Highest Paying Jobs in Georgia

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$618,090

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Top 25 Average

$283,610

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

99

occupations

Occupations

100

with wage data

This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Georgia by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers pays a state median of $618,090, +166% above the national median of $232,140 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 99 pay above $100,000 per year in Georgia - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $422,882, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 42 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Georgia, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Georgia is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Georgia, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

# Occupation State Median
1 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $618,090
2 Cardiologists $610,070
3 Surgeons, All Other $502,070
4 Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $474,820
5 General Internal Medicine Physicians $425,460
6 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $382,920
7 Obstetricians and Gynecologists $354,000
8 Radiologists $335,190
9 Physicians, All Other $266,880
10 Family Medicine Physicians $259,320
11 Psychiatrists $237,480
12 Anesthesiologists $230,000
13 Nurse Anesthetists $224,630
14 Emergency Medicine Physicians $219,010
15 Physicians, Pathologists $211,800
16 Chief Executives $208,180
17 Dentists, General $206,760
18 Air Traffic Controllers $178,420
19 Computer and Information Systems Managers $173,940
20 Financial Managers $166,790
21 Compensation and Benefits Managers $163,060
22 Architectural and Engineering Managers $161,470
23 Marketing Managers $160,760
24 Sales Managers $159,890
25 Orthodontists $159,230
26 Medical Dosimetrists $155,390
27 Purchasing Managers $155,360
28 Human Resources Managers $150,700
29 Pediatricians, General $149,990
30 Commercial Pilots $145,100
31 Physicists $144,870
32 Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance $143,230
33 Aerospace Engineers $140,460
34 Database Architects $139,500
35 Physical Scientists, All Other $137,680
36 Pharmacists $137,120
37 Lawyers $134,830
38 Public Relations Managers $134,500
39 Computer Network Architects $133,890
40 Advertising and Promotions Managers $133,810
41 Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $133,660
42 Podiatrists $132,630
43 Nuclear Engineers $132,440
44 Training and Development Managers $132,120
45 Medical and Health Services Managers $131,910
46 Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary $131,260
47 Software Developers $131,010
48 Nurse Practitioners $129,430
49 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons $129,010
50 Information Security Analysts $128,970
51 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products $128,850
52 Optometrists $128,830
53 Industrial Production Managers $127,820
54 Veterinarians $126,590
55 Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other $126,300
56 Managers, All Other $125,000
57 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $123,330
58 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $123,010
59 Economists $122,570
60 Hydrologists $121,830
61 Artists and Related Workers, All Other $119,680
62 Economics Teachers, Postsecondary $117,600
63 Physician Assistants $115,390
64 Statisticians $115,150
65 Facilities Managers $114,360
66 Fundraising Managers $113,050
67 Engineers, All Other $112,260
68 Construction Managers $110,810
69 Art Directors $110,430
70 Education Administrators, Postsecondary $110,200
71 Administrative Services Managers $108,250
72 Power Plant Operators $107,580
73 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $106,960
74 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay $106,930
75 Database Administrators $106,810
76 Computer Systems Analysts $106,240
77 Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors $105,880
78 Nurse Midwives $105,510
79 Computer Occupations, All Other $104,610
80 Data Scientists $104,340
81 Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary $104,330
82 Occupational Therapists $104,010
83 Chemical Engineers $103,880
84 Web and Digital Interface Designers $103,810
85 General and Operations Managers $103,730
86 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $103,360
87 Microbiologists $103,070
88 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers $103,040
89 Physical Therapists $102,700
90 Project Management Specialists $102,140
91 Physics Teachers, Postsecondary $101,580
92 Personal Financial Advisors $101,450
93 Nuclear Medicine Technologists $100,880
94 Materials Engineers $100,840
95 Mechanical Engineers $100,620
96 Financial Risk Specialists $100,570
97 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval $100,420
98 Computer Hardware Engineers $100,210
99 Industrial Engineers $100,100
100 Management Analysts $99,600

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Georgia. The "Difference" column shows how Georgia pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Rankings by median annual salary in Georgia.

National benchmark comparisons computed against BLS OEWS National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.