Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Across all occupations in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan area, the median wage is $51,170 a year ($24.60 an hour) and the mean $71,900, May 2025. That median is 0% against the US median of $50,980 and +6% against Georgia's $48,170. BLS counts 2,889,670 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA vs Georgia and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area, Georgia and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	Hourly	$13.99	$17.80	$24.60	$39.49	$63.57	$34.57	2,889,670
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	Annual	$29,110	$37,030	$51,170	$82,140	$132,230	$71,900	2,889,670
Georgia	Hourly	$13.43	$17.16	$23.16	$37.29	$58.88	$31.69	4,889,170
Georgia	Annual	$27,930	$35,700	$48,170	$77,570	$122,470	$65,920	4,889,170
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

688 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Georgia. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$618,090	*	8,700
2	Surgeons, All Other	$529,100	$254.38	90
3	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$412,900	$198.51	60
4	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$354,000	$170.19	270
5	Dermatologists	$284,630	$136.84	**
6	Psychiatrists	$276,960	$133.16	280
7	Chief Executives	$275,820	$132.61	2,350
8	Physicians, All Other	$275,080	$132.25	5,170
9	Physicians, Pathologists	$270,000	$129.81	**
10	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$263,810	$126.83	**
11	Family Medicine Physicians	$259,320	$124.67	2,060
12	Nurse Anesthetists	$239,060	$114.93	470
13	Anesthesiologists	$226,830	$109.06	770
14	Dentists, General	$222,690	$107.06	1,710
15	Air Traffic Controllers	$186,640	$89.73	810
16	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Georgia	$177,970	$85.56	14,430
17	Financial Managers in Georgia	$171,240	$82.33	15,660
18	Sales Managers in Georgia	$166,920	$80.25	12,080
19	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$166,800	$80.19	110
20	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$166,100	$79.86	760

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Georgia	84,970	29.41	1.17	$32,850
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Georgia	80,730	27.94	1.13	$27,780
3	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Georgia	78,460	27.15	1.43	$39,020
4	General and Operations Managers in Georgia	69,320	23.99	1.06	$111,410
5	Customer Service Representatives in Georgia	59,990	20.76	1.24	$42,710
6	Registered Nurses in Georgia	56,460	19.54	0.90	$100,490
7	Cashiers in Georgia	51,180	17.71	0.89	$30,010
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Georgia	50,970	17.64	0.97	$36,160
9	Waiters and Waitresses in Georgia	45,880	15.88	1.09	$18,460
10	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Georgia	43,720	15.13	2.16	$80,020
11	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Georgia	41,830	14.48	1.09	$59,100
12	Office Clerks, General in Georgia	40,710	14.09	0.89	$43,330
13	Software Developers in Georgia	36,300	12.56	1.16	$132,960
14	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Georgia	33,900	11.73	1.45	$78,950
15	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Georgia	30,900	10.69	0.75	$35,940
16	Accountants and Auditors in Georgia	30,150	10.43	1.12	$85,820
17	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Georgia	29,400	10.18	0.37	$29,920
18	Cooks, Restaurant in Georgia	29,040	10.05	1.11	$37,230
19	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Georgia	28,750	9.95	2.00	$44,710
20	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Georgia	28,580	9.89	1.26	$39,240

Most concentrated occupations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	4.76	2,530	0.88	$133,060
2	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	4.52	8,700	3.01	$618,090
3	Teachers and Instructors, All Other	3.51	7,420	2.57	$58,870
4	Shampooers	3.48	520	0.18	$27,890
5	Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3.37	820	0.28	$44,790
6	Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3.34	560	0.19	$45,220
7	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	3.33	980	0.34	$44,440
8	Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	3.32	1,750	0.61	$45,500
9	Designers, All Other	3.29	580	0.20	$58,560
10	Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance	3.19	140	0.05	$160,190

Occupation groups in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$130,550	$148,880	216,850	75.04	1.05
Computer and Mathematical	$110,010	$117,280	119,150	41.23	1.22
Legal	$98,420	$153,260	32,330	11.19	1.33
Architecture and Engineering	$95,770	$103,400	39,940	13.82	0.82
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$94,790	$116,410	174,470	60.38	0.96
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$83,070	$91,770	20,640	7.14	0.75
Business and Financial Operations	$81,310	$94,380	261,950	90.65	1.34
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$64,540	$80,200	38,260	13.24	1.01
Educational Instruction and Library	$62,210	$65,510	155,480	53.81	0.92
Community and Social Service	$60,590	$66,320	34,420	11.91	0.69
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,700	$63,320	108,800	37.65	0.96
Construction and Extraction	$51,530	$58,770	93,260	32.28	0.78
Office and Administrative Support	$47,040	$50,440	328,500	113.68	1.00
Protective Service	$47,010	$53,580	64,330	22.26	0.92
Production	$44,880	$48,140	133,010	46.03	0.84
Transportation and Material Moving	$44,120	$59,570	313,910	108.63	1.24
Healthcare Support	$38,000	$40,200	90,780	31.41	0.62
Sales and Related	$37,550	$56,400	277,630	96.08	1.11
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,540	$43,680	2,050	0.71	0.25
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$37,430	$39,050	67,010	23.19	0.79
Personal Care and Service	$31,700	$37,780	56,820	19.67	0.94
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$29,720	$31,970	260,100	90.01	1.02

Every occupation in Georgia, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 688 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA estimates (area 12060).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.