Macon-Bibb County, GA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Macon-Bibb County, GA moved from $43,680 in May 2024 to $45,160 in May 2025 (+3.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Macon-Bibb County, GA sits +0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Macon-Bibb County, GA
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $25,000 here versus $31,200 nationally (-19.9%; 2,920metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $28,820 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-18.6%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,000 in Macon-Bibb County, GA sits 19.9% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,920 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$28,820 in Macon-Bibb County, GA sits 18.6% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,800 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$27,820 in Macon-Bibb County, GA sits 15.4% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,300 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$85,070 in Macon-Bibb County, GA sits 12.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,100 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Macon-Bibb County, GA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 31420 · Macon-Bibb County, GA $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #342/528
- RPP-LOW 88.5
- OCC-MID 299 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $354K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE +0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Rapid City, SD
- BOOK-MOST 296 rows · May 2025
Read with Rapid City, SD ($3 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA
Where Macon-Bibb County, GA already employs the upper wage tier
Lawyers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Macon-Bibb County, GA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 410 jobs · $108,200
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 400 jobs · $115,860
- 3. Physicians, All Other 350 jobs · $140,880
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 340 jobs · $131,510
- 5. Financial Managers 310 jobs · $138,160
- 6. Sales Managers 230 jobs · $133,030
- 7. Pharmacists 230 jobs · $132,280
- 8. Software Developers 230 jobs · $120,410
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $150,710
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 140 jobs · $134,490
- 11. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $104,500
- 12. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $122,670
- 13. Personal Financial Advisors 100 jobs · $126,390
- 14. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $127,850
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $281,860
- 16. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $115,030
- 17. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 80 jobs · $114,000
- 18. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $123,170
Occupations Tracked
299
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,356
employment-weighted, 296 complete rows
Top Salary
$354,430
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
88.5
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Macon-Bibb County, 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 | Lawyers | $108,200 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $115,860 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $140,880 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $131,510 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $138,160 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $133,030 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $132,280 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $120,410 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $150,710 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $134,490 |
| 11 | Physical Therapists | $104,500 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $122,670 |
| 13 | Personal Financial Advisors | $126,390 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $127,850 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $281,860 |
| 16 | Electrical Engineers | $115,030 |
| 17 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $114,000 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $123,170 |
| 19 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $354,430 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers | $135,820 |
| 21 | Nurse Anesthetists | $229,800 |
| 22 | Computer Network Architects | $103,770 |
| 23 | Dentists, General | $203,070 |
| 24 | Information Security Analysts | $106,340 |
| 25 | Purchasing Managers | $120,890 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Macon-Bibb County, GA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $17,830 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $19,060 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,140 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $23,350 |
| Childcare Workers | $23,910 |
| Bartenders | $24,330 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,590 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $25,000 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $25,910 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,120 |
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 ($55,356 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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