Rome, GA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.2) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Rome, GA moved from $40,930 in May 2024 to $42,670 in May 2025 (+4.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Rome, GA sits +1.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40660 · Rome, GA $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #373/528
- RPP-LOW 90.2
- OCC-MID 203 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $353K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-INLINE +1.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Coastal Plains R…
- BOOK-MOST 194 rows · May 2025
Read with Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area ($6 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 Rome, GA
Where Rome, GA already employs the upper wage tier
Managers, All Other and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Rome, GA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 190 jobs · $92,910
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 160 jobs · $132,830
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $112,970
- 4. Sales Managers 140 jobs · $129,660
- 5. Software Developers 140 jobs · $118,030
- 6. Financial Managers 130 jobs · $139,740
- 7. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $103,710
- 8. Respiratory Therapists 120 jobs · $98,720
- 9. Pharmacists 110 jobs · $142,090
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $305,000
- 11. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $353,400
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $138,900
- 13. Occupational Therapists 80 jobs · $99,490
- 14. Administrative Services Managers 70 jobs · $126,130
- 15. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 70 jobs · $102,450
- 16. Industrial Production Managers 60 jobs · $131,680
- 17. Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 60 jobs · $89,650
- 18. Marketing Managers 50 jobs · $148,160
Occupations Tracked
203
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,402
employment-weighted, 194 complete rows
Top Salary
$353,400
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
90.2
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Rome, 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 | Managers, All Other | $92,910 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $132,830 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $112,970 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $129,660 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $118,030 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $139,740 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $103,710 |
| 8 | Respiratory Therapists | $98,720 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $142,090 |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physicians | $305,000 |
| 11 | Physicians, All Other | $353,400 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $138,900 |
| 13 | Occupational Therapists | $99,490 |
| 14 | Administrative Services Managers | $126,130 |
| 15 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $102,450 |
| 16 | Industrial Production Managers | $131,680 |
| 17 | Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers | $89,650 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $148,160 |
| 19 | Physician Assistants | $122,440 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers | $122,330 |
| 21 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators | $91,510 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $124,530 |
| 23 | Human Resources Managers | $116,910 |
| 24 | Chief Executives | $106,740 |
| 25 | Data Scientists | $92,130 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Rome, GA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $20,970 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $20,980 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $22,050 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,600 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,100 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,340 |
| Bartenders | $24,490 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $25,220 |
| Animal Caretakers | $26,520 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,890 |
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 ($54,402 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 Rome, GA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Rome, GA at $353,400/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $54,402 adjusts to about $60,339 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.2. 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.