Job opportunities vary greatly by location. As the tables below clearly show, individual cities and towns offer employment opportunities which differ from those you'll find in other places. Some places feature jobs in technology, some in manufacturing, others in education, etc. Whether choosing a career path or seeking a new job, it pays to consider which careers are favored in the area in which you live or to which are willing to move.
Select the city you want or just browse down this page to see the analysis for each city:
| Albany, GA
Augusta, GA
Dalton, GA
Macon, GA
Valdosta, GA
| Athens, GA
Brunswick, GA
Gainesville, GA
Rome, GA
Warner Robins, GA
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Atlanta, GA
Columbus, GA
Hinesville, GA
Savannah, GA
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NOTE: A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Albany, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Albany and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $29,760 | 400 | 19.6 | | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | $42,400 | 410 | 9.1 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $23,350 | 610 | 6.6 | | Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | $23,350 | 370 | 6.1 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $24,700 | 120 | 5.2 | | Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | $31,840 | 110 | 5 | | Procurement clerks | $33,150 | 140 | 4.9 | | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | $23,420 | 720 | 4.8 | | Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | $40,950 | 120 | 4.8 | | Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | $26,180 | 180 | 4 | | (Click for the full list of Albany careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Athens, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Athens and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Internists, general | $141,700 | 110 | 7.8 | | Biological technicians | $34,750 | 160 | 6.9 | | Teachers and instructors, all other | $23,720 | 1,050 | 5.5 | | Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | $18,180 | 150 | 5.4 | | Pipelayers | $26,150 | 100 | 4.7 | | Team assemblers | $28,760 | 1,790 | 3.7 | | Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | $15,360 | 130 | 3.4 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $40,320 | 310 | 3.4 | | Chemists | $71,400 | 110 | 3.2 | | Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | $18,730 | 290 | 3.1 | | (Click for the full list of Athens careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Atlanta, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Atlanta and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Mathematical technicians | $34,390 | 100 | 19.1 | | Radio mechanics | $40,010 | 370 | 14.4 | | Statistical assistants | $26,240 | 1,800 | 8.4 | | Library science teachers, postsecondary | $52,200 | 170 | 8.1 | | Craft artists | $37,080 | 100 | 7.9 | | Epidemiologists | $56,680 | 190 | 7.1 | | Obstetricians and gynecologists | $190,770 | 1,450 | 7.1 | | Bookbinders | $30,440 | 140 | 6.5 | | Broadcast news analysts | $61,510 | 310 | 5.9 | | Slaughterers and meat packers | $18,690 | 1,080 | 5.8 | | (Click for the full list of Atlanta careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Augusta, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Augusta and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Nuclear engineers | $94,030 | 600 | 127.4 | | Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | $25,030 | 650 | 21.8 | | Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | $20,430 | 710 | 20.4 | | Emergency management specialists | $0 | 150 | 18.6 | | Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | $41,190 | 100 | 11.6 | | Chemical plant and system operators | $53,910 | 550 | 11.4 | | Statistical assistants | $21,430 | 160 | 8.6 | | Physicists | $87,810 | 120 | 8 | | Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | $38,310 | 120 | 7.2 | | Machine feeders and offbearers | $21,910 | 880 | 5.6 | | (Click for the full list of Augusta careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Brunswick, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Brunswick and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | $77,630 | 340 | 9.1 | | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | $18,720 | 300 | 7.1 | | Dishwashers | $13,090 | 800 | 7 | | Real estate sales agents | $27,930 | 190 | 6.2 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $25,780 | 260 | 5.2 | | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | $30,280 | 210 | 4.9 | | Food servers, nonrestaurant | $16,330 | 190 | 4.5 | | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | $16,470 | 890 | 4.5 | | Cooks, restaurant | $18,920 | 660 | 3.6 | | Food service managers | $40,850 | 160 | 3.6 | | (Click for the full list of Brunswick careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Columbus, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Columbus and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Statistical assistants | $22,230 | 100 | 10.4 | | Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | $13,570 | 130 | 7.9 | | Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | $21,300 | 160 | 4.9 | | Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | $29,380 | 190 | 4.6 | | Medical equipment preparers | $20,610 | 110 | 4.1 | | Residential advisors | $16,150 | 120 | 4 | | Helpers--electricians | $24,570 | 210 | 3.6 | | Procurement clerks | $29,610 | 190 | 3.5 | | Training and development specialists | $42,770 | 600 | 3.5 | | Helpers--production workers | $19,240 | 1,210 | 3.3 | | (Click for the full list of Columbus careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Dalton, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Dalton and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Fabric menders, except garment | $26,130 | 230 | 1,282 | | Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | $25,380 | 4,960 | 462.5 | | Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | $25,020 | 1,190 | 261.1 | | Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | $25,570 | 1,560 | 169.4 | | Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | $27,440 | 520 | 94.3 | | Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $23,760 | 400 | 60.7 | | Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | $25,610 | 140 | 27.4 | | Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | $21,930 | 100 | 17 | | Cutters and trimmers, hand | $20,420 | 120 | 13 | | Bindery workers | $21,210 | 310 | 12.2 | | (Click for the full list of Dalton careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Gainesville, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Gainesville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | $27,370 | 370 | 6.6 | | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | $30,470 | 720 | 5.2 | | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | $29,390 | 590 | 5 | | Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | $35,270 | 160 | 3.8 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $39,390 | 290 | 3.8 | | Community and social service specialists, all other | $31,750 | 130 | 3.7 | | Medical transcriptionists | $31,090 | 110 | 3.6 | | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | $41,640 | 850 | 3.5 | | Printing machine operators | $36,050 | 240 | 3.3 | | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | $59,700 | 220 | 3.2 | | (Click for the full list of Gainesville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Hinesville, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Hinesville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Cooks, short order | $13,510 | 240 | 22.6 | | All other information and record clerks | $38,620 | 210 | 11.2 | | Training and development specialists | $31,270 | 120 | 8.8 | | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | $28,700 | 200 | 6.6 | | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | $42,040 | 220 | 5.4 | | Child care workers | $15,390 | 180 | 5.2 | | Teachers and instructors, all other | $58,550 | 120 | 4.7 | | Counter and rental clerks | $16,800 | 120 | 4.1 | | Cashiers | $13,500 | 800 | 3.8 | | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | $48,460 | 140 | 3.5 | | (Click for the full list of Hinesville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Macon, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Macon and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Statistical assistants | $21,400 | 120 | 14.5 | | Helpers--roofers | $19,810 | 100 | 12.3 | | Pipelayers | $29,800 | 180 | 5.7 | | Production workers, all other | $31,390 | 790 | 5.2 | | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $34,060 | 260 | 5.1 | | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $27,770 | 150 | 4.5 | | Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | $31,380 | 160 | 4.5 | | Helpers--electricians | $21,360 | 210 | 4.2 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $25,550 | 610 | 4.1 | | Residential advisors | $17,640 | 100 | 3.9 | | (Click for the full list of Macon careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Rome, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Rome and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Industrial machinery mechanics | $34,970 | 200 | 4.6 | | Cooks, fast food | $14,410 | 450 | 3.5 | | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | $15,230 | 240 | 3.3 | | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | $32,370 | 470 | 3.3 | | Team assemblers | $31,590 | 740 | 3.2 | | Administrative services managers | $56,960 | 160 | 2.9 | | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | $29,760 | 190 | 2.9 | | Food preparation workers | $14,680 | 540 | 2.8 | | Industrial truck and tractor operators | $24,790 | 350 | 2.7 | | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | $27,380 | 190 | 2.6 | | (Click for the full list of Rome careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Savannah, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Savannah and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Logging equipment operators | $24,270 | 140 | 23.5 | | Tour guides and escorts | $22,080 | 360 | 20.3 | | Statistical assistants | $25,410 | 130 | 10.4 | | Helpers--electricians | $20,600 | 510 | 6.7 | | Chemical plant and system operators | $40,470 | 180 | 5.6 | | Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $42,800 | 100 | 4.5 | | Residential advisors | $20,420 | 160 | 4.1 | | Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | $22,140 | 250 | 3.8 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $43,700 | 760 | 3.7 | | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | $43,350 | 410 | 3.7 | | (Click for the full list of Savannah careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Valdosta, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Valdosta and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Millwrights | $34,550 | 140 | 15.4 | | Amusement and recreation attendants | $13,720 | 480 | 7.5 | | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $26,420 | 120 | 5.1 | | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | $17,070 | 210 | 3.7 | | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | $25,480 | 360 | 3.5 | | Cooks, short order | $14,880 | 170 | 3.2 | | Helpers--production workers | $18,430 | 450 | 3.2 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $32,660 | 170 | 2.8 | | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | $20,150 | 130 | 2.7 | | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | $13,720 | 330 | 2.6 | | (Click for the full list of Valdosta careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Warner Robins, Georgia Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Warner Robins and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Sheet metal workers | $44,980 | 1,030 | 21.1 | | Electronics engineers, except computer | $72,180 | 780 | 21.1 | | Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | $49,090 | 330 | 18.2 | | Procurement clerks | $37,870 | 290 | 14.1 | | Budget analysts | $56,860 | 190 | 12.2 | | Logisticians | $58,280 | 130 | 9.1 | | All other information and record clerks | $48,960 | 700 | 7.8 | | Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | $57,980 | 110 | 6.7 | | Business operations specialists, all other | $57,090 | 1,940 | 6.7 | | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | $54,090 | 330 | 6.6 | | (Click for the full list of Warner Robins careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
* A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Analysis (above) provided by CityTownInfo.com, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census.
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