Valdosta, GA

236 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 46660.

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
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2,380
Retail Salespersons	1,940
Cashiers	1,490
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,270
Waiters and Waitresses	1,150
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,110
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,110
General and Operations Managers	1,020
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	990
Office Clerks, General	870
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	840
Customer Service Representatives	780
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	740
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	720
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	700
Cooks, Restaurant	680
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	620
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	580
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	570
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	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
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	10.57	120
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	6.93	140
Helpers--Electricians	4.43	100
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	3.89	150
Production Workers, All Other	2.87	250
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	2.68	110
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	2.51	100
Phlebotomists	2.36	120
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2.30	620
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.20	400
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	2.08	130
Respiratory Therapists	2.03	100
Real Estate Sales Agents	1.87	130
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1.79	400
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.78	2,380
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	1.72	160
Electricians	1.71	450
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1.64	700
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.64	380
Bus Drivers, School	1.59	220

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$246,190
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$204,720
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$133,570
Sales Managers	$128,650
Pharmacists	$127,810
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$126,590
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$117,400
Nurse Practitioners	$117,400
Human Resources Managers	$112,590
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$112,570
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$107,060
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$106,900
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,880
Software Developers	$105,640
Lawyers	$101,000
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$98,130
Personal Financial Advisors	$97,360
Physical Therapists	$97,050
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$96,730
Construction Managers	$96,560

All 236 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	310	$73,420	0.62
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	110	$86,590	1.19
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	170	$19,750	1.21
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	90	$23,000	0.96
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$57,540	1.06
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	90	$43,120	1.67
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	310	$46,730	1.25
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$28,280	1.28
Bakers `51-3011`	120	$27,580	1.47
Bartenders `35-3011`	170	$25,920	0.64
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	90	$39,350	0.67
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	450	$44,540	0.95
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	220	$45,540	1.59
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$54,330	0.87
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	500	$64,370	1.34
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$38,440	0.99
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	110	$60,950	0.65
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	60	$30,310	2.16
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	110	Not available	2.68
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	50	$79,490	1.22
Carpenters `47-2031`	40	$37,840	0.18
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,490	$26,470	1.39
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	50	$45,390	0.98
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$133,570	0.78
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	150	$45,230	1.10
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	400	$22,510	2.20
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$45,230	1.74
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$79,160	0.40
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	130	$29,650	0.97
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	120	$51,630	1.02
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	40	$51,440	0.45
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	70	$38,320	1.31
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$44,790	1.06
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$59,500	0.53
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	70	$85,250	0.46
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1021`	40	$107,060	3.09
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$53,160	0.68
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$117,400	0.22
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	340	$34,400	0.90
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$96,560	0.79
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$59,820	0.81
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	270	$23,640	1.22
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	90	$29,710	0.58
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	680	$29,880	1.39
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	210	$48,450	1.56
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$66,880	0.58
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	160	$36,970	1.16
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	130	$36,580	2.08
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	780	$35,260	0.87
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	70	$33,820	1.15
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$43,380	0.87
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	100	$79,360	1.26
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	50	$55,520	1.21
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$67,100	1.21
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	160	$24,260	0.86
Dishwashers `35-9021`	160	$27,540	0.96
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$45,740	0.97
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	210	$34,680	1.51
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	100	$95,000	0.88
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	60	$106,900	1.04
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	100	$41,870	2.51
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	130	$49,330	1.07
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	50	$81,390	1.08
Electricians `47-2111`	450	$50,560	1.71
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	570	$63,480	1.18
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$37,130	0.78
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$61,780	0.65
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	90	$37,810	0.82
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$96,730	0.62
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	60	$246,190	1.52
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	50	$50,000	3.85
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,380	$23,100	1.78
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$126,590	0.48
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$70,680	0.28
Firefighters `33-2011`	190	$34,600	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	320	$64,570	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	60	$58,810	3.10
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$30,880	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$43,640	1.59
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	700	$34,650	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	90	$38,990	1.51
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$49,610	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	310	$69,670	1.47
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	90	$64,040	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	430	$53,630	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	90	$63,950	1.65
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	380	$63,510	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	580	$37,480	1.48
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	260	$62,390	1.22
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	340	$29,020	1.10
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	70	$26,440	2.22
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	40	$28,550	1.74
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	100	$27,810	1.02
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	120	$59,260	1.39
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,020	$79,440	0.84
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$42,900	0.59
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	40	$64,410	0.49
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	80	$42,850	1.30
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$50,680	1.15
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$35,420	0.92
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	100	$47,020	0.73
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,110	$47,880	1.55
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	100	$38,670	4.43
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$31,240	1.47
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$44,350	0.76
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	740	$28,100	0.49
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	220	$23,360	1.45
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	160	$27,920	1.72
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$39,060	1.00
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$112,590	0.48
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	260	$55,260	0.81
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	70	$93,380	0.53
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	160	$58,160	1.06
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$112,570	0.91
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	620	$48,360	2.30
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	60	$51,630	1.34
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	290	$42,000	1.39
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$43,240	0.99
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$78,420	0.78
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	60	$40,850	0.83
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$51,530	0.61
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	840	$29,480	1.09
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	80	$64,020	2.08
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	990	$34,770	0.97
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	270	$33,390	0.82
Lawyers `23-1011`	130	$101,000	0.51
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	70	$42,840	1.20
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$70,840	0.77
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	400	$49,860	1.79
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	350	$39,710	1.02
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$43,650	0.72
Loan Officers `13-2072`	110	$62,850	1.18
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	50	$45,490	7.17
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$75,360	0.50
Machinists `51-4041`	50	$48,710	0.51
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	300	$27,280	1.02
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	720	$43,760	1.35
Management Analysts `13-1111`	90	Not available	0.28
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	240	$90,370	1.13
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	110	$64,840	0.35
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	340	$35,320	1.20
Medical Equipment Repairers `49-9062`	30	$41,040	1.39
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$46,770	1.04
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	510	$34,980	1.52
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	140	$106,880	0.66
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$31,100	1.03
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	300	$60,020	1.38
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	260	$34,320	0.53
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	70	$42,440	2.14
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	60	$57,770	1.05
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$84,710	0.44
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	40	$43,750	2.85
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$117,400	0.98
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	470	$34,040	0.93
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	40	$60,330	1.44
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$77,130	0.78
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$92,430	0.64
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	870	$37,260	1.02
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	50	$31,200	0.82
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	190	$41,500	1.12
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	40	$37,360	1.68
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$44,220	1.24
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics `49-3053`	50	$50,840	4.35
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	160	$36,500	1.24
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	210	$27,250	1.09
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	140	$48,150	1.05
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$37,120	1.54
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$49,750	1.14
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	60	$97,360	0.60
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	70	$29,310	2.02
Pharmacists `29-1051`	170	$127,810	1.50
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	230	$37,250	1.42
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	120	$35,510	2.36
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$68,470	0.78
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	70	$97,050	0.80
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	60	$204,720	0.48
Pipelayers `47-2151`	30	$42,880	2.91
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	80	$46,070	0.50
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	270	$46,960	1.17
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	160	$55,930	1.40
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	40	$48,890	0.79
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	230	$35,970	1.37
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	30	$36,400	0.69
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	60	$55,080	2.02
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	250	$38,650	2.87
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	130	$49,470	0.94
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	110	$77,730	0.29
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	Not available	1.60
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	130	$66,790	1.24
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$39,400	1.29
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	120	$59,440	1.56
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	130	$37,760	1.87
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	340	$31,190	1.07
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	100	$29,090	0.90
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	60	$46,640	1.26
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,110	$74,360	0.95
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	100	$67,600	2.03
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,940	$28,600	1.44
Sales Managers `11-2022`	90	$128,650	0.41
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	250	$51,440	0.58
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	430	$52,360	1.00
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	390	$62,780	1.06
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	540	$36,250	0.91
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	130	$47,810	0.76
Security Guards `33-9032`	130	$32,810	0.30
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	140	$56,430	1.18
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	140	$43,990	6.93
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	30	$42,610	0.77
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	280	$37,240	0.98
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	90	$30,350	1.07
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$87,420	1.66
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	80	$67,910	1.09
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	240	$31,370	1.55
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	$105,640	0.11
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	120	$81,700	10.57
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	80	$61,170	0.91
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$59,430	0.62
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$70,870	1.06
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,270	$36,290	1.29
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	160	$50,360	0.95
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	Not available	$22,340
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$46,410	0.99
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	150	$59,910	3.89
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	510	$27,440	1.03
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$49,870	1.27
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	30	$47,320	1.00
Tellers `43-3071`	170	$35,880	1.53
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	70	$27,750	1.93
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	130	$46,150	0.84
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$98,130	0.66
Tutors `25-3041`	40	$35,500	0.62
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,150	$18,510	1.47
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	30	$37,960	0.68
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	40	$42,160	2.06
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	180	$47,240	1.26
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	30	$38,340	1.46