Brunswick-St. Simons, 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA moved from $39,850 in May 2024 to $41,940 in May 2025 (+5.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Brunswick-St. Simons, GA sits +2.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 15260 · Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #424/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.7
- OCC-THIN 199 occs
- TOP-LEAD Detectives and… · $158K
- EMP-MIX Compliance O…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Victoria, TX
- BOOK-MOST 198 rows · May 2025
Read with Victoria, TX ($10 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
Where Brunswick-St. Simons, GA already employs the upper wage tier
Compliance Officers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Brunswick-St. Simons, GA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Compliance Officers 670 jobs · $106,330
- 2. Managers, All Other 530 jobs · $122,930
- 3. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 240 jobs · $158,060
- 4. Lawyers 200 jobs · $125,480
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 140 jobs · $113,110
- 6. Financial Managers 110 jobs · $134,230
- 7. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 110 jobs · $110,850
- 8. Education Administrators, All Other 110 jobs · $108,890
- 9. Administrative Services Managers 110 jobs · $99,770
- 10. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $136,680
- 11. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $103,260
- 12. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $116,980
- 13. Computer Occupations, All Other 90 jobs · $108,890
- 14. Nurse Practitioners 60 jobs · $120,510
- 15. Industrial Engineers 60 jobs · $107,740
- 16. Construction Managers 60 jobs · $105,820
- 17. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $156,230
- 18. Software Developers 50 jobs · $103,170
Occupations Tracked
199
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,860
employment-weighted, 198 complete rows
Top Salary
$158,060
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
Cost of Living
87.7
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Brunswick-St. Simons, 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 | Compliance Officers | $106,330 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $122,930 |
| 3 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $158,060 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $125,480 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $113,110 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $134,230 |
| 7 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $110,850 |
| 8 | Education Administrators, All Other | $108,890 |
| 9 | Administrative Services Managers | $99,770 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $136,680 |
| 11 | Physical Therapists | $103,260 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $116,980 |
| 13 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $108,890 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $120,510 |
| 15 | Industrial Engineers | $107,740 |
| 16 | Construction Managers | $105,820 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $156,230 |
| 18 | Software Developers | $103,170 |
| 19 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $100,150 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians | $149,990 |
| 21 | Industrial Production Managers | $127,520 |
| 22 | Facilities Managers | $101,540 |
| 23 | Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | $99,050 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $137,350 |
| 25 | Occupational Therapists | $97,550 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $18,250 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,520 |
| Bartenders | $22,770 |
| Recreation Workers | $24,240 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,880 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,850 |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $26,400 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $26,710 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,750 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,770 |
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 ($52,860 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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