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title: "Average Salary in Georgia"
description: "Mean $65,920, median $48,170 in Georgia (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/georgia"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Georgia

Mean annual wage $65,920, median $48,170 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $50,020 (rank 46 of 51 by that measure; rank 33 nominal).

| Percentile | Georgia | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $27,930 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $35,700 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $48,170 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $77,570 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $122,470 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 96.3 |
| Housing (rents) | 88.7 |
| Goods | 98.9 |
| Utilities | 92.8 |
| Other services | 97.3 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $122,980 | 328,970 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $104,720 | 170,620 |
| Legal | $90,160 | 42,750 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $88,730 | 66,760 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $83,590 | 305,500 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $79,270 | 389,510 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $78,730 | 33,250 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $61,090 | 279,870 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $60,670 | 57,620 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $57,840 | 206,500 |
| Community and Social Service | $56,680 | 59,710 |
| Construction and Extraction | $49,790 | 155,470 |
| Protective Service | $46,290 | 118,360 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $44,990 | 561,230 |
| Production | $43,260 | 308,310 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $41,690 | 525,530 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $37,220 | 8,970 |
| Healthcare Support | $37,080 | 160,030 |
| Sales | $36,260 | 464,210 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $35,760 | 120,460 |
| Personal Care and Service | $30,540 | 87,880 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $28,810 | 437,650 |

## Most common jobs

- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 145,030 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 143,120 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 137,580 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 111,060 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 100,950 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 97,850 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 97,540 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 86,660 workers
- [Server](https://nuecareer.com/careers/server): 76,470 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 75,390 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $618,090 median
- [Cardiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cardiologist): $610,070 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $425,460 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $266,880 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $259,320 median
- [Anesthesiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anesthesiologist): $230,000 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $224,630 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $208,180 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $206,760 median
- [Air Traffic Controller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/air-traffic-controller): $178,420 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/textile-winding-twisting-and-drawing-out-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 12.75x the national share
- [Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/textile-knitting-and-weaving-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 8.67x the national share
- [Extruding and Forming Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Synthetic and Glass Fiber](https://nuecareer.com/careers/extruding-and-forming-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-synthetic-and-glass-fiber): 6.26x the national share
- [Textile Cutting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/textile-cutting-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 5.53x the national share
- [Naturopathic Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/naturopathic-physician): 3.48x the national share
- [Avionics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/avionics-technician): 3.07x the national share
- [Agricultural Inspector](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-inspector): 3.06x the national share
- [Aircraft Structure, Surface, Rigging, and Systems Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aircraft-structure-surface-rigging-and-systems-assembler): 2.76x the national share
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): 2.69x the national share
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): 2.58x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology