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Driver/Sales Workers pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Dubuque, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Driver/Sales Workers is $41,080 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $53,910 per year in Dubuque, IA. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 23.8% below Dubuque, IA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3031 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 12,020 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 200 in Dubuque, IA. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings