SOC 43-9031 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Desktop Publishers make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Desktop Publishers in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $42,730. The 10th percentile is $34,970 and the 90th percentile is $112,350. Employment is 140.

Median annual wage

$42,730

10th percentile
$34,970
25th percentile
$34,970
Median
$42,730
75th percentile
$65,690
90th percentile
$112,350
Mean
$56,880

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Desktop Publishers, the published 10th percentile is $34,970 and the 90th percentile is $112,350. The difference is $77,380, which is 181.1% 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 $34,970 to the 75th at $65,690, covers $30,720.

The mean annual wage is $56,880, which sits above the median of $42,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 22.7% lower than the national median of $55,290 for Desktop Publishers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,705, which is 22.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.3% higher than the Georgia median of $39,460.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $42,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Desktop Publishers at $42,705 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Desktop Publishers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Desktop Publishers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (140 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.25 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Desktop Publishers 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 Desktop Publishers make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Desktop Publishers in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $42,730. The 10th percentile is $34,970 and the 90th percentile is $112,350. Employment is 140.

How does that compare with the national median for Desktop Publishers?

The local median is 22.7% lower than the national median of $55,290.

What is Desktop Publishers pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $42,730 is $42,705. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.