Computer systems analysts job market in Georgia
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Georgia industry employment tracked close to the U.S. benchmark
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Computer systems analysts in Georgia.
Occupation pay
What Computer systems analysts earn in Georgia
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$106,240Georgia- Middle 50% of published wages
- $82,840 – $133,140
- U.S. median annual wage
- $105,850
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Georgia
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Computer systems analysts, compared with the Georgia median of $106,240.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$119,090+12.1% vs. state
Gainesville, GA$113,740+7.1% vs. state
Columbus, GA-AL$103,410−2.7% vs. state
Savannah, GA$99,710−6.1% vs. state
Albany, GA$99,040−6.8% vs. state
Dalton, GA$94,640−10.9% vs. state
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Chattanooga, TN-GA$93,350−12.1% vs. state
Macon-Bibb County, GA$92,780−12.7% vs. state
Warner Robins, GA$87,220−17.9% vs. state
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$84,230−20.7% vs. state
Rome, GA$76,150−28.3% vs. state
Athens-Clarke County, GA$65,410−38.4% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Georgia median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Georgia’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 173,492 represented establishments, 82.84% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for computer systems analysts in Georgia
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.
This occupation is less concentrated in the state
OEWS May 2025 places Georgia's share of employment in computer systems analysts at 0.71 times the corresponding national share. The published location quotient expresses that comparison. The state estimate is 11,640 jobs, 2.2% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 2.38 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. Employment concentration does not establish future growth; it describes employment share, not current hiring.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSOEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.
Industry groups are pulling in opposite directions
The leading industry groups for this occupation show a split in Georgia. In January to March 2026, Private education and health services employment changed +2.9% year over year, while Financial activities changed -0.8%. Together, the groups examined cover 93.7% of the occupation's national industry mix. The overall industry measure combines these opposing movements.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWPay differs widely between metro areas
Looking across 11 metro areas with published estimates on the same basis reveals a substantial pay range associated with Georgia. In OEWS May 2025, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA's median of $119,090 is 82.1% higher than Athens-Clarke County, GA's median of $65,410. This comparison covers nominal wages, without assessing living costs or job availability.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSMetro estimates may include areas in neighboring states. The comparison covers published metro estimates, not every part of the state.
Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Georgia industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Georgia · 2026 Q1+0.3%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark0.0%
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View every published value
| Quarter | Georgia | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +0.7% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +0.4% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +0.9% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | 0.0% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +0.1% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +0.4% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | -0.1% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +0.3% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Georgia’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- 0.0%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Computer systems analysts Work
The occupation mix determines which Georgia industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional and business services | 48.7% | -0.1% | 87,069 | $2,114 |
| Financial activities | 14.0% | -0.8% | 37,243 | $2,868 |
| Private education and health services | 12.2% | +2.9% | 42,405 | $1,358 |
| State and local | 7.5% | +0.8% | 6,775 | $1,162 |
| Information | 6.8% | +2.1% | 10,752 | $3,263 |
| Manufacturing | 4.5% | -1.8% | 13,482 | $1,541 |
Which industries are growing?
3 weighted industries are growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Georgia employment change are listed.
- Private education and health services+2.9%
- Information+2.1%
- State and local+0.8%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Selected state comparison
Georgia vs. other states
A selected set of other states with valid reports for this occupation, not every available state. Each state’s own published industry employment change for QCEW 2026 Q1, ordered with this report first and then alphabetically. This is not a ranking and there is no state-level score.
How to read this
Same occupation, same release
Every state shown published its own verified QCEW 2026 Q1 figure for the industries weighted to Computer systems analysts. Bars are proportional to each published change; left of centre is a decline.
Current Georgia context
Current Georgia Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Georgia. They are not Computer systems analysts demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Georgia
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 114.11 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 114.38 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 114.51 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 114.38 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 113.65 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 114.31 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 114.93 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 116.46 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 117.85 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 118.71 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 118.89 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 119.01 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 117.21 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 117.14 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Statewide layoff notices
Statewide WARN notices
Georgia statewide21 notices in this source
Notice dates from Aug 2, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.
What this means: This is the number of WARN notices with notice dates in this period in Georgia’s official statewide list. It is a statewide count only, and does not identify any employer.
Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. WARN covers qualifying large layoffs and closures under applicable law, not all layoffs, and thresholds vary by state.
Technical College System of Georgia (WorkSource Georgia) About WARN data
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Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Computer systems analysts in Georgia FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Computer systems analysts in Georgia?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Georgia industries weighted to Computer systems analysts changed +0.3% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with 0.0% nationwide.
Are wages for Computer systems analysts rising in Georgia?
QCEW does not publish pay for Computer systems analysts in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +3.7% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Georgia industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Computer systems analysts openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Computer systems analysts
- SOC code
- 15-1211
- State
- Georgia
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +0.3%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- 0.0%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- +0.2 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +1.1%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +3.7%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/computer-systems-analysts/georgia#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.