600+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Atlanta, GA

Observed local pay data is useful but unevenly current: BLS shows a metro-wide mean hourly wage of $34.57 across all occupations in May 2025, while installation, maintenance, and repair occupations averaged $28.37/hour in the latest occupation-specific figure available here. More current directional signals put Georgia's mean offered salary on new openings in this job family at about $63,034 (n=599), with Atlanta postings centered on about $24 to $29 / hour for hourly roles and about $85k to $120k for salaried roles.

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Advertised pay

Across the 282 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $46,800 at the 25th percentile, $53,040 at the median and $65,031 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Atlanta is still a workable market for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services, but it is no longer a broad-based expansion story. Metro unemployment was 3.5% in June 2026, and the latest BLS snapshot still shows a large local base of 153.3 thousand construction jobs and 176.6 thousand manufacturing jobs. But the newest metro employment readings show construction down 2.5% year over year and manufacturing down 1.8%, so success depends more on targeting the active niches than on sending general trade applications. We also observed more than 6,200 postings across more than 2,000 companies over the last 90 days, with hiring fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one buyer.

Best positioned: Licensed or clearly job-ready candidates for on-site commercial construction, building systems, maintenance, and field troubleshooting roles have the best odds, especially if they can show project management, safety compliance, blueprint reading, or plumbing depth.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is to read Atlanta's low unemployment as proof that all trades are booming; metro construction and manufacturing employment are both slightly down, and residential permitting has cooled.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 622 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. AIR Communities: 20 open roles
2. Asset Living: 14 open roles
3. Clorox Company: 10 open roles
4. Lviusa: 9 open roles
5. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 8 open roles
6. Cbre: 7 open roles
7. RPM Living: 7 open roles
8. crh: 6 open roles
9. Itape: 6 open roles
10. RangeWater Real Estate, LLC: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Atlanta: 189
• Marietta: 42
• Alpharetta: 21
• Lawrenceville: 20
• Conyers: 19
• McDonough: 19
• Covington: 16
• Cartersville: 14

Work arrangement

on-site 604 (99%), hybrid 5 (1%), remote 2 (0%)

Where the demand is

Demand is real but uneven. We observed more than 6,200 postings across more than 2,000 companies over the last 90 days, and the hiring sample is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. Construction accounts for about 65% of category postings, far ahead of real estate at about 10%, manufacturing at about 10%, engineering at about 5%, and retail at about 5%. For most applicants, that means commercial construction and building-systems work should be the first search lane, with factory and production paths treated more selectively. The named employers reinforce that pattern. The most consistently active hirers include CRH, WSP Global Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Comfort Systems USA, Brasfield & Gorrie, Century Fire Protection, AECOM, and Amazon.com Inc. Skill demand also leans toward coordination and execution: project management appears in about 20% of postings, while troubleshooting, plumbing, safety compliance, and blueprint reading each appear in about 10%. Even with softer metro employment indices, Georgia job-family postings were still up 1.4% year over year, which suggests employers are still filling targeted roles. The weakest pocket looks more housing-led than commercial-led. Metro Atlanta's new residential permits decreased 11% through Q2 2026, while other reporting points to steadier total construction starts and specialized infrastructure work such as data centers. If your recent experience is mostly residential framing or general labor, broaden quickly into MEP, fire protection, industrial maintenance, or commercial project support.

• Commercial construction, MEP, and project coordination (high): This is the clearest concentration of opportunity because about 65% of local postings sit in construction, project management is the strongest single skill signal, and several of the most active employers are large commercial and engineering-linked firms.
• Maintenance, field service, and building systems (high): This lane benefits from the on-site nature of the market and from recurring demand around troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and building systems support, with employers such as Comfort Systems USA and Century Fire Protection showing up in the active-employer mix.
• Manufacturing and plant-maintenance roles (moderate): Atlanta still has a substantial manufacturing base, but the local manufacturing employment reading is softer than the broader market, so this path is best for candidates with equipment, maintenance, quality, or operations-system experience rather than general applicants.
• Residential homebuilding and general labor (limited): This is the shakiest near-term segment because new residential permits were down 11% through Q2 2026, even as other construction niches held up better.

Where to focus: Focus on commercial and infrastructure-linked employers first, then MEP, HVAC, fire protection, maintenance, and industrial-support roles; treat purely residential applications as a secondary lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Facilities coordinator or property operations coordinator: This is a practical bridge for people with maintenance, vendor, safety, or building-systems experience, especially because real estate shows up as a noticeable slice of local demand.
• Supply chain or logistics coordinator: Manufacturing is expanding toward supply chain and logistics planning, so people with plant, warehouse, or production backgrounds can pivot without starting from zero.
• Project coordinator or scheduler: This fits candidates who already know jobsites, scopes, subcontracts, punch lists, or maintenance work orders but want to move toward office-linked project ownership.
• Quality or continuous-improvement coordinator: Manufacturing employers increasingly value systems optimization, process improvement, and digital operations, which makes this a realistic next step for disciplined plant or production candidates.

What postings ask for

• OSHA 10 and NCCER (differentiator | immediate): Atlanta has a live local path into OSHA 10 and NCCER through the Building Georgia program, and safety compliance appears in about 10% of local postings. Who: Entry-level candidates, helpers, and career switchers trying to look job-ready fast.
• EPA Section 608 Universal (table_stakes | immediate): EPA Section 608 Universal is identified as an essential HVAC credential, and Atlanta's active-employer mix includes major building-systems companies where HVAC-adjacent work matters. Who: Anyone targeting HVAC install, service, refrigeration, or facilities-mechanical roles.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): A valid driver's license was the most commonly named certification in the local posting sample, which fits a market where about 85% of roles are on-site. Who: Field service, maintenance, installer, and mobile-site candidates.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | near-term): Blueprint reading appears in about 10% of local postings and is one of the fastest ways to separate yourself from general-labor applicants. Who: Construction, MEP, fabrication, and installation candidates moving beyond helper-level work.
• Troubleshooting and preventive maintenance (differentiator | immediate): Troubleshooting appears in about 10% of local postings and preventive maintenance in about 5%, making this combo useful across maintenance tech, field service, HVAC, and plant-support roles. Who: Maintenance techs, production techs, field service candidates, and career switchers with mechanical aptitude.
• Project management and office documentation (premium | near-term): Project management appears in about 20% of local postings, and Microsoft Office appears in about 10%, which signals that even hands-on roles often reward coordination, reporting, and schedule ownership. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, foremen, lead techs, and candidates trying to move into supervisor or coordinator roles.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Observed local pay data is useful but unevenly current: BLS shows a metro-wide mean hourly wage of $34.57 across all occupations in May 2025, while installation, maintenance, and repair occupations averaged $28.37/hour in the latest occupation-specific figure available here. More current directional signals put Georgia's mean offered salary on new openings in this job family at about $63,034 (n=599), with Atlanta postings centered on about $24 to $29 / hour for hourly roles and about $85k to $120k for salaried roles. Atlanta can pay well, but this category is split. Helper and production-track work sits much lower than construction management, commercial electrical, and specialized field service, and that pay stretches a bit further than in some peer metros because Atlanta's cost-of-living index was 94.2 relative to a national baseline of 100.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA concentrated?

Demand is real but uneven. We observed more than 6,200 postings across more than 2,000 companies over the last 90 days, and the hiring sample is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. Construction accounts for about 65% of category postings, far ahead of real estate at about 10%, manufacturing at about 10%, engineering at about 5%, and retail at about 5%. For most applicants, that means commercial construction and building-systems work should be the first search lane, with factory and production paths treated more selectively. The named employers reinforce that pattern. The most consistently active hirers include CRH, WSP Global Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Comfort Systems USA, Brasfield & Gorrie, Century Fire Protection, AECOM, and Amazon.com Inc. Skill demand also leans toward coordination and execution: project management appears in about 20% of postings, while troubleshooting, plumbing, safety compliance, and blueprint reading each appear in about 10%. Even with softer metro employment indices, Georgia job-family postings were still up 1.4% year over year, which suggests employers are still filling targeted roles. The weakest pocket looks more housing-led than commercial-led. Metro Atlanta's new residential permits decreased 11% through Q2 2026, while other reporting points to steadier total construction starts and specialized infrastructure work such as data centers. If your recent experience is mostly residential framing or general labor, broaden quickly into MEP, fire protection, industrial maintenance, or commercial project support.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Recent postings show the most activity from crh (75 postings), WSP Global Inc. (50 postings), Jacobs Engineering Group (50 postings), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (50 postings), Brasfield & Gorrie, L.L.C. (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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