Albany, GA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Albany, GA moved from $40,590 in May 2024 to $43,620 in May 2025 (+7.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Albany, GA sits +4.4 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 10500 · Albany, GA $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #440/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.7
- OCC-MID 240 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $347K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-AHEAD +4.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Joplin, MO-KS
- BOOK-MOST 235 rows · May 2025
Read with Joplin, MO-KS ($29 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Albany, GA
Where Albany, GA already employs the upper wage tier
Software Developers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Albany, GA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 290 jobs · $124,230
- 2. Managers, All Other 290 jobs · $113,330
- 3. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $130,700
- 4. Financial Managers 160 jobs · $126,720
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $126,130
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $118,370
- 7. Lawyers 150 jobs · $103,510
- 8. Sales Managers 140 jobs · $128,020
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $158,730
- 10. Administrative Services Managers 110 jobs · $100,940
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 80 jobs · $124,350
- 12. Physicians, All Other 70 jobs · $346,640
- 13. Industrial Engineers 70 jobs · $104,100
- 14. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 60 jobs · $107,230
- 15. General Internal Medicine Physicians 50 jobs · $223,400
- 16. Electrical Engineers 50 jobs · $115,210
- 17. Optometrists 40 jobs · $134,250
- 18. Human Resources Managers 40 jobs · $120,240
Occupations Tracked
240
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,017
employment-weighted, 235 complete rows
Top Salary
$346,640
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
87.7
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Albany, GA, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Developers | $124,230 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $113,330 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $130,700 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $126,720 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $126,130 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $118,370 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $103,510 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $128,020 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $158,730 |
| 10 | Administrative Services Managers | $100,940 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $124,350 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $346,640 |
| 13 | Industrial Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,100 |
| 14 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $107,230 |
| 15 | General Internal Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $223,400 |
| 16 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $115,210 |
| 17 | Optometrists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $134,250 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $120,240 |
| 19 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,500 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $215,750 |
| 21 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $176,760 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $129,880 |
| 23 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $122,170 |
| 24 | Veterinarians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $121,900 |
| 25 | Education Administrators, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,000 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Albany, GA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $18,330 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $20,070 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,180 |
| Bartenders | $21,920 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,550 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,830 |
| Childcare Workers | $23,080 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $23,760 |
| Animal Caretakers | $23,860 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,970 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in GA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside GA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($52,017 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Albany, GA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Albany, GA at $346,640/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $52,017 adjusts to about $59,333 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 87.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for GA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.