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
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$42,020	60	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$41,730	210	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$40,370	410	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$40,200	160	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$40,100	90	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$40,100	330	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$40,080	350	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$39,840	180	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$39,520	100	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$39,450	70	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$39,450	60	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$39,310	50	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$39,190	50	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$39,050	400	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$38,900	90	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$38,870	400	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$38,700	270	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$38,640	230	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$38,630	1,030	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$38,580	70	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$38,400	210	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$38,350	60	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$38,170	390	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$38,080	30	View salary detail
Tellers	$38,070	180	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$38,010	120	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$37,990	90	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$37,910	120	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$37,570	1,300	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$37,450	480	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$37,440	1,160	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$37,400	30	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$37,400	70	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$37,340	1,720	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$37,330	2,150	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$37,140	90	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$37,090	50	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$36,990	170	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$36,910	2,490	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$36,910	2,490	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$36,810	140	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$36,750	50	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$36,490	230	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$36,410	60	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$36,400	60	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$36,330	590	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$36,240	220	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$36,180	1,440	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$36,110	90	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$36,080	90	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.