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.
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.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
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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