Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Columbus, GA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Paramedics	$49,610	120	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$49,240	40	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$49,110	140	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$48,830	630	View salary detail
Firefighters	$48,770	530	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$48,750	110	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$48,260	40	View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$47,950	30	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$47,800	100	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$47,780	40	View salary detail
Glaziers	$47,700	40	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$47,690	400	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$47,590	40	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$47,570	80	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$47,570	1,180	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$47,460	60	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$47,410	200	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$47,410	200	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$47,270	30	View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other	$47,180	40	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$47,080	230	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$46,780	330	View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators	$46,760	70	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$46,430	490	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$46,220	130	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$46,210	30	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$46,080	50	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,830	120	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$45,570	110	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$45,270	40	View salary detail
Carpenters	$45,070	140	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$44,950	510	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$44,930	100	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$44,720	130	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$44,700	40	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$44,210	50	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$44,180	30	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$43,850	30	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$43,810	130	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$43,810	130	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$43,810	130	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$43,810	130	View salary detail
Roofers	$43,290	80	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$42,980	90	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$42,970	1,430	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$42,890	230	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$42,800	920	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$42,570	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$42,480	190	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$42,050	260	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.