Best jobs in Atlanta, GA
The best-scoring occupations in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Atlanta, GA (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (metro)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Atlanta, GA pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$618,090 vs $232,140 · +166.3%
$132,500 vs $132,300 · +0.2%
$529,100 vs $414,010 · +27.8%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 748 scored occupations — show all 748show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
67
$78,950
+3.1%
37
146
$64,990
+0.3%
27
161
$65,290
+3.7%
26
170
$45,270
-1.6%
25
180
$126,330
+1.9%
24
305
$45,530
+6.3%
18
387
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$40,620
+4.6%
15
443
$58,960
+2.3%
14
529
$80,140
-4.3%
12
573
$48,660
+2.0%
11
590
$48,570
+1.2%
10
634
$58,980
-1.1%
9
639
$46,310
-12.1%
9
662
$45,190
-3.8%
7
669
$50,180
-13.6%
7
677
$47,920
-13.7%
7
686
$46,490
-12.0%
7
688
$43,870
-9.0%
7
698
$46,270
-19.6%
7
Live jobs in Atlanta, GA
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Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess. † local wage not published for this cell — the score uses the state value and the pay column shows a dash.