Gainesville, GA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Gainesville, GA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Gainesville, GA moved from $44,300 in May 2024 to $45,900 in May 2025 (+3.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Gainesville, GA sits +0.5 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.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Gainesville, GA
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $26,690 here versus $31,200 nationally (-14.5%; 2,910metro-area jobs). Next is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $39,420 locally versus $44,650 nationally (-11.7%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,690 in Gainesville, GA sits 14.5% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,910 published local jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,420 in Gainesville, GA sits 11.7% below the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (2,240 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$31,870 in Gainesville, GA sits 10.0% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,590 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,930 in Gainesville, GA sits 3.3% below the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (3,820 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Gainesville, GA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 23580 · Gainesville, GA $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #345/528
- RPP-MID 96.8
- OCC-MID 298 occs
- TOP-LEAD Dentists, Gene… · $210K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-INLINE +0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southwestern Pen…
- BOOK-MOST 293 rows · May 2025
Read with Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area ($12 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 Gainesville, GA
Employment scale inside Gainesville, GA's top-pay list
Physicians, All Other and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Gainesville, GA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 390 jobs · $130,500
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 380 jobs · $126,120
- 3. Financial Managers 290 jobs · $144,850
- 4. Software Developers 290 jobs · $121,940
- 5. Sales Managers 280 jobs · $133,390
- 6. Administrative Services Managers 270 jobs · $134,360
- 7. Medical and Health Services Managers 220 jobs · $141,380
- 8. Pharmacists 210 jobs · $135,920
- 9. Computer Systems Analysts 210 jobs · $113,740
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $136,460
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 180 jobs · $156,450
- 12. Human Resources Managers 140 jobs · $140,120
- 13. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 140 jobs · $116,340
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $205,820
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $132,570
- 16. Marketing Managers 80 jobs · $135,840
- 17. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $111,440
- 18. Facilities Managers 70 jobs · $106,660
Occupations Tracked
298
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,322
employment-weighted, 293 complete rows
Top Salary
$210,400
Dentists, General
Cost of Living
96.8
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Gainesville, GA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentists, General | $210,400 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $205,820 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $156,450 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $144,850 |
| 5 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $144,790 |
| 6 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $141,380 |
| 7 | Human Resources Managers | $140,120 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $136,460 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $135,920 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $135,840 |
| 11 | Administrative Services Managers | $134,360 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $133,390 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $132,570 |
| 14 | Physicians, All Other | $130,500 |
| 15 | Education Administrators, All Other | $126,490 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,120 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $126,010 |
| 18 | Computer Network Architects | $124,260 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $122,040 |
| 20 | Software Developers | $121,940 |
| 21 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $116,340 |
| 22 | Computer Systems Analysts | $113,740 |
| 23 | Physician Assistants | $111,440 |
| 24 | Personal Financial Advisors | $111,430 |
| 25 | Facilities Managers | $106,660 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Gainesville, GA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $17,980 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,070 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $23,160 |
| Bartenders | $24,180 |
| Bailiffs | $26,210 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,690 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,250 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,800 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,890 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,340 |
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 ($55,322 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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How to use Gainesville, GA wage figures in a real decision
- Dentists, General leads published medians in Gainesville, GA at $210,400/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Dentists, General
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,322 adjusts to about $57,171 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 96.8. 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.