Federal Jobs in Georgia

Atlanta (pictured above) is Georgia's capital and largest city. It is also the headquarters of the CDC, which employ over 5,000 in the metro area.

Nearly half of Georgia’s large federal workforce is employed by defense-related agencies, mostly under the Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Army. The Air Force Materiel Command at Rollins AFB alone employ over 12,000, and the Army Installation Management Agency and Army Medical Command each employ around 3,000 people in the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, and the Internal Revenue Service also employ over 5,000 Georgians.

Population: 9.4 million

Federal Workforce: 70,020

Largest Federal Departments / Agencies (number of employees in parentheses): Department of Defense (33,219), Department of Health and Human Services (6,938), Department of Veterans Affairs (6,325), Department of the Treasury (5,272), and Department of Homeland Security (4,301).