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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- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area at $245,960/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- North Georgia nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $50,008 across 380 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan 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 local-area 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.