Gainesville, GA

Across all occupations in the Gainesville, GA metropolitan area, the median wage is $45,900 a year ($22.07 an hour) and the mean $59,000, May 2025. That median is −10% against the US median of $50,980 and −5% against Georgia's $48,170. BLS counts 103,870 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is dentists, general; the largest is laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.

All occupations: Gainesville, GA vs Georgia and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Gainesville, GA area, Georgia and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Gainesville, GA	Hourly	$13.82	$17.29	$22.07	$31.61	$48.50	$28.36	103,870
Gainesville, GA	Annual	$28,740	$35,970	$45,900	$65,740	$100,880	$59,000	103,870
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.

298 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 Gainesville, GA

Rank	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 in Georgia	$156,450	$75.22	180
4	Financial Managers in Georgia	$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 in Georgia	$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 in Georgia	$121,940	$58.63	290

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 Gainesville, GA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Georgia	3,820	36.78	1.94	$38,930
2	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	3,210	30.88	32.96	$39,420
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Georgia	2,910	28.00	1.13	$26,690
4	Retail Salespersons in Georgia	2,590	24.95	1.00	$31,870
5	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Georgia	2,240	21.59	2.39	$39,420
6	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Georgia	2,170	20.93	1.58	$56,770
7	Cashiers in Georgia	1,890	18.24	0.92	$29,320
8	General and Operations Managers in Georgia	1,810	17.44	0.77	$95,710
9	Office Clerks, General in Georgia	1,490	14.33	0.90	$39,790
10	Stockers and Order Fillers in Georgia	1,400	13.49	0.74	$35,180
11	Waiters and Waitresses in Georgia	1,390	13.39	0.92	$17,980
12	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,360	13.05	5.35	$40,820
13	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Georgia	1,340	12.88	0.91	$33,350
14	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Georgia	1,330	12.85	2.58	$39,980
15	Customer Service Representatives in Georgia	1,320	12.70	0.76	$39,310
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Georgia	1,220	11.72	1.19	$49,350
16	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Georgia	1,220	11.71	2.70	$69,640
18	Nursing Assistants in Georgia	1,050	10.10	1.08	$41,390
19	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Georgia	1,020	9.81	1.59	$45,060
19	Light Truck Drivers in Georgia	1,020	9.80	1.55	$48,010

Most concentrated occupations in Gainesville, 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	Agricultural Inspectors	36.78	350	3.41	$41,460
2	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	32.96	3,210	30.88	$39,420
3	Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	30.09	140	1.34	$47,160
4	Food Processing Workers, All Other	22.84	990	9.55	$35,670
5	Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	21.94	370	3.55	$35,080
6	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	19.77	920	8.90	$35,680
7	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	17.06	170	1.62	$47,110
8	Dental Laboratory Technicians	7.04	160	1.56	$48,080
9	Machine Feeders and Offbearers	5.49	160	1.49	$34,590
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	5.35	1,360	13.05	$40,820

Occupation groups in Gainesville, GA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$107,370	$126,670	5,440	52.34	0.73
Computer and Mathematical	$90,550	$97,040	1,400	13.47	0.40
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$87,690	$111,400	8,630	83.06	1.31
Architecture and Engineering	$78,840	$84,510	1,350	12.99	0.77
Business and Financial Operations	$69,710	$77,550	5,030	48.44	0.71
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$66,770	$77,910	550	5.28	0.56
Educational Instruction and Library	$59,620	$58,470	5,450	52.44	0.90
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$55,970	$59,250	4,410	42.50	1.09
Community and Social Service	$54,390	$59,960	960	9.26	0.54
Protective Service	$48,730	$51,100	1,980	19.04	0.78
Construction and Extraction	$48,510	$54,740	3,000	28.90	0.70
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$47,800	$71,710	810	7.83	0.59
Office and Administrative Support	$44,510	$47,140	10,320	99.36	0.87
Transportation and Material Moving	$41,380	$45,880	12,640	121.70	1.38
Production	$41,080	$45,180	16,840	162.13	2.94
Healthcare Support	$39,490	$41,070	3,490	33.59	0.66
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$36,880	$39,420	780	7.52	2.69
Sales and Related	$35,990	$48,460	8,230	79.21	0.92
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$35,630	$36,610	2,850	27.41	0.94
Personal Care and Service	$30,030	$33,390	1,190	11.44	0.55
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$28,810	$30,300	7,960	76.64	0.87
Legal	*	*	570	5.45	0.65

Every occupation in Georgia, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 298 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 Gainesville, GA estimates (area 23580).

*: 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 Gainesville, 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.