Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Athens, GA

384 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Athens, GA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$47,360	820	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$47,180	150	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$47,180	150	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$47,180	150	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$47,180	150	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$47,010	200	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$46,730	210	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$46,560	130	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$46,350	100	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$46,250	70	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$46,120	150	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$46,080	90	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$45,800	530	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$45,390	40	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$45,230	380	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$45,180	40	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,140	40	View salary detail
Carpenters	$44,740	100	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$44,580	70	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$44,300	230	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$44,220	60	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$44,200	50	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$43,970	160	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$43,820	40	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$43,780	250	View salary detail
Tutors	$43,380	80	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$43,060	30	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$43,040	800	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$42,670	280	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$42,660	200	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$42,450	120	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$42,450	120	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$42,360	80	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$42,360	80	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$42,360	80	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$42,160	330	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$41,960	70	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$41,490	270	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$41,220	1,880	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$41,060	50	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$41,040	90	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$40,990	70	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,840	50	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$40,710	40	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$40,610	170	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$40,360	40	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$39,950	40	View salary detail
Tellers	$39,650	130	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$39,150	1,830	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$39,140	110	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.