Workers in the Warner Robins, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.80 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that higher paying major occupational groups included management ($55.06), architecture and engineering ($48.02), and computer and mathematical ($43.62). Lower paying occupational groups included food preparation and serving related ($13.46), personal care and service ($14.73), and building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($16.36). (See table A.)

Business and financial operations occupations accounted for 11.4 percent of Warner Robins area employment, followed by food preparation and serving related occupations (11.3 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included legal (0.3 percent); arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media (0.6 percent); and life, physical, and social science (0.7 percent).

One occupational group—business and financial operations—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Warner Robins had 8,630 jobs in business and financial operations, accounting for 11.4 percent of local area employment, compared to the 6.7-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $43.16, compared to the national wage of $45.04.

Some of the larger detailed occupations within the business and financial operations group included logisticians (1,640), management analysts (660), and buyers and purchasing agents (570). Among the higher paying jobs in this group were personal financial advisors ($56.38), project management specialists ($51.91), and management analysts ($50.35). At the lower end of the wage scale were tax preparers ($19.50). (Detailed data for the business and financial operations occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to https://data.bls.gov/oes/#/area/0047580.)

Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.00 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Warner Robins area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the business and financial operations group. For instance, logisticians were employed at 14.13 times the national rate in Warner Robins, and buyers and purchasing agents, at 2.36 times the U.S. average. Human resources specialists had a location quotient of 1.01 in Warner Robins, indicating that this particular occupation’s local and national employment shares were similar.

The statistics in this release are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support. State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data: in this case, the Georgia Department of Labor.

Technical Note

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 530 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Full OEWS data tables are available online.

Additional information about the OEWS estimates and methodology is available in the national Technical Notes. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 65.7 percent based on establishments and 65.9 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the Warner Robins, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area included 831 establishments with a response rate of 73 percent.

Metropolitan area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The Warner Robins, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Houston County and Peach County.

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Table 1. Employment and wage data for business and financial operations occupations, Warner Robins metropolitan area, May 2024

Occupation (1)	Employment		Mean wages ($)
	Level (2)	Location quotient (3)	Hourly	Annual (4)
Business and financial operations occupations	8,630	1.7	43.16	89,770
Buyers and purchasing agents	570	2.36	45.67	95,000
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	60	0.37	36.25	75,410
Compliance officers	160	0.84	33.81	70,320
Cost estimators	60	0.58	33.36	69,390
Human resources specialists	460	1.01	37.88	78,790
Logisticians	1,640	14.13	44.52	92,610
Project management specialists	360	0.73	51.91	107,970
Management analysts	660	1.50	50.35	104,730
Training and development specialists	150	0.69	29.45	61,260
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	170	0.40	30.13	62,680
Business operations specialists, all other	3,140	5.66	43.68	90,850
Accountants and auditors	400	0.56	40.70	84,650
Property appraisers and assessors	60	2.00	23.29	48,450
Financial and investment analysts	30	0.19	42.07	87,510
Personal financial advisors	30	0.24	56.38	117,270
Loan officers	130	0.89	35.13	73,070
Tax preparers	50	1.36	19.50	40,550
Financial specialists, all other	370	5.90	45.67	95,000
Footnotes: (1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in the Warner Robins, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, see https://data.bls.gov/oes/#/area/0047580. (2) Estimates for detailed occupations may not sum to the totals due to rounding, and because the totals may include occupations that are not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers. (3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average. (4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.