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Tree Trimmers and Pruners · SOC 37-3013

Tree Trimmers and Pruners Salary in the Athens Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area

Figures describe the Athens-Clarke County, GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Athens city limits.

Median annual wage$41,960
Median hourly wage$20.17

Tree Trimmers and Pruners in the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area earned a median of $41,960 per year ($20.17 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $18,390 at the 10th percentile to $52,290 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Tree Trimmers and Pruners in the Athens metro area earn more than $41,960 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $34,150 and $52,290.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$18,390$34,150$41,960$52,290$52,290
Hourly$8.84$16.42$20.17$25.14$25.14

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.

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How this area compares

  • Athens metro areathis metro area
    $41,960
  • Georgiastate (GA)
    $46,910
  • United Statesnational
    $50,960

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −11% vs Georgia overall and −18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$27,040$43,847$60,653$77,460Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $27,040Columbus, GA-AL — $34,410San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,490Omaha, NE-IA — $38,650Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $38,990Mobile, AL — $39,480Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $39,660Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $39,800Evansville, IN — $39,890Cleveland, TN — $39,950Lincoln, NE — $40,060Columbia, SC — $40,190Birmingham, AL — $40,500Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $40,520Montgomery, AL — $40,860Huntsville, AL — $41,000Athens-Clarke County, GA — $41,960Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $42,020Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,080Lubbock, TX — $42,680Harrisonburg, VA — $43,360Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,570Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,730Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,870Fargo, ND-MN — $44,430Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,470Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $44,990Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,200Albuquerque, NM — $45,540Richmond, VA — $45,600Gainesville, FL — $45,620Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,660Cheyenne, WY — $45,760Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $45,810Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,050Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,130Visalia, CA — $46,160Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,750Wichita, KS — $46,820Wheeling, WV-OH — $46,890Macon-Bibb County, GA — $46,910Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,210Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,340Tulsa, OK — $47,410Winston-Salem, NC — $47,570Pittsburgh, PA — $47,710Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $47,720Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $47,830Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,850Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,920North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,960Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,140Wausau, WI — $48,270Topeka, KS — $48,370Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,540Jacksonville, FL — $48,580Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,680Knoxville, TN — $48,780Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,830Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,130Chambersburg, PA — $49,350Colorado Springs, CO — $49,550Traverse City, MI — $49,620Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $49,750Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,760Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,870Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,870Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,040Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,190Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $50,280Columbus, OH — $50,330Oklahoma City, OK — $50,330Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $50,350Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,670Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,680San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $50,770Cleveland, OH — $50,900Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $50,960Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $51,200Madison, WI — $51,290Columbia, MO — $51,470Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $51,700Boise City, ID — $52,000Urban Honolulu, HI — $52,390Portland-South Portland, ME — $52,970Binghamton, NY — $53,230Worcester, MA — $53,620York-Hanover, PA — $53,960Sheboygan, WI — $54,850Asheville, NC — $56,720Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $56,900Akron, OH — $57,450Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,210Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $58,350Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $58,480Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,020Appleton, WI — $59,120Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,150Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $59,370Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $59,460Bozeman, MT — $59,580Fresno, CA — $59,990Salinas, CA — $60,070Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $60,080Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,100Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,260Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $60,440Ann Arbor, MI — $60,520Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,610Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,860Springfield, MA — $60,980Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $61,040Greeley, CO — $61,050Springfield, MO — $61,140Modesto, CA — $61,270Barnstable Town, MA — $61,360Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $61,990Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $62,520Green Bay, WI — $62,590Reno, NV — $62,710Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,780Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $62,940St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,950San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $63,410Rockford, IL — $63,480Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,500San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $63,530San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $63,630Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $64,260New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $65,130Kingston, NY — $66,160Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $68,110Eugene-Springfield, OR — $68,290Bend, OR — $70,250Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $70,550Salem, OR — $71,190Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $73,570Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $74,580Syracuse, NY — $75,140Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $75,570San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $75,980New Haven, CT — $76,450Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $77,460

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Athens metro area has the 128th-highest published median for this occupation among the 144 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for tree trimmers and pruners, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Athens metro areathis page
    $41,960
  • Atlanta metro area
    $50,280
  • Augusta metro area
    $49,870
  • Macon metro area
    $46,910
  • Columbus metro area
    $34,410

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$32,170Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$35,820Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$28,780First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$49,390First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$50,160

Highest-paying metro areas for tree trimmers and prunerss · Highest-paying occupations in Athens Metro

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.