Albany, GA

242 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 10500.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Retail Salespersons	1,870
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,790
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,530
Customer Service Representatives	1,480
Cashiers	1,430
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,190
General and Operations Managers	1,110
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	940
Stockers and Order Fillers	920
Office Clerks, General	910
Waiters and Waitresses	900
Nursing Assistants	770
Security Guards	770
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	690
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	650
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	590
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	560
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	560
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	550
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	540

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	12.03	510
Food Processing Workers, All Other	5.19	130
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	4.09	110
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	3.92	260
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations)	3.56	340
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	3.41	490
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	2.89	120
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	2.60	150
Tire Repairers and Changers	2.46	100
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	2.35	130
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.29	130
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	2.22	400
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2.05	290
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.01	390
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	1.99	110
Emergency Medical Technicians	1.92	130
Production Workers, All Other	1.92	180
Driver/Sales Workers	1.72	260
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1.71	280
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations)	1.66	210

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$346,640
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$223,400
Family Medicine Physicians	$215,750
Dentists, General	$176,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$158,730
Optometrists	$134,250
Pharmacists	$130,700
Marketing Managers	$129,880
Sales Managers	$128,020
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$126,720
Medical and Health Services Managers	$126,130
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$124,350
Software Developers	$124,230
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$122,170
Veterinarians	$121,900
Human Resources Managers	$120,240
Nurse Practitioners	$118,370
Electrical Engineers	$115,210
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$113,330
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$107,230

All 242 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	390	$73,980	0.72
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	110	$100,940	1.11
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	40	$33,600	3.50
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$23,860	1.03
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$52,990	1.02
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	90	$48,230	1.58
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	420	$49,710	1.59
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$29,590	0.97
Bakers `51-3011`	70	$32,550	0.75
Bartenders `35-3011`	140	$21,920	0.49
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	40	$38,360	0.63
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$40,210	0.78
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	420	$43,270	0.82
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	Not available	$46,640
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$60,420	1.17
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	650	$76,170	1.59
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$37,700	0.97
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	120	$62,850	0.67
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	40	$36,950	1.25
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	120	$58,030	2.89
Carpenters `47-2031`	80	$38,400	0.31
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,430	$27,090	1.23
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	80	$37,390	0.99
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$59,540	0.52
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	Not available	0.55
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	220	$48,460	1.46
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	390	$23,080	2.01
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	60	$45,270	2.27
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$75,890	0.60
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	100	$65,400	0.81
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	160	$28,950	1.11
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	210	$59,370	1.66
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$39,590	0.79
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	60	$43,870	1.50
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	30	$61,780	0.74
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	140	$58,470	0.92
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$69,610	0.59
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	160	$100,420	0.96
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$99,040	0.26
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	270	$49,130	1.01
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	110	$158,730	0.45
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	400	$35,880	0.96
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$82,200	0.70
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	190	$22,550	0.80
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	140	$30,430	0.83
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	470	$29,150	0.89
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	290	$54,010	2.05
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$66,720	0.62
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	170	$36,400	1.15
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$39,480	1.21
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	100	$42,280	1.44
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	Not available	$20,070
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,480	$33,190	1.52
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$38,370	0.89
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	50	$97,350	0.50
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	110	$42,820	0.75
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	90	$79,230	1.07
Dentists, General `29-1021`	30	$176,760	0.65
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	70	$70,930	1.53
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$78,330	1.30
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	50	$71,870	1.61
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	140	$25,780	0.71
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$28,200	0.72
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	110	$48,220	1.50
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	260	$39,410	1.72
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	30	$103,000	1.53
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	110	$98,620	0.91
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	60	$80,100	0.84
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	90	$21,180	2.07
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	170	$54,500	1.27
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$115,210	0.65
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	90	$75,330	1.73
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	90	$71,740	3.66
Electricians `47-2111`	300	$56,160	1.06
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	130	$38,900	2.29
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	130	$45,070	1.92
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	30	$39,430	2.38
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$60,980	0.60
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$44,210	0.43
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	30	$215,750	0.81
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	50	$28,920	0.46
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,790	$22,830	1.24
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	160	$126,720	0.50
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	80	$74,930	1.55
Firefighters `33-2011`	210	$46,540	1.62
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	340	$74,370	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	30	$54,590	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$47,500	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	80	$61,940	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	590	$34,840	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	80	$42,950	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$45,570	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	320	$64,760	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	130	$73,300	1.66
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	540	$58,630	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$35,160	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	150	$73,560	2.60
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	270	$68,520	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	560	$37,770	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	50	$35,190	1.73
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	290	$58,470	1.22
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	370	$30,740	1.09
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	130	$44,390	5.19
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	70	$29,280	0.67
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	90	$61,490	1.04
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	50	$223,400	2.00
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,110	$85,380	0.84
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$38,870	0.67
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	30	$23,760	0.28
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	100	$46,490	1.48
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	120	$58,460	1.63
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$36,890	0.86
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	140	$48,320	0.92
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,190	$57,050	1.54
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$32,600	1.35
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters `47-3015`	40	$36,220	2.68
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$35,380	0.65
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	940	$26,670	0.58
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	170	$23,970	1.06
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	120	$27,490	1.27
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$120,240	0.48
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	250	$61,110	0.72
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	70	$104,100	0.52
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	280	$73,230	1.71
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$124,350	0.85
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	240	$37,250	0.81
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	90	$35,680	1.77
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	160	$42,410	0.71
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	110	$45,240	1.62
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	80	$78,600	0.93
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$45,980	0.41
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$48,020	0.70
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	690	$30,000	0.83
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,530	$35,360	1.38
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	250	$30,460	0.69
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	120	$28,230	1.66
Lawyers `23-1011`	150	$103,510	0.54
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$44,380	0.93
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$68,660	0.96
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	370	$58,310	1.51
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	330	$42,180	0.90
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$46,990	0.49
Loan Officers `13-2072`	110	$55,550	1.07
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	340	$88,560	3.56
Machinists `51-4041`	60	$60,840	0.54
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	270	$27,810	0.84
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	500	$43,680	0.87
Management Analysts `13-1111`	220	$91,760	0.67
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	290	$113,330	1.24
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$58,550	0.40
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$129,880	0.23
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	$104,500	0.39
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	470	$37,000	1.53
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$38,010	0.69
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	560	$38,240	1.55
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$126,130	0.69
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	Not available	$39,980
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$32,290	0.87
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	380	$62,160	1.65
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	330	$35,850	0.62
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	260	$71,740	3.92
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	50	$28,550	2.86
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$78,710	0.56
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	30	$44,740	2.28
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	150	$118,370	1.24
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	770	$35,260	1.42
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$86,920	1.02
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	910	$37,350	0.98
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	40	$44,350	0.55
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	260	$45,460	1.44
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	110	$36,030	4.09
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$39,670	1.50
Optometrists `29-1041`	40	$134,250	2.58
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	490	Not available	3.41
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$28,160	0.61
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$61,530	0.77
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	140	$49,210	0.94
Paramedics `29-2043`	90	$50,930	2.27
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$37,760	1.57
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$52,160	0.90
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$86,940	0.45
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	Not available	$30,310
Pharmacists `29-1051`	170	$130,700	1.40
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	50	$27,860	3.15
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	230	$41,390	1.28
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$42,340	1.36
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	60	$98,190	0.58
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	30	$122,170	0.53
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	70	$346,640	0.53
Pipelayers `47-2151`	30	$36,820	2.71
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	140	$47,700	0.79
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	380	$53,710	1.50
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$57,640	1.08
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	150	$55,930	1.21
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	400	$62,680	2.22
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$57,560	1.17
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	50	$51,630	2.57
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	180	$38,270	1.92
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	210	$53,590	1.45
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	130	$98,850	0.33
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$61,430	0.48
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$63,560	0.39
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	70	$33,470	1.73
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$74,910	1.32
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	90	$40,820	1.21
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	310	$34,340	0.91
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	120	$28,070	0.95
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	130	$50,010	2.35
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	Not available	$80,390
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	70	$76,540	1.31
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,870	$28,660	1.28
Sales Managers `11-2022`	140	$128,020	0.57
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	510	$72,020	1.07
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	500	$58,560	1.08
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	60	$80,860	0.61
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	550	$37,830	0.85
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	130	$50,010	0.69
Security Guards `33-9032`	770	$29,700	1.60
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$53,350	0.42
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	30	$39,540	0.73
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	250	$36,880	0.82
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	80	$30,630	0.84
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	130	$62,240	1.65
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	140	$33,910	0.83
Software Developers `15-1252`	290	$124,230	0.46
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	30	$79,360	0.49
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	920	$32,730	0.86
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	40	$47,820	0.23
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	140	$27,410	0.70
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	90	$59,920	1.97
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	510	$60,230	12.03
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	470	$26,820	0.88
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	110	$52,820	1.99
Tellers `43-3071`	140	$38,160	1.12
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	100	$33,900	2.46
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	130	$51,160	0.75
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	60	$107,230	0.77
Tutors `25-3041`	50	$45,100	0.71
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$121,900	0.98
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	900	$18,330	1.06
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$47,650	0.85
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	170	$47,180	1.08