Rabun County, Georgia
Rabun County, Georgia














Rabun County
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Post Office Box 750
232 Highway 441
Clayton, Georgia 30525-0019
(706)782-4812
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Research - Workforce

Rabun County’s workforce is affordable, trained, and ready to work! We also have a wide variety of skill sets to offer our existing and new employers.

Workforce August 2009
Available Workforce 94,829
Local Workforce 6,990
Avg. Weekly Wages $533
Industry Wages 2008 Weekly Wage
Agriculture $517
Manufacturing $894
Health Care $811
Restaurant $301
Retail $491
Unemployment August 2009
Unemployment Rate 10.6%
Duration of Benefits 10.9 weeks
Education 2008 Average
Some High School 28.2%
High School Graduates/GED 33.8%
Some College 23.1%
College/Technical Graduates 9.1%
Post Graduation 5.9%

Several large manufacturing plants have operated in Rabun County for many years. Hanes Brands currently operates on of the largest yarn spinning plants in the country in Rabun Gap and employs most of its 380 personnel from our community. Fruit of the Loom also operated a large textile manufacturing plant in Rabun Gap until 2006 and employed 960+ from our workforce.

Finding skilled labor at affordable wage rates is not a problem in Rabun County.

Please look into Rabun County, research our workforce and community, and give us a call. We think you’ll like what you find. The more you learn, the longer you’re going to want to stay and work in Rabun!

Development Authority of Rabun County
232 Highway 441 North / P.O. Box 761 / Clayton, GA 30525
P: 706-782-4812 / F: 706-782-4810
Sean Brady – Executive Director

(sean@gamountains.com)