Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

Across all occupations in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metropolitan area, the median wage is $41,940 a year ($20.16 an hour) and the mean $55,010, May 2025. That median is −18% against the US median of $50,980 and −13% against Georgia's $48,170. BLS counts 46,860 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is detectives and criminal investigators; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Brunswick-St. Simons, GA vs Georgia and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA area, Georgia and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	Hourly	$11.59	$14.91	$20.16	$31.51	$48.69	$26.45	46,860
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	Annual	$24,100	$31,000	$41,940	$65,530	$101,280	$55,010	46,860
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.

199 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$158,060	$75.99	240
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Georgia	$156,230	$75.11	50
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$149,990	$72.11	40
4	Human Resources Managers	$137,350	$66.04	30
5	Pharmacists	$136,680	$65.71	100
6	Financial Managers in Georgia	$134,230	$64.53	110
7	Industrial Production Managers	$127,520	$61.31	40
8	Lawyers in Georgia	$125,480	$60.33	200
9	Managers, All Other in Georgia	$122,930	$59.10	530
10	Nurse Practitioners	$120,510	$57.94	60
11	Sales Managers in Georgia	$116,980	$56.24	90
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$113,110	$54.38	140
13	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$110,850	*	110
14	Education Administrators, All Other	$108,890	$52.35	110
14	Computer Occupations, All Other	$108,890	$52.35	90
16	Industrial Engineers	$107,740	$51.80	60
17	Compliance Officers	$106,330	$51.12	670
18	Construction Managers	$105,820	$50.88	60
19	Physical Therapists	$103,260	$49.65	100
20	Software Developers in Georgia	$103,170	$49.60	50

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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Georgia	1,790	38.17	1.52	$30,200
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Georgia	1,620	34.53	1.39	$26,770
3	Waiters and Waitresses in Georgia	1,510	32.29	2.21	$18,250
4	Cashiers in Georgia	1,340	28.58	1.44	$27,810
5	Registered Nurses in Georgia	1,010	21.55	0.99	$82,630
6	General and Operations Managers in Georgia	1,000	21.25	0.94	$84,770
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Georgia	860	18.39	0.97	$36,680
8	Cooks, Restaurant in Georgia	760	16.31	1.80	$34,480
8	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Georgia	760	16.31	1.15	$31,560
10	Office Clerks, General in Georgia	710	15.16	0.96	$39,810
11	Compliance Officers	670	14.37	5.36	$106,330
12	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Georgia	630	13.48	1.71	$37,400
13	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Georgia	620	13.32	1.49	$75,530
13	Customer Service Representatives in Georgia	620	13.14	0.79	$36,200
15	Nursing Assistants in Georgia	590	12.67	1.36	$35,940
15	Stockers and Order Fillers in Georgia	590	12.68	0.70	$33,240
17	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Georgia	550	11.83	0.43	$28,330
17	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Georgia	550	11.69	2.11	$28,410
19	Managers, All Other in Georgia	530	11.32	2.83	$122,930
20	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Georgia	520	11.19	1.81	$37,670

Most concentrated occupations in Brunswick-St. Simons, 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	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	6.90	240	5.08	$158,060
2	Education Administrators, All Other	6.33	110	2.24	$108,890
3	Compliance Officers	5.36	670	14.37	$106,330
4	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	5.02	400	8.45	$29,120
5	Teachers and Instructors, All Other	4.88	170	3.57	$61,260
6	Pest Control Workers	3.71	110	2.45	$36,410
7	Automotive Body and Related Repairers	3.44	150	3.30	$46,850
8	Managers, All Other in Georgia	2.83	530	11.32	$122,930
9	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	2.74	110	2.31	$50,720
10	Production Workers, All Other	2.47	190	4.00	$37,970

Occupation groups in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$103,360	$112,050	2,970	63.46	0.89
Computer and Mathematical	$83,730	$90,410	390	8.30	0.25
Business and Financial Operations	$81,330	$86,120	2,840	60.51	0.89
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$79,400	$89,470	3,030	64.69	1.02
Architecture and Engineering	$78,830	$85,610	380	8.09	0.48
Legal	$71,260	$101,770	420	9.06	1.08
Educational Instruction and Library	$65,670	$67,220	2,990	63.83	1.09
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$60,320	$70,670	220	4.71	0.50
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$49,870	$54,970	2,160	46.07	1.18
Protective Service	$49,730	$68,760	1,410	30.11	1.24
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$49,610	$52,420	90	1.99	0.71
Community and Social Service	$46,470	$53,550	760	16.31	0.95
Construction and Extraction	$46,400	$50,630	1,450	30.84	0.75
Production	$44,890	$48,300	1,930	41.24	0.75
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$39,510	$47,150	710	15.11	1.15
Office and Administrative Support	$38,790	$42,660	4,970	106.01	0.93
Transportation and Material Moving	$38,110	$43,910	3,750	80.02	0.91
Healthcare Support	$35,720	$36,060	1,850	39.53	0.78
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$32,380	$34,530	2,200	46.97	1.61
Sales and Related	$31,440	$39,870	4,700	100.21	1.16
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$28,430	$30,390	6,480	138.17	1.57
Personal Care and Service	$28,280	$31,780	1,160	24.78	1.18

Every occupation in Georgia, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 199 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA estimates (area 15260).

*: Wage 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, 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.