44,999.0Published
April 20263.54,995.5Published
March 20263.54,988.9Published
February 20263.64,978.1Published
January 20263.54,981.4Published
December 20253.54,983.1Published
November 20253.54,974.6Published
October 2025Not published4,971.0Not published
September 20253.44,983.2Published
August 20253.44,993.0Published
July 20253.34,993.2Published
June 20253.34,982.9Published
May 20253.34,993.8Published
April 20253.34,993.3Published
March 20253.44,980.3Published
February 20253.44,983.0Published
January 20253.44,975.0Published
December 20243.44,987.2Published
November 20243.44,982.6Published
October 20243.54,975.0Published
September 20243.54,974.6Published
August 20243.54,972.4Published
July 20243.54,970.9Published
June 20243.54,977.7Published
May 20243.44,976.1Published
April 20243.44,965.2Published
March 20243.34,964.0Published
February 20243.24,944.5Published
January 20243.24,941.7Published
December 20233.24,943.5Published
November 20233.24,936.8Published
October 20233.34,927.2Published
September 20233.34,931.1Published
August 20233.34,917.1Published
July 20233.24,906.9Published
June 20233.24,911.8Published
May 20233.24,893.9Published
April 20233.24,891.9Published
March 20233.24,899.7Published
February 20233.24,895.0Published
January 20233.24,890.4Published
December 20223.24,872.7Published
November 20223.24,867.4Published
October 20223.24,860.0Published
September 20223.24,850.8Published
August 20223.24,835.8Published
July 20223.14,836.5Published
June 20223.14,803.4Published
May 20223.04,795.9Published
April 20223.04,789.1Published
March 20223.04,760.3Published
February 20223.14,752.2Published
January 20223.14,722.6Published
December 20213.24,714.9Published
November 20213.24,702.7Published
October 20213.34,687.7Published
September 20213.54,631.9Published
August 20213.64,625.6Published
July 20213.84,627.5Published
June 20214.04,574.8Published
May 20214.14,553.1Published
April 20214.34,529.4Published
March 20214.54,527.6Published
February 20214.64,509.3Published
January 20214.94,501.5Published
December 20205.14,492.7Published
November 20205.34,464.7Published
October 20205.64,443.5Published
September 20206.54,401.5Published
August 20206.84,380.5Published
July 20207.74,332.6Published
June 20208.44,305.1Published
May 20209.84,196.9Published
April 202012.54,066.0Published
March 20203.74,652.7Published
February 20203.64,675.2Published
January 20203.64,676.5Published
December 20193.54,664.6Published
November 20193.44,655.0Published
October 20193.44,649.0Published
September 20193.54,649.5Published
August 20193.54,642.3Published
July 20193.64,633.4Published
June 20193.64,629.1Published
May 20193.64,623.4Published
April 20193.74,615.4Published
March 20193.74,613.3Published
February 20193.84,609.2Published
January 20193.94,603.1Published
December 20183.94,578.9Published
November 20183.94,577.4Published
October 20183.94,570.3Published
September 20183.94,575.1Published
August 20183.94,561.0Published
July 20183.94,552.4Published
June 20184.04,544.9Published
May 20184.04,535.1Published
April 20184.14,522.9Published
March 20184.24,523.5Published
February 20184.24,508.4Published
January 20184.34,498.7Published
December 20174.44,497.0Published
November 20174.44,492.6Published
October 20174.54,490.2Published
September 20174.64,466.7Published
August 20174.64,473.8Published
July 20174.74,463.5Published
June 20174.84,463.6Published
May 20174.94,447.1Published
April 20174.94,440.9Published
March 20175.04,438.0Published
February 20175.14,425.6Published
January 20175.24,419.5Published

Largest published industries in Georgia

The table orders non-overlapping broad sectors by their 2025 current-dollar GDP in BEA SAGDP2. These shares describe production structure; they do not establish the sectors responsible for the most recent real growth. Suppressed or unavailable cells are omitted rather than reconstructed.

Georgia largest acquired broad industries · 2025 · current dollars
IndustryProducer classificationOutput, $ millionsShare of state GDP
Real estate and rental and leasing53132,219.514.12%
Government and government enterprises9292,055.09.83%
Finance and insurance5291,801.79.81%
Manufacturing31-3387,862.59.39%
Wholesale trade4277,641.18.29%

Real estate and rental and leasing is the largest of the acquired broad sectors, at 14.1% of total nominal output. The next sectors are Government and government enterprises and Finance and insurance. The original industry classification and table line remain in the JSON download; no occupational wage or employment estimate is inferred from an output share.

Compare economies of a similar nominal size

The three states nearest Georgia in 2025 nominal GDP are North Carolina, Ohio, Washington. These peers are selected by the absolute difference in total GDP, not by neighboring borders, household income, industry similarity or policy. Use the separate rankings to compare other dimensions.

Sources, downloads and geographic coverage

BEA state accounts: SAGDP1, SAINC1 and SARPP. BLS unemployment code: LASST130000000000003; payroll code: SMS13000000000000001. Geography: Georgia, state FIPS 13; BEA area code 13000. Industry output uses the 2017 NAICS classification in SAGDP2. Original codes are text and must retain leading zeroes.

Source-file dates: GDP/income September 30, 2026; prices February 19, 2026; state labor September 18, 2026. Snapshot: regional-2026-09-30-reviewed. Estimates are revisable. This archive preserves the acquired figures and does not reproduce earlier published vintages. County or metro values are not inferred from this state profile.

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