Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Valdosta, GA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$49,870	60	View salary detail
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$49,860	400	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$49,750	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$49,610	40	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$49,470	130	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$49,330	130	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$48,890	40	View salary detail
Machinists	$48,710	50	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$48,450	210	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$48,360	620	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$48,150	140	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$47,880	1,110	View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$47,810	130	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$47,320	30	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$47,240	180	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$47,020	100	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$46,960	270	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$46,960	270	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$46,770	70	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$46,730	310	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$46,640	60	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$46,410	40	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$46,150	130	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$46,070	80	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$46,070	80	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$45,740	70	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$45,540	220	View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators	$45,490	50	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$45,390	50	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$45,230	40	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$45,230	150	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$44,790	40	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$44,540	450	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$44,350	40	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$44,220	30	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,990	140	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$43,760	720	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$43,750	40	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$43,650	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$43,640	50	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$43,380	120	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$43,240	60	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$43,240	60	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$43,120	90	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$42,900	40	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$42,880	30	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$42,850	80	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$42,850	80	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$42,850	80	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$42,850	80	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.