East Georgia nonmetropolitan area Salaries

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for East Georgia nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area

Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $23,420 here versus $31,200 nationally (-24.9%; 3,230metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $28,220 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-20.3%).

  1. Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,420 in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 24.9% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,230 published local jobs).
  2. Retail Salespersons$28,220 in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 20.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,520 published local jobs).
  3. Cashiers$26,910 in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 18.2% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,730 published local jobs).
  4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$49,370 in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 15.8% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,040 published local jobs).

Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for East Georgia nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 1300003 · East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $50K mean

MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

  • MEAN-TRACE #481/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 299 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $341K
  • EMP-MIX Education Ad…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cleveland, TN
  • BOOK-MOST 298 rows · May 2025

Read with Cleveland, TN (+$5 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data

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 East Georgia nonmetropolita…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KEast Georgia nonmetr… · this MSA: $50KEast Georgia nonmetr… · this…$50KCleveland, TN · near: $50KCleveland, TN · near$50KSouth Central Kentuc… · near: $50KSouth Central Kentuc… · near$50KFort Smith, AR-OK · near: $50KFort Smith, AR-OK · near$50KSouthwest Louisiana… · near: $50KSouthwest Louisiana… · near$50KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
East Georgia nonmetr… · this MSA $50K
Cleveland, TN · near $50K
South Central Kentuc… · near $50K
Fort Smith, AR-OK · near $50K
Southwest Louisiana… · near $50K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside East Georgia nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 240 jobs · $99,800
  2. 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 230 jobs · $107,880
  3. 3. Construction Managers 220 jobs · $112,530
  4. 4. Nurse Practitioners 210 jobs · $103,530
  5. 5. Financial Managers 200 jobs · $128,590
  6. 6. Pharmacists 190 jobs · $131,190
  7. 7. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 130 jobs · $133,700
  8. 8. Sales Managers 130 jobs · $124,330
  9. 9. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $122,280
  10. 10. Industrial Engineers 110 jobs · $95,870
  11. 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $127,400
  12. 12. Software Developers 80 jobs · $118,950
  13. 13. Physicians, All Other 70 jobs · $340,630
  14. 14. Physical Therapists 70 jobs · $113,220
  15. 15. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 70 jobs · $98,850
  16. 16. Family Medicine Physicians 50 jobs · $210,280
  17. 17. Human Resources Managers 50 jobs · $110,800
  18. 18. Electrical Engineers 50 jobs · $101,670

Occupations Tracked

299

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$49,784

employment-weighted, 298 complete rows

Top Salary

$340,630

Physicians, All Other

Top-pay occupations in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, 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 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $99,800
2 Medical and Health Services Managers $107,880
3 Construction Managers $112,530
4 Nurse Practitioners $103,530
5 Financial Managers $128,590
6 Pharmacists $131,190
7 Education Administrators, Postsecondary $133,700
8 Sales Managers $124,330
9 Industrial Production Managers $122,280
10 Industrial Engineers $95,870
11 Computer and Information Systems Managers $127,400
12 Software Developers $118,950
13 Physicians, All Other $340,630
14 Physical Therapists $113,220
15 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $98,850
16 Family Medicine Physicians $210,280
17 Human Resources Managers $110,800
18 Electrical Engineers $101,670
19 Marketing Managers $144,890
20 Architectural and Engineering Managers $141,320
21 Veterinarians $108,390
22 Occupational Therapists $103,970
23 Personal Financial Advisors $102,480
24 Education Administrators, All Other $101,520
25 Dentists, General $178,620

Lowest Paying Jobs in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area

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 ($49,784 here) and summed published employment.

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 average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 298 published occupation means with employment estimates is $49,784/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 299 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $130,508, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $340,630/year. The second highest is Family Medicine Physicians at $210,280/year.
What jobs pay the least in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area is Waiters and Waitresses with a median salary of $17,880/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

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