Gainesville, GA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Gainesville Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Gainesville, GA metro area

Figures describe the Gainesville, GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Gainesville 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 (5 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 298 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Gainesville, GA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Dentists, General	$210,400	$101.16	60
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$205,820	$98.95	110
3	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$156,450	$75.22	180
4	Financial Managers	$144,850	$69.64	290
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$144,790	$69.61	30
6	Medical and Health Services Managers	$141,380	$67.97	220
7	Human Resources Managers	$140,120	$67.37	140
8	Industrial Production Managers	$136,460	$65.61	190
9	Pharmacists	$135,920	$65.34	210
10	Marketing Managers	$135,840	$65.31	80
11	Administrative Services Managers	$134,360	$64.60	270
12	Sales Managers	$133,390	$64.13	280
13	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$132,570	$63.74	90
14	Physicians, All Other	$130,500	$62.74	390
15	Education Administrators, All Other	$126,490	$60.81	30
16	Nurse Practitioners	$126,120	$60.63	380
17	Purchasing Managers	$126,010	$60.58	50
18	Computer Network Architects	$124,260	$59.74	30
19	Veterinarians	$122,040	$58.67	50
20	Software Developers	$121,940	$58.63	290
21	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$116,340	$55.93	140
22	Computer Systems Analysts	$113,740	$54.68	210
23	Physician Assistants	$111,440	$53.58	70
24	Personal Financial Advisors	$111,430	$53.57	60
25	Facilities Managers	$106,660	$51.28	70

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Gainesville 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.