How much do Animal Caretakers make in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC?

Percentile spread

For Animal Caretakers, the published 10th percentile is $22,500 and the 90th percentile is $43,680. The difference is $21,180, which is 70.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $24,680 to the 75th at $35,380, covers $10,700.

The mean annual wage is $31,410, which sits above the median of $29,910. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC median is 15.4% lower than the national median of $35,360 for Animal Caretakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $32,545, which is 8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% higher than the Georgia median of $29,860.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Georgia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 91.903, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $29,910 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Animal Caretakers at $32,545 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Animal Caretakers. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ranks 11th of 28 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Columbia, SC is 69 miles away, with a median of $30,720 and employment of 880. That median is 2.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,799, against $32,545 here.
• Athens-Clarke County, GA is 78 miles away, with a median of $33,610 and employment of 520. That median is 12.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,007, against $32,545 here.
• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 88 miles away, with a median of $31,010 and employment of 730. That median is 3.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,251, against $32,545 here.

Employment share

Animal Caretakers accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC (440 of 231,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (266,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.11 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.