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
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$39,100	60	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$38,910	50	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$38,620	910	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$38,570	100	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$38,440	170	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$38,360	390	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,210	1,800	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$38,210	1,800	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$38,080	380	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$37,800	980	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$37,590	30	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,530	100	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$37,120	420	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$37,080	340	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$37,070	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$37,060	1,140	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$36,930	70	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$36,920	30	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$36,830	30	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$36,670	80	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$36,560	210	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$36,540	190	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$36,410	60	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$36,410	360	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$36,330	1,110	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$36,320	1,180	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$36,240	190	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$36,160	80	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$36,140	80	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$36,110	910	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$36,080	40	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$35,980	90	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$35,820	580	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$35,800	60	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$35,800	60	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$35,800	60	View salary detail
School Bus Monitors	$35,520	90	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$35,010	60	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$34,960	320	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$34,600	1,570	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$34,510	40	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$34,290	690	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$34,130	240	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$34,020	160	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$33,960	130	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$33,950	330	View salary detail
Security Guards	$33,910	560	View salary detail
Animal Caretakers	$33,610	520	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$33,540	1,120	View salary detail
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	$32,350	290	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.