Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Brunswick Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area

Figures describe the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Brunswick city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 199 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$158,060	$75.99	240
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$156,230	$75.11	50
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$149,990	$72.11	40
4	Human Resources Managers	$137,350	$66.04	30
5	Pharmacists	$136,680	$65.71	100
6	Financial Managers	$134,230	$64.53	110
7	Industrial Production Managers	$127,520	$61.31	40
8	Lawyers	$125,480	$60.33	200
9	Managers, All Other	$122,930	$59.10	530
10	Nurse Practitioners	$120,510	$57.94	60
11	Sales Managers	$116,980	$56.24	90
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$113,110	$54.38	140
13	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$110,850	Not published	110
14	Education Administrators, All Other	$108,890	$52.35	110
15	Computer Occupations, All Other	$108,890	$52.35	90
16	Industrial Engineers	$107,740	$51.80	60
17	Compliance Officers	$106,330	$51.12	670
18	Construction Managers	$105,820	$50.88	60
19	Physical Therapists	$103,260	$49.65	100
20	Software Developers	$103,170	$49.60	50
21	Facilities Managers	$101,540	$48.82	40
22	Speech-Language Pathologists	$100,150	$48.15	50
23	Administrative Services Managers	$99,770	$47.97	110
24	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$99,050	$47.62	40
25	Occupational Therapists	$97,550	$46.90	30

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Brunswick metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.