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.
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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the lower price level do to Augusta-Richmond County wage reading? ▼
What is the highest paying job in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC? ▼
What jobs pay the least in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC? ▼
Which federal tables feed Augusta-Richmond County's wage and price figures? ▼
Related federal data
What to do with this data
How to use Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC wage figures in a real decision
- Anesthesiologists leads published medians in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC at $417,100/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Anesthesiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,029 adjusts to about $64,230 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.9. 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.