High paying management jobs in Dalton, GA

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dalton, GA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Dalton, GA run 10.2% below the national average (2024), so a Dalton, GA salary is worth about 1.11× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Dalton, GA · Employed

1Chief Executives$242,760
Bachelor's degree
$95,920 – $689,70040
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$163,550
Bachelor's degree
$111,210 – $201,18040
3Marketing Managers$162,010
Bachelor's degree
$83,510 – $216,86080
4Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,140
Bachelor's degree
$105,040 – $237,67090
5Sales Managers$139,960
Bachelor's degree
$62,960 – $273,440180
6Financial Managers$133,000
Bachelor's degree
$79,750 – $230,910200
7Human Resources Managers$130,700
Bachelor's degree
$74,630 – $197,12070
8Training and Development Managers$129,730
Bachelor's degree
$83,940 – $248,65030
9Medical and Health Services Managers$118,720
Bachelor's degree
$65,760 – $291,81070
10Industrial Production Managers$116,720
Bachelor's degree
$72,990 – $193,100220
11Administrative Services Managers$107,200
Bachelor's degree
$61,820 – $207,000110
12Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$105,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,170 – $232,280120
13Managers, All Other$102,740
Bachelor's degree
$64,060 – $198,940220
14Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$99,490
Master's degree
$80,010 – $125,840120
15Construction Managers$97,210
Bachelor's degree
$57,350 – $176,16090
16General and Operations Managers$94,050
Bachelor's degree
$45,440 – $211,9501,170
17Social and Community Service Managers$67,600
Bachelor's degree
$52,000 – $107,13050
18Food Service Managers$61,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,010 – $78,71080
19Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$59,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,070 – $160,74030

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianDalton, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$242,760	$95,920 – $689,700	40
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$163,550	$111,210 – $201,180	40
3	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$162,010	$83,510 – $216,860	80
4	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$161,140	$105,040 – $237,670	90
5	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$139,960	$62,960 – $273,440	180
6	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$133,000	$79,750 – $230,910	200
7	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,700	$74,630 – $197,120	70
8	Training and Development ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,730	$83,940 – $248,650	30
9	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$118,720	$65,760 – $291,810	70
10	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$116,720	$72,990 – $193,100	220
11	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$107,200	$61,820 – $207,000	110
12	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$105,800	$61,170 – $232,280	120
13	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$102,740	$64,060 – $198,940	220
14	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$99,490	$80,010 – $125,840	120
15	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$97,210	$57,350 – $176,160	90
16	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$94,050	$45,440 – $211,950	1,170
17	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$67,600	$52,000 – $107,130	50
18	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,180	$46,010 – $78,710	80
19	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,520	$37,070 – $160,740	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dalton, GA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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