East Georgia nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in East Georgia nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025East Georgia nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (4 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 299 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$340,630	$163.76	70
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$210,280	$101.09	50
3	Dentists, General	$178,620	$85.88	30
4	Marketing Managers	$144,890	$69.66	40
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$141,320	$67.94	40
6	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$133,700	$64.28	130
7	Pharmacists	$131,190	$63.07	190
8	Financial Managers	$128,590	$61.82	200
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$127,400	$61.25	80
10	Sales Managers	$124,330	$59.77	130
11	Industrial Production Managers	$122,280	$58.79	130
12	Software Developers	$118,950	$57.19	80
13	Physical Therapists	$113,220	$54.43	70
14	Construction Managers	$112,530	$54.10	220
15	Human Resources Managers	$110,800	$53.27	50
16	Veterinarians	$108,390	$52.11	40
17	Medical and Health Services Managers	$107,880	$51.86	230
18	Occupational Therapists	$103,970	$49.99	40
19	Nurse Practitioners	$103,530	$49.77	210
20	Personal Financial Advisors	$102,480	$49.27	40
21	Electrical Engineers	$101,670	$48.88	50
22	Education Administrators, All Other	$101,520	$48.81	40
23	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$99,800	Not published	240
24	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$98,850	$47.53	70
25	Industrial Engineers	$95,870	$46.09	110

The full list of every published occupation here is on the East Georgia nonmetropolitan 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.