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Bailiffs pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Birmingham, AL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Bailiffs is $164,040 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $46,930 per year in Birmingham, AL. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 249.5% above Birmingham, AL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-3011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 220 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 90 in Birmingham, AL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.