South Georgia nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for South Georgia nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $21,230 here versus $35,230 nationally (-39.7%; 2,400metro-area jobs). Next is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $25,850 locally versus $36,780 nationally (-29.7%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$21,230 in South Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 39.7% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,400 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$25,850 in South Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 29.7% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,210 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,160 in South Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 25.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (7,040 published local jobs).
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$35,940 in South Georgia nonmetropolitan area sits 24.4% below the national Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $47,540 (2,110 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for South Georgia nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1300004 · South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #455/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 414 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $343K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH El Paso, TX
- BOOK-FULL 406 rows · May 2025
Read with El Paso, TX (+$65 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 South Georgia nonmetropolit…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside South Georgia nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 520 jobs · $131,580
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 420 jobs · $120,740
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 410 jobs · $120,060
- 4. Lawyers 400 jobs · $125,480
- 5. Sales Managers 380 jobs · $135,150
- 6. Pharmacists 380 jobs · $134,600
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 310 jobs · $127,940
- 8. Software Developers 300 jobs · $119,740
- 9. Physicians, All Other 280 jobs · $340,640
- 10. Chief Executives 210 jobs · $146,990
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 180 jobs · $343,440
- 12. Physician Assistants 170 jobs · $124,990
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 160 jobs · $186,300
- 14. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $150,080
- 15. Human Resources Managers 130 jobs · $117,840
- 16. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 130 jobs · $107,550
- 17. Facilities Managers 110 jobs · $115,210
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 100 jobs · $149,990
Occupations Tracked
414
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,436
employment-weighted, 406 complete rows
Top Salary
$343,440
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in South 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 | Financial Managers | $131,580 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $120,740 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $120,060 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $125,480 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $135,150 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $134,600 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $127,940 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $119,740 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $340,640 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $146,990 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $343,440 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $124,990 |
| 13 | Nurse Anesthetists | $186,300 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $150,080 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $117,840 |
| 16 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay | $107,550 |
| 17 | Facilities Managers | $115,210 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $149,990 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $134,240 |
| 20 | Education Administrators, All Other | $111,680 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $129,380 |
| 22 | Personal Financial Advisors | $111,100 |
| 23 | Purchasing Managers | $114,220 |
| 24 | Veterinarians | $108,470 |
| 25 | Commercial Pilots | $123,400 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $18,990 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $19,150 |
| School Bus Monitors | $20,970 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $21,230 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $21,970 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,250 |
| Bartenders | $22,970 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,160 |
| Childcare Workers | $23,340 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,890 |
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 ($51,436 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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