Richard Florida writes about
The Geography of High-Paying Jobs,
including this map based on Bureau of Labor Staistics (BLS) data:
The Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) comes in the bottom 10
nationwide.
That’s for overall average wages.
It doesn’t look quite as bad for specific classes of jobs (creative, service,
and working class),
but that’s mostly because there are almost no MSAs in the lowest
pay tier.
However, for service jobs, Valdosta is not as good as Tallahassee,
and makes it into the bottom 10: