Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $26,350 here versus $35,800 nationally (-26.4%; 2,660metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $81,290 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-23.1%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$26,350 in Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 26.4% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,660 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$81,290 in Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 23.1% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,430 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$28,970 in Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 18.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,790 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$26,930 in Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 18.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,900 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1300002 · Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #457/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 352 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $336K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Jonesboro, AR
- BOOK-FULL 346 rows · May 2025
Read with Jonesboro, AR (+$2 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 Middle Georgia nonmetropoli…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Managers, All Other and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 630 jobs · $100,980
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 400 jobs · $125,980
- 3. Financial Managers 330 jobs · $125,790
- 4. Pharmacists 310 jobs · $137,350
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 280 jobs · $126,100
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $127,330
- 7. Construction Managers 210 jobs · $101,280
- 8. Lawyers 200 jobs · $105,250
- 9. Physical Therapists 190 jobs · $99,840
- 10. Sales Managers 180 jobs · $147,230
- 11. Software Developers 170 jobs · $124,740
- 12. Occupational Therapists 140 jobs · $99,550
- 13. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $336,190
- 14. Human Resources Managers 130 jobs · $130,030
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $118,320
- 16. Facilities Managers 90 jobs · $112,150
- 17. Electrical Engineers 90 jobs · $103,610
- 18. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $135,000
Occupations Tracked
352
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,226
employment-weighted, 346 complete rows
Top Salary
$336,190
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Middle 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 | Managers, All Other | $100,980 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $125,980 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $125,790 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $137,350 |
| 5 | Industrial Production Managers | $126,100 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,330 |
| 7 | Construction Managers | $101,280 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $105,250 |
| 9 | Physical Therapists | $99,840 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $147,230 |
| 11 | Software Developers | $124,740 |
| 12 | Occupational Therapists | $99,550 |
| 13 | Physicians, All Other | $336,190 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $130,030 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $118,320 |
| 16 | Facilities Managers | $112,150 |
| 17 | Electrical Engineers | $103,610 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $135,000 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $132,550 |
| 20 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $118,190 |
| 21 | Family Medicine Physicians | $229,130 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $146,650 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $106,840 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $123,630 |
| 25 | Power Plant Operators | $113,610 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $18,150 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $21,800 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,020 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,550 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $23,730 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $23,750 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,510 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,890 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,960 |
| Childcare Workers | $25,560 |
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 ($51,226 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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