Highest Paying Jobs In Atlanta, GA For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in Atlanta include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the Atlanta area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 24 highest-paying jobs in Atlanta in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Atlanta require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in Atlanta is Oral Surgeon, with an average annual salary of $325,580 and an entry-level salary of $175,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to Atlanta, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in Atlanta can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in Atlanta, Georgia:

Oral Surgeon – $325,580
Anesthesiologist – $324,452
Assistant Professor Of Surgery – $319,386
Transplant Surgeon – $287,096
Physician – $275,774
Interventional Pain Physician – $256,160
Hospitalist Physician – $248,746
Pain Management Physician – $247,952
Finance Services Director – $237,572
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – $232,148

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Atlanta

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Oral Surgeon	$325,580	$175,000
2	Anesthesiologist	$324,452	$157,000
3	Assistant Professor Of Surgery	$319,386	$159,000
4	Transplant Surgeon	$287,096	$156,000
5	Physician	$275,774	$141,000
6	Interventional Pain Physician	$256,160	$132,000
7	Hospitalist Physician	$248,746	$174,000
8	Pain Management Physician	$247,952	$125,000
9	Finance Services Director	$237,572	$174,000
10	Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist	$232,148	$146,000
11	Outpatient Psychiatrist	$230,433	$143,000
12	Hospitalist	$227,385	$149,000
13	Psychiatrist	$226,935	$138,000
14	Consultant And Sales Representative	$225,041	$155,000
15	Operator And Truck Driver	$224,086	$112,000
16	Medical Director	$221,439	$140,000
17	Primary Care Physician	$213,390	$120,000
18	Orthodontist	$211,055	$123,000
19	Senior Vice President, Sales	$208,536	$129,000
20	Internal Medicine Physician	$208,463	$125,000
21	Associate Medical Director	$207,278	$121,000
22	Acute Care Physician	$206,441	$121,000
23	General Internist	$205,765	$126,000
24	Assistant Professor Of Medicine	$195,940	$110,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Atlanta for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Atlanta, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Atlanta.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Atlanta to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Atlanta.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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