Dalton Employment

Employment and Industries in the Dalton, Georgia Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Dalton than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Dalton.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Dalton.
A list of any large public companies in Dalton.

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	1,150	57,160	$29,380 - 91,150	8%	51%
2	Registered nurses	680	50,200	$35,610 - 64,030	24%	56%
3	Computer software engineers, systems software	460	64,730	$38,380 - 89,190	28%	85%
4	Accountants and auditors	340	65,020	$32,830 - 104,930	18%	79%
5	Chief executives	260	158,750	$84,020 - 0	2%	65%
6	Sales managers	250	96,570	$50,670 - 144,060	10%	69%
7	Industrial engineers	240	65,840	$51,110 - 84,430	20%	74%
8	Social and human service assistants	190	21,250	$12,540 - 32,030	34%	58%
9	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	160	35,080	$18,010 - 53,490	20%	87%
10	Financial managers	150	83,970	$46,580 - 119,590	13%	60%
11	Computer and information systems managers	150	97,190	$43,940 - 0	16%	73%
12	Network and computer systems administrators	140	47,330	$33,240 - 78,840	27%	50%
13	Child, family, and school social workers	120	39,190	$22,000 - 61,230	19%	77%
14	Pharmacists	100	87,300	$60,700 - 112,890	22%	97%
15	Training and development specialists	100	44,840	$24,950 - 97,280	18%	56%
16	Graphic designers	100	46,370	$27,750 - 62,790	10%	55%
17	Computer systems analysts	100	80,220	$58,460 - 96,800	29%	68%
18	Marketing managers	90	84,390	$44,300 - 131,930	14%	69%
19	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	90	34,010	$19,680 - 52,160	15%	51%
20	Medical and health services managers	80	68,590	$49,470 - 100,530	16%	57%
21	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	80	49,590	$26,610 - 69,160	13%	73%
22	Market research analysts	60	57,420	$36,180 - 88,250	20%	82%
23	Lawyers	60	88,610	$33,710 - 0	11%	99%
24	Network systems and data communications analysts	50	51,900	$38,640 - 64,590	53%	57%
25	Managers, all other	50	84,320	$42,390 - 116,930	7%	55%
26	Self-enrichment education teachers	50	38,020	$20,480 - 58,090	23%	54%
27	Librarians	40	58,790	$44,210 - 73,250	4%	85%
28	Community and social service specialists, all other	40	35,550	$26,950 - 46,790	25%	58%
29	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	40	32,770	$20,450 - 51,140	18%	56%
30	Medical and public health social workers	40	41,710	$14,270 - 57,530	24%	77%
31	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	40	88,150	$55,800 - 127,720	16%	99%
32	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	30	43,850	$28,980 - 60,150	5%	58%
33	Instructional coordinators	30	61,170	$35,670 - 75,330	23%	79%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	4,600	24,910	$20,400 - 29,250	-23%	0%
2	Industrial truck and tractor operators	2,680	24,900	$19,780 - 28,790	-1%	2%
3	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	2,460	22,420	$14,010 - 30,460	2%	5%
4	Team assemblers	2,020	25,700	$16,540 - 34,920	0%	5%
5	Helpers--production workers	1,940	22,440	$14,100 - 28,940	0%	4%
6	Customer service representatives	1,920	27,320	$22,490 - 34,040	25%	22%
7	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,800	32,110	$24,010 - 44,450	10%	4%
8	Retail salespersons	1,700	23,060	$13,650 - 42,000	12%	25%
9	Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	1,630	26,390	$19,610 - 33,500	-30%	0%
10	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,500	13,640	$11,470 - 16,790	18%	5%
11	Office clerks, general	1,440	23,660	$14,410 - 31,700	13%	19%
12	General and operations managers	1,380	83,050	$37,990 - [?]	2%	48%
13	Stock clerks and order fillers	1,320	22,580	$14,900 - 32,350	-7%	8%
14	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	1,280	45,120	$28,550 - 60,480	-4%	15%
15	Sewing machine operators	1,180	22,060	$14,280 - 28,710	-26%	5%
16	Packers and packagers, hand	1,120	20,930	$14,650 - 28,270	-11%	3%
17	Maintenance and repair workers, general	1,090	30,590	$18,470 - 39,720	10%	6%
18	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	1,060	25,780	$18,370 - 33,960	-6%	14%
19	Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	950	26,020	$19,960 - 37,060	-14%	10%
20	Cashiers	940	17,660	$12,410 - 23,410	-2%	10%
21	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	920	45,140	$27,730 - 64,680	6%	29%
22	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	890	22,960	$13,030 - 34,240	8%	4%
23	Industrial machinery mechanics	860	33,550	$28,810 - 38,970	9%	5%
24	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	840	27,210	$17,390 - 40,730	1%	18%
25	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	830	32,120	$22,840 - 44,070	15%	18%
26	Teacher assistants	790	14,330	$11,780 - 18,110	10%	18%
27	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	750	29,650	$20,500 - 40,260	13%	16%
28	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	670	19,060	$12,480 - 26,650	15%	4%
29	Waiters and waitresses	650	14,850	$11,660 - 19,750	11%	14%
30	Receptionists and information clerks	610	22,940	$16,880 - 29,380	17%	13%
31	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	580	33,470	$20,540 - 50,580	4%	25%
32	Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	580	27,640	$20,760 - 35,560	-29%	0%
33	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	570	24,320	$18,430 - 30,830	4%	6%
34	Industrial production managers	540	79,310	$53,780 - 106,230	-5%	43%
35	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	530	21,950	$14,980 - 30,230	-4%	5%
36	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	410	26,620	$20,270 - 34,210	-4%	4%
37	Driver/sales workers	390	27,290	$12,260 - 42,170	-4%	4%
38	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	360	26,960	$18,850 - 38,600	11%	14%
39	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	340	19,690	$15,860 - 24,260	18%	7%
40	Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	340	23,030	$16,350 - 29,210	-26%	0%
41	Cooks, fast food	340	13,520	$11,510 - 16,860	8%	5%
42	Parts salespersons	320	19,970	$15,220 - 27,620	-1%	6%
43	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	310	18,850	$12,240 - 31,150	-14%	0%
44	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	310	23,390	$16,000 - 38,150	18%	6%
45	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	310	50,070	$32,910 - 74,950	7%	13%
46	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	300	32,190	$25,460 - 39,410	14%	7%
47	Tellers	280	22,180	$16,400 - 28,950	14%	16%
48	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	270	31,300	$17,680 - 48,930	14%	4%
49	Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	270	29,270	$23,840 - 36,610	-7%	0%
50	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	260	19,530	$13,130 - 27,640	-3%	3%
51	Electricians	250	36,030	$29,640 - 45,310	7%	7%
52	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	250	27,870	$21,650 - 35,780	12%	3%
53	Computer support specialists	250	37,770	$28,040 - 54,790	13%	43%
54	Machinists	250	30,680	$21,320 - 39,950	-2%	3%
55	Carpenters	240	27,660	$14,830 - 44,550	10%	6%
56	Food preparation workers	230	19,490	$14,250 - 26,790	15%	7%
57	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	230	36,800	$25,850 - 53,980	13%	17%
58	Tire repairers and changers	220	22,910	$15,920 - 28,700	20%	6%
59	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	220	26,350	$20,630 - 34,180	4%	15%
60	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	220	26,500	$21,270 - 31,470	-12%	4%
61	Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	210	24,020	$16,400 - 29,920	-8%	3%
62	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	210	26,140	$20,110 - 31,580	5%	2%
63	Medical assistants	200	25,940	$19,130 - 31,720	35%	10%
64	Construction laborers	200	23,080	$16,260 - 30,560	11%	5%
65	Cutters and trimmers, hand	200	18,120	$12,310 - 25,230	-5%	3%
66	Counter and rental clerks	190	21,140	$12,360 - 31,180	23%	16%
67	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	180	38,850	$27,500 - 58,090	10%	17%
68	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	180	16,670	$11,710 - 23,700	11%	5%
69	Dishwashers	170	15,320	$12,050 - 18,520	10%	3%
70	Security guards	170	27,230	$17,990 - 31,130	17%	13%
71	Maintenance workers, machinery	160	29,360	$24,110 - 36,430	0%	0%
72	Production workers, all other	160	19,600	$12,390 - 29,780	2%	5%
73	Printing machine operators	150	29,470	$17,630 - 46,510	-5%	6%
74	Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	130	25,200	$20,600 - 29,360	-8%	0%
75	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	130	17,690	$12,610 - 23,360	13%	5%
76	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	130	42,570	$31,740 - 57,060	9%	10%
77	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	130	34,110	$26,020 - 43,760	11%	33%
78	Postal service mail carriers	130	42,720	$32,280 - 56,900	1%	11%
79	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	120	20,980	$17,510 - 24,680	12%	0%
80	Cooks, restaurant	120	18,800	$14,170 - 23,050	12%	5%
81	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	120	15,200	$11,420 - 23,650	12%	6%
82	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	110	54,650	$31,410 - 92,570	0%	36%
83	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	110	30,720	$24,880 - 39,030	12%	3%
84	Business operations specialists, all other	110	56,190	$34,980 - 79,830	21%	49%
85	Child care workers	110		$[?] - [?]	18%	15%
86	Administrative services managers	110	59,730	$38,840 - 88,010	12%	40%
87	File clerks	100	20,220	$16,270 - 24,080	-40%	20%
88	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	100	18,860	$12,970 - 24,290	14%	3%
89	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	100	32,200	$21,580 - 43,330	11%	4%
90	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	100	44,420	$30,020 - 63,590	0%	42%
91	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	90	14,460	$11,590 - 18,030	10%	17%
92	Helpers--carpenters	90	18,370	$11,890 - 27,600	12%	3%
93	Food service managers	90	63,230	$32,240 - 99,330	5%	24%
94	Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	80	69,400	$46,470 - 102,650	8%	25%
95	Automotive body and related repairers	80	34,940	$26,420 - 48,650	12%	3%
96	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	80	30,540	$22,150 - 38,530	3%	18%
97	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	80	27,760	$20,860 - 38,750	19%	14%
98	Dental assistants	70	32,270	$22,290 - 40,430	29%	9%
99	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	70	27,530	$19,240 - 35,820	8%	9%
100	Tool and die makers	70	32,270	$24,190 - 44,480	-9%	5%

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Jobs More Common Near Dalton Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	24,910	4,600	444
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	26,020	950	194.7
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	26,390	1,630	155.9
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	27,640	580	112.3
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	23,030	340	55.5
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	25,200	130	22.9
Cutters and trimmers, hand	18,120	200	19
Sewing machine operators	22,060	1,180	12.6
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	29,270	270	10.6
Industrial truck and tractor operators	24,900	2,680	8.7
Helpers--production workers	22,440	1,940	8.2
Industrial machinery mechanics	33,550	860	7.8
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	19,530	260	7.6
Industrial production managers	79,310	540	7.1
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	24,020	210	7
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	26,620	410	6.9
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	26,500	220	5.2
Tire repairers and changers	22,910	220	5
Maintenance workers, machinery	29,360	160	4.8
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	25,780	1,060	4.6
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	45,120	1,280	3.9
Team assemblers	25,700	2,020	3.6
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	21,950	530	3
Packers and packagers, hand	20,930	1,120	2.8
Parts salespersons	19,970	320	2.8
Computer software engineers, systems software	64,730	460	2.7
Industrial engineers	65,840	240	2.5
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	18,850	310	2.5
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	36,800	230	2.5
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	32,110	1,800	2.3
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	22,420	2,460	2.1
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	27,870	250	2
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	30,720	110	2
Driver/sales workers	27,290	390	2
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	22,960	890	1.8
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	35,080	160	1.7
Chief executives	158,750	260	1.7
Maintenance and repair workers, general	30,590	1,090	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	38,850	180	1.6
Customer service representatives	27,320	1,920	1.6
General and operations managers	83,050	1,380	1.6
Printing machine operators	29,470	150	1.5
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	20,980	120	1.5
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	54,650	110	1.5
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,580	1,320	1.5
Sales managers	96,570	250	1.5
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	57,160	1,150	1.4
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	24,320	570	1.4
Production workers, all other	19,600	160	1.4
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	50,070	310	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Dalton, Georgia Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Security guards	27,230	1.19	170
Accountants and auditors	65,020	1.18	340
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	54,650	1.17	110
Chief executives	158,750	1.16	260
Driver/sales workers	27,290	1.11	390
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	27,640	1.11	580
Packers and packagers, hand	20,930	1.1	1,120
Food preparation workers	19,490	1.09	230
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	19,530	1.06	260
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	57,160	1.06	1,150
Computer and information systems managers	97,190	1.06	150
Sales managers	96,570	1.06	250
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	26,390	1.06	1,630
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	24,910	1.06	4,600
Sewing machine operators	22,060	1.06	1,180
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	23,390	1.04	310
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	45,140	1.04	920
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	26,020	1.03	950
Business operations specialists, all other	56,190	1.03	110
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,580	1.03	1,320
Receptionists and information clerks	22,940	1.02	610
Child, family, and school social workers	39,190	1.02	120
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	29,270	1.02	270
Tire repairers and changers	22,910	1.02	220
Team assemblers	25,700	1.01	2,020
Cashiers	17,660	1.01	940
Helpers--production workers	22,440	1	1,940
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	17,690	1	130
Office clerks, general	23,660	0.99	1,440
Tellers	22,180	0.99	280
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	22,420	0.99	2,460
Medical assistants	25,940	0.99	200
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,210	0.99	840
Industrial production managers	79,310	0.99	540
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	29,650	0.99	750
Retail salespersons	23,060	0.98	1,700
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	23,030	0.98	340
Industrial engineers	65,840	0.98	240
Dishwashers	15,320	0.98	170
Financial managers	83,970	0.98	150
Postal service mail carriers	42,720	0.98	130
Customer service representatives	27,320	0.96	1,920
Counter and rental clerks	21,140	0.96	190
Computer support specialists	37,770	0.95	250
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,960	0.95	360
Maintenance and repair workers, general	30,590	0.94	1,090
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	26,500	0.94	220
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,350	0.94	220
Printing machine operators	29,470	0.93	150
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	50,070	0.93	310

Highest Paying Jobs in Dalton, Georgia Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Chief executives	158,750	260
Computer and information systems managers	97,190	150
Sales managers	96,570	250
Lawyers	88,610	60
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	88,150	40
Pharmacists	87,300	100
Marketing managers	84,390	90
Managers, all other	84,320	50
Financial managers	83,970	150
General and operations managers	83,050	1,380
Computer systems analysts	80,220	100
Industrial production managers	79,310	540
Computer programmers	77,590
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	69,400	80
Medical and health services managers	68,590	80
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	66,620	70
Industrial engineers	65,840	240
Accountants and auditors	65,020	340
Computer software engineers, systems software	64,730	460
Food service managers	63,230	90
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	61,590
Instructional coordinators	61,170	30
Dental hygienists	59,850
Administrative services managers	59,730	110
Librarians	58,790	40
Market research analysts	57,420	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	57,160	1,150
Business operations specialists, all other	56,190	110
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	54,650	110
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	51,900	60
Network systems and data communications analysts	51,900	50
Loan officers	50,900
Registered nurses	50,200	680
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	50,070	310
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	49,590	80
Network and computer systems administrators	47,330	140
Graphic designers	46,370	100
Diagnostic medical sonographers	45,890
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	45,140	920
Paralegals and legal assistants	45,130	40
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	45,120	1,280
Training and development specialists	44,840	100
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	44,420	100
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	43,850	30
Postal service mail carriers	42,720	130
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	42,570	130
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment	42,410	30
Postal service clerks	42,300	30
Medical and public health social workers	41,710	40
Sales representatives, services, all other	41,670	60

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