Savannah, GA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Savannah, GA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Savannah, GA moved from $46,100 in May 2024 to $47,240 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Savannah, GA sits -0.6 pp behind 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.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Savannah, GA
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $20,830 here versus $35,230 nationally (-40.9%; 4,940metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $83,990 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-20.6%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$20,830 in Savannah, GA sits 40.9% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (4,940 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$83,990 in Savannah, GA sits 20.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,870 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$36,830 in Savannah, GA sits 17.7% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (3,290 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,160 in Savannah, GA sits 14.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (6,820 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Savannah, GA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 42340 · Savannah, GA $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #303/528
- RPP-MID 95.2
- OCC-MID 394 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $357K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE -0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastern Ohio non…
- BOOK-FULL 388 rows · May 2025
Read with Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (+$34 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Savannah, GA
Employment scale inside Savannah, GA's top-pay list
Lawyers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Savannah, GA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 640 jobs · $123,050
- 2. Financial Managers 480 jobs · $144,120
- 3. Sales Managers 460 jobs · $147,020
- 4. Software Developers 440 jobs · $123,220
- 5. Pharmacists 420 jobs · $137,420
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 400 jobs · $123,840
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 320 jobs · $118,410
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 270 jobs · $349,030
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 250 jobs · $136,620
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 240 jobs · $159,660
- 11. Personal Financial Advisors 210 jobs · $126,200
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 200 jobs · $164,630
- 13. Human Resources Managers 170 jobs · $133,690
- 14. Marketing Managers 150 jobs · $142,710
- 15. Electrical Engineers 150 jobs · $121,240
- 16. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $357,050
- 17. Chief Executives 130 jobs · $197,840
- 18. Purchasing Managers 130 jobs · $131,410
Occupations Tracked
394
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,743
employment-weighted, 388 complete rows
Top Salary
$357,050
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
95.2
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Savannah, GA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $357,050 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $349,030 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $197,840 |
| 4 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $164,630 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,660 |
| 6 | Optometrists | $159,330 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $147,020 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $144,120 |
| 9 | Marketing Managers | $142,710 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $137,420 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $136,620 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $133,690 |
| 13 | Purchasing Managers | $131,410 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $131,120 |
| 15 | Personal Financial Advisors | $126,200 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $125,500 |
| 17 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $123,840 |
| 18 | Software Developers | $123,220 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $123,050 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers | $121,470 |
| 21 | Electrical Engineers | $121,240 |
| 22 | Computer Network Architects | $118,950 |
| 23 | Nurse Practitioners | $118,410 |
| 24 | Art Directors | $117,650 |
| 25 | Veterinarians | $116,480 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Savannah, GA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| School Bus Monitors | $20,370 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $20,830 |
| Bartenders | $21,980 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,370 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $27,130 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $27,220 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,460 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $27,720 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $28,160 |
| Bus Drivers, School | $28,180 |
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 ($56,743 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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How to use Savannah, GA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Savannah, GA at $357,050/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $56,743 adjusts to about $59,600 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 95.2. 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.