According to the AJC, Atlanta’s high-paying jobs are declining and its low-paying jobs are increasing and population growth is the lowest in 5 years.

The Atlanta Regional Commission Report, which comes out Thursday, indicates that in addition to the lowest population increase since 2003, more than 40,000 jobs that pay on average $5,700 a month have been lost since 2001.

But the region’s economy is diverse, so “there’s nothing that indicates our growth rates won’t get back up to where they have been as the housing market come out of its slump and the economy comes out of its slump,” Krautler said.

The good news for now is that the region still has plenty of high-paying work in information, wholesale trade, and professional and business services.

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