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.
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 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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How to use Macon-Bibb County, GA wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Macon-Bibb County, GA at $354,430/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,356 adjusts to about $62,529 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 88.5. 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.