Animal Caretakers · SOC 39-2021
Animal Caretakers Salary in the Georgia
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Georgia
Figures describe the state of Georgia as a whole.
Animal Caretakers in the Georgia earned a median of $29,860 per year ($14.36 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $21,370 at the 10th percentile to $47,260 at the 90th. BLS estimates 9,110 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Animal Caretakers in the Georgia earn more than $29,860 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $28,040 and $34,950.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $21,370 | $28,040 | $29,860 | $34,950 | $47,260 |
| Hourly | $10.27 | $13.48 | $14.36 | $16.80 | $22.72 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Georgia$29,860 median for Georgia; middle half earns $28,040 to $34,950
- United Statesnational$35,360 median for United States; middle half earns $29,820 to $40,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Georgia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for animal caretakers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Georgiathis page$29,860 median for Georgia; middle half earns $28,040 to $34,950
- $33,610 median for Athens metro area; middle half earns $27,010 to $39,860
- $30,090 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $29,230 to $34,940
- $29,910 median for Augusta metro area; middle half earns $24,680 to $35,380
- $29,680 median for Gainesville metro area; middle half earns $28,700 to $34,370
- $29,310 median for Macon metro area; middle half earns $22,810 to $33,860
- $28,980 median for Brunswick metro area; middle half earns $26,450 to $34,420
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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Highest-paying metro areas for animal caretakerss · Highest-paying occupations in Georgia
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.