North Georgia nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for North Georgia nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $18,950 here versus $35,230 nationally (-46.2%; 3,050metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $82,500 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-22.0%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$18,950 in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 46.2% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,050 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$82,500 in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 22.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,500 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$74,880 in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 17.1% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,740 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,630 in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 16.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (5,570 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for North Georgia nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1300001 · North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $50K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #476/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 388 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $246K
- EMP-MIX Pharmacists
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Southern West Vi…
- BOOK-FULL 380 rows · May 2025
Read with Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area ($34 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 North Georgia nonmetropolit…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Pharmacists and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside North Georgia nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Pharmacists 430 jobs · $133,110
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 420 jobs · $113,740
- 3. Financial Managers 380 jobs · $132,780
- 4. Software Developers 350 jobs · $104,760
- 5. Sales Managers 320 jobs · $126,900
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 260 jobs · $109,300
- 7. Medical and Health Services Managers 190 jobs · $123,620
- 8. Chief Executives 190 jobs · $103,980
- 9. Physical Therapists 170 jobs · $103,790
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $135,990
- 11. Electrical Engineers 160 jobs · $111,390
- 12. Veterinarians 150 jobs · $106,910
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $217,820
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $150,900
- 15. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $121,470
- 16. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $245,960
- 17. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $120,160
- 18. Marketing Managers 90 jobs · $136,100
Occupations Tracked
388
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$50,008
employment-weighted, 380 complete rows
Top Salary
$245,960
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in North 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 | Pharmacists | $133,110 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $113,740 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $132,780 |
| 4 | Software Developers | $104,760 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $126,900 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $109,300 |
| 7 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $123,620 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $103,980 |
| 9 | Physical Therapists | $103,790 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,990 |
| 11 | Electrical Engineers | $111,390 |
| 12 | Veterinarians | $106,910 |
| 13 | Family Medicine Physicians | $217,820 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $150,900 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $121,470 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other | $245,960 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $120,160 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $136,100 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $205,030 |
| 20 | Education Administrators, All Other | $112,110 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $125,020 |
| 22 | School Psychologists | $106,480 |
| 23 | Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health | $178,960 |
| 24 | Public Relations Managers | $143,500 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $124,000 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $18,820 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $18,950 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,660 |
| Bartenders | $22,820 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,090 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $23,100 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $25,840 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,530 |
| Recreation Workers | $26,600 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,850 |
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 ($50,008 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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