Macon-Bibb County, GA

Across all occupations in the Macon-Bibb County, GA metropolitan area, the median wage is $45,160 a year ($21.71 an hour) and the mean $56,400, May 2025. That median is −11% against the US median of $50,980 and −6% against Georgia's $48,170. BLS counts 95,030 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is general internal medicine physicians; the largest is registered nurses.

All occupations: Macon-Bibb County, GA vs Georgia and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Macon-Bibb County, GA area, Georgia and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Macon-Bibb County, GA	Hourly	$12.50	$15.92	$21.71	$31.66	$47.50	$27.11	95,030
Macon-Bibb County, GA	Annual	$25,990	$33,110	$45,160	$65,850	$98,810	$56,400	95,030
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.

299 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$354,430	$170.40	60
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$281,860	$135.51	80
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$229,800	$110.48	50
4	Dentists, General	$203,070	$97.63	40
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Georgia	$150,710	$72.46	150
6	Physicians, All Other	$140,880	$67.73	350
7	Financial Managers in Georgia	$138,160	$66.42	310
8	Marketing Managers	$135,820	$65.30	60
9	Industrial Production Managers	$134,490	$64.66	140
10	Sales Managers in Georgia	$133,030	$63.96	230
11	Pharmacists	$132,280	$63.60	230
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$131,510	$63.23	340
13	Human Resources Managers	$127,850	$61.47	90
14	Personal Financial Advisors	$126,390	$60.77	100
15	Chief Executives	$123,170	$59.22	70
16	Physician Assistants	$122,670	$58.98	120
17	Purchasing Managers	$120,890	$58.12	30
18	Software Developers in Georgia	$120,410	$57.89	230
19	Nurse Practitioners	$115,860	$55.70	400
20	Electrical Engineers	$115,030	$55.30	80

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 Macon-Bibb County, GA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Registered Nurses in Georgia	3,100	32.66	1.50	$85,070
2	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Georgia	3,070	32.27	1.70	$37,140
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Georgia	2,920	30.78	1.24	$25,000
4	Retail Salespersons in Georgia	2,800	29.49	1.18	$28,820
5	Cashiers in Georgia	2,300	24.17	1.22	$27,820
6	General and Operations Managers in Georgia	1,910	20.11	0.89	$90,500
7	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Georgia	1,880	19.79	0.71	$28,150
8	Waiters and Waitresses in Georgia	1,660	17.45	1.19	$17,830
9	Stockers and Order Fillers in Georgia	1,630	17.16	0.94	$34,350
10	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	1,580	16.60	7.96	$58,910
11	Office Clerks, General in Georgia	1,530	16.15	1.02	$36,700
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Georgia	1,520	15.98	1.12	$30,380
13	Nursing Assistants in Georgia	1,450	15.29	1.64	$36,540
14	Customer Service Representatives in Georgia	1,430	15.09	0.90	$38,340
15	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Georgia	1,120	11.81	1.91	$38,560
16	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Georgia	1,100	11.57	0.87	$50,190
17	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Georgia	1,080	11.37	1.27	$61,510
18	Medical Assistants in Georgia	1,000	10.53	2.00	$38,400
19	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Georgia	980	10.31	1.31	$36,340
20	Cooks, Restaurant in Georgia	970	10.26	1.13	$31,650

Most concentrated occupations in Macon-Bibb County, 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	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	12.37	730	7.65	$46,910
2	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	7.96	1,580	16.60	$58,910
3	Teachers and Instructors, All Other	4.86	340	3.56	$60,580
4	Production Workers, All Other	4.34	670	7.03	$44,820
5	Tree Trimmers and Pruners	3.89	130	1.38	$46,910
6	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	3.74	120	1.29	$58,810
7	Orderlies	3.54	110	1.19	$33,520
8	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	3.48	250	2.66	$19,060
9	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	3.44	240	2.53	$68,520
10	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	2.57	170	1.74	$58,470

Occupation groups in Macon-Bibb County, GA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$99,590	$117,170	5,310	55.91	0.78
Computer and Mathematical	$80,040	$90,650	1,480	15.53	0.46
Architecture and Engineering	$79,180	$88,250	870	9.14	0.54
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$77,430	$92,850	8,550	89.96	1.42
Legal	$76,050	$96,740	840	8.86	1.06
Business and Financial Operations	$68,210	$77,870	6,590	69.34	1.02
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$65,510	$74,060	360	3.82	0.40
Educational Instruction and Library	$56,180	$56,270	6,110	64.32	1.10
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$51,200	$57,160	4,030	42.45	1.08
Community and Social Service	$49,930	$54,240	1,460	15.40	0.90
Protective Service	$48,810	$58,040	3,170	33.33	1.37
Construction and Extraction	$47,950	$53,620	2,610	27.46	0.66
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$46,500	$53,860	860	9.04	0.69
Production	$45,090	$48,740	5,050	53.16	0.97
Office and Administrative Support	$40,060	$44,060	10,830	113.98	1.00
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,290	$43,160	330	3.42	1.22
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,230	$41,520	9,020	94.95	1.08
Healthcare Support	$35,410	$35,440	5,160	54.29	1.07
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$33,220	$35,130	3,190	33.55	1.15
Sales and Related	$31,370	$42,560	8,730	91.86	1.06
Personal Care and Service	$29,320	$33,370	1,360	14.35	0.69
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$27,540	$28,870	9,110	95.89	1.09

Every occupation in Georgia, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 299 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA estimates (area 31420).

*: 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 Macon-Bibb County, 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.