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Georgia is a right-to-work state offering relocating and expanding businesses an abundant, available workforce throughout the state. Marietta offers labor costs that are among the lowest in the nation.

Cobb labor stats 2010

Department of Labor labor force 2010

Manpower employment outlook survey - United States, Q3 2011

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MEOS Q3 2011 US report final

2010 average weekly wages by state and metro-counties
Source: Georgia Department of Labor
	Georgia Average	Cobb County	Cherokee County	DeKalb County	Gwinnett County	Paulding County
Construction	876	1079	851	960	965	754
Manufacturing	965	1357	801	1025	1276	919
Chemical	1274	1910	*	1197	1235	*
Computer/Electronic	1667	1158	*	1339	2021	*
Food	932	605	*	893	673	NA
Machinery	994	1069	860	1153	1704	*
Plastic and rubber products	822	848	693	1119	872	852
Transportation equipment	1210	*	*	1345	1280	*
Service-providing	838	907	599	904	836	488
Utilities	1415	1494	1272	1625	1237	*
Wholesale trade	1269	1368	1169	1229	1229	934
Retail trade	501	585	477	500	560	447
Transportation and warehousing	928	836	764	805	829	629
Finance and insurance	1357	1303	998	1316	1154	786
Professional scientific and technical service	1361	1537	894	1343	1244	747
Education services	873	585	591	1339	628	348
Health care and social assistance	839	954	759	828	815	652
Arts, entertainment and recreation	617	447	331	403	361	252
Total private sector	853	953	640	913	881	547
Total government	807	779	780	1057	795	684
All industries	844	932	666	871	585

Note: * Industry group does not meet criteria for disclosure