What is the average weekly pay in Dawson County?

Across the 14 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,061 a week. The highest pays $1,901 and the lowest $421.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Dawson County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.

Why is my trade not listed?

The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.

Dawson County · Georgia · United States

What trades pay in Dawson County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Dawson County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,061 Median weekly pay across these 14 trades. $1,901 — $421.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 10 businesses · 97 employees	$1,901$98,870 a year	+8.4%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 22 businesses · 175 employees	$1,189$61,851 a year	+9.7%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 26 businesses · 86 employees	$1,185$61,595 a year	+17.3%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 10 businesses · 37 employees	$1,181$61,402 a year	+10.0%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 26 businesses · 122 employees	$1,157$60,181 a year	+11.5%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 9 businesses · 24 employees	$1,147$59,630 a year	+17.2%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 11 businesses · 86 employees	$1,061$55,196 a year	-4.7%down
Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 5 businesses · 39 employees	$859$44,680 a year	+5.4%up
Automotive oil change and lubricationNAICS 811191 · 4 businesses · 34 employees	$820$42,645 a year	+31.2%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 12 businesses · 40 employees	$712$37,041 a year	+12.1%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 5 businesses · 140 employees	$610$31,697 a year	+2.5%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 5 businesses · 547 employees	$576$29,929 a year	+4.3%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 39 businesses · 955 employees	$495$25,741 a year	-4.4%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 44 businesses · 887 employees	$421$21,917 a year	+3.2%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses3,072

Employees32,067

Annual payroll$1 M

Net movement of people+1,222People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Dawson County. Same trade, different pay.

Forsyth County469
Other flows - Different State452
Other flows - Same State371
Other flows - South328

Other counties in Georgia

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Dawson County?: Across the 14 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,061 a week. The highest pays $1,901 and the lowest $421.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Dawson County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?: The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.