Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA moved from $49,770 in May 2024 to $51,170 in May 2025 (+2.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA sits -0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers publishes $618,090 here versus $232,140 nationally (+166.3%; 8,700metro-area jobs). Next is Health Education Specialists at $112,450 locally versus $64,070 nationally (+75.5%).
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA sits 166.3% above the national Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers median of $232,140 (8,700 published local jobs).
- Health Education Specialists$112,450 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA sits 75.5% above the national Health Education Specialists median of $64,070 (2,580 published local jobs).
- Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$25,000 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA sits 50.9% below the national Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other median of $50,890 (3,340 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$18,460 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA sits 47.6% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (45,880 published local jobs).
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12060 · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $71K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #40/528
- RPP-MID 100.1
- OCC-MOST 685 occs
- TOP-LEAD Airline Pilots… · $618K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Oxnard-Thousand…
- BOOK-FULL 649 rows · May 2025
Read with Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($53 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswe…
Employment scale inside Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 15,660 jobs · $171,240
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 14,430 jobs · $177,970
- 3. Sales Managers 12,080 jobs · $166,920
- 4. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 8,700 jobs · $618,090
- 5. Marketing Managers 6,700 jobs · $163,500
- 6. Human Resources Managers 5,300 jobs · $161,250
- 7. Physicians, All Other 5,170 jobs · $275,080
- 8. Purchasing Managers 2,590 jobs · $165,910
- 9. Chief Executives 2,350 jobs · $275,820
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,330 jobs · $162,410
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 2,060 jobs · $259,320
- 12. Dentists, General 1,710 jobs · $222,690
- 13. Air Traffic Controllers 810 jobs · $186,640
- 14. Anesthesiologists 770 jobs · $226,830
- 15. Compensation and Benefits Managers 760 jobs · $166,100
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 470 jobs · $239,060
- 17. Psychiatrists 280 jobs · $276,960
- 18. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 270 jobs · $354,000
Occupations Tracked
685
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$70,696
employment-weighted, 649 complete rows
Top Salary
$618,090
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Cost of Living
100.1
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $618,090 |
| 2 | Surgeons, All Other | $529,100 |
| 3 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $412,900 |
| 4 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $354,000 |
| 5 | Dermatologists | $284,630 |
| 6 | Psychiatrists | $276,960 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $275,820 |
| 8 | Physicians, All Other | $275,080 |
| 9 | Physicians, Pathologists | $270,000 |
| 10 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $263,810 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $259,320 |
| 12 | Nurse Anesthetists | $239,060 |
| 13 | Anesthesiologists | $226,830 |
| 14 | Dentists, General | $222,690 |
| 15 | Air Traffic Controllers | $186,640 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $177,970 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $171,240 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $166,920 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $166,800 |
| 20 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $166,100 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $165,910 |
| 22 | Bailiffs | $164,040 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers | $163,500 |
| 24 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $162,410 |
| 25 | Human Resources Managers | $161,250 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $18,460 |
| Bartenders | $23,350 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $23,850 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $25,000 |
| Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other | $25,460 |
| Passenger Attendants | $26,330 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,940 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,960 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $27,190 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $27,280 |
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 ($70,696 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers leads published medians in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA at $618,090/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $70,696 adjusts to about $70,655 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.1. 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.