Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Atlanta, GA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$60,290	1,120	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$60,100	1,760	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$59,670	490	View salary detail
Subway and Streetcar Operators	$59,570	270	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$59,400	5,690	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$59,330	70	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$59,100	41,830	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$58,990	1,380	View salary detail
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$58,980	590	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$58,970	7,060	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$58,960	2,800	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$58,950	2,790	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$58,870	7,420	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$58,780	1,820	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$58,750	2,680	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$58,750	2,680	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$58,660	470	View salary detail
Electricians	$58,650	13,430	View salary detail
Designers, All Other	$58,560	580	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$58,500	820	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$58,450	230	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$58,380	5,470	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$58,380	5,470	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$58,330	540	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$58,310	9,370	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$58,130	2,110	View salary detail
Tool and Die Makers	$58,110	400	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$58,000	210	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$57,290	260	View salary detail
Surveyors	$57,260	1,100	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$57,260	1,100	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$56,750	1,550	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$56,600	—	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$56,460	630	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$56,350	1,700	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$56,340	1,530	View salary detail
Machinists	$56,270	2,500	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$56,130	800	View salary detail
Hearing Aid Specialists	$56,010	210	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$55,690	2,690	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$55,660	340	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$55,490	7,000	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$55,290	—	View salary detail
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$55,100	30	View salary detail
Embalmers	$55,000	40	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$55,000	—	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$54,730	580	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$54,380	350	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$54,380	350	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$54,290	3,590	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.