SOC 53-6031 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants make in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is $28,890. The 10th percentile is $24,200 and the 90th percentile is $46,020. Employment is 140.

Median annual wage

$28,890

10th percentile
$24,200
25th percentile
$26,980
Median
$28,890
75th percentile
$35,000
90th percentile
$46,020
Mean
$32,020

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants, the published 10th percentile is $24,200 and the 90th percentile is $46,020. The difference is $21,820, which is 75.5% 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 $26,980 to the 75th at $35,000, covers $8,020.

The mean annual wage is $32,020, which sits above the median of $28,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC median is 19% lower than the national median of $35,670 for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,435, which is 11.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.7% lower than the Georgia median of $30,950.

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 $28,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants at $31,435 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ranks 18th of 21 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 $29,640 and employment of 40. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,646, against $31,435 here.
  • Athens-Clarke County, GA is 78 miles away, with a median of $36,160 and employment of 80. That median is 25.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,739, against $31,435 here.
  • Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 88 miles away, with a median of $36,720 and employment of 40. That median is 27.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,374, against $31,435 here.

Employment share

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC (140 of 231,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (102,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.92 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants make in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is $28,890. The 10th percentile is $24,200 and the 90th percentile is $46,020. Employment is 140.

How does that compare with the national median for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants?

The local median is 19% lower than the national median of $35,670.

What is Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 91.903, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $28,890 is $31,435. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC compare with nearby metros for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants?

Columbia, SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 69 miles away, at $29,640. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ranks 18th of 21 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.