Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC moved from $44,280 in May 2024 to $45,990 in May 2025 (+3.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC sits +0.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $18,390 here versus $35,230 nationally (-47.8%; 3,820metro-area jobs). Next is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $23,420 locally versus $36,780 nationally (-36.3%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$18,390 in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC sits 47.8% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,820 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$23,420 in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC sits 36.3% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,190 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,730 in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC sits 19.7% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,920 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$47,920 in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC sits 18.3% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (3,250 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12260 · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #224/528
- RPP-LOW 91.9
- OCC-MOST 437 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $417K
- EMP-MIX Mechanical E…
- TREND-INLINE +0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Eau Claire, WI
- BOOK-FULL 432 rows · May 2025
Read with Eau Claire, WI ($4 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 Augusta-Richmond County
Where Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC already employs the upper wage tier
Mechanical Engineers and Physicians, All Other lead published employment inside Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Mechanical Engineers 980 jobs · $128,740
- 2. Physicians, All Other 740 jobs · $258,650
- 3. Pharmacists 620 jobs · $131,630
- 4. Financial Managers 600 jobs · $129,180
- 5. Architectural and Engineering Managers 510 jobs · $171,720
- 6. Sales Managers 500 jobs · $138,690
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 430 jobs · $160,860
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 400 jobs · $135,660
- 9. Engineers, All Other 220 jobs · $135,930
- 10. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 190 jobs · $177,150
- 11. Human Resources Managers 190 jobs · $132,640
- 12. Dentists, General 160 jobs · $153,510
- 13. Marketing Managers 150 jobs · $146,720
- 14. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 130 jobs · $131,380
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 120 jobs · $265,280
- 16. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $144,980
- 17. General Internal Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $281,050
- 18. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $128,670
Occupations Tracked
437
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,029
employment-weighted, 432 complete rows
Top Salary
$417,100
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
91.9
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, 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 | Mechanical Engineers | $128,740 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $258,650 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $131,630 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $129,180 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $171,720 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $138,690 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $160,860 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $135,660 |
| 9 | Engineers, All Other | $135,930 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $177,150 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers | $132,640 |
| 12 | Dentists, General | $153,510 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $146,720 |
| 14 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $131,380 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $265,280 |
| 16 | Chief Executives | $144,980 |
| 17 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $281,050 |
| 18 | Purchasing Managers | $128,670 |
| 19 | Optometrists | $130,390 |
| 20 | Pediatricians, General | $142,980 |
| 21 | Anesthesiologists | $417,100 |
| 22 | Physical Scientists, All Other | $149,550 |
| 23 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $125,340 |
| 24 | Nurse Anesthetists | $211,310 |
| 25 | Nuclear Engineers | $132,440 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $18,390 |
| School Bus Monitors | $20,190 |
| Bartenders | $21,100 |
| Bus Drivers, School | $21,220 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,260 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,420 |
| Protective Service Workers, All Other | $23,470 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $24,800 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $25,670 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,720 |
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 ($59,029 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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