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Jekyll Island is part of Glynn County, where services are the largest employment sector providing 40.9% of the jobs. The other predominant employment sectors are retail trade at 23.9% and manufacturing at 11.3%. Between 1996 and 2000, Glynn County's annual unemployment rate was less than the state and national average, with 3.2% unemployment, compared with the state's average of 4.2%, and the national average of 4.8%. Glynn County and Georgia’s Golden Isles have a wide economic base with a high quality of life, natural resources, a booming tourist trade and various economic development projects. Jekyll Island, which is located 8 miles off the mainland, is only 35% developed and 65% of the island is a natural conservation area. Tourist related businesses are the mainstream of the economy on Jekyll Island. Since 1995, the arts have also resulted in an increase in the economic growth of Jekyll Island.



 

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