GA — ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GA

Cybersecurity Analyst apprenticeships in Athens-Clarke County, GA

Athens-Clarke County, GA is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as a cybersecurity analyst looks like locally.

KEY FACTS — ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GA

Athens-Clarke County: Insufficient metro data for $100K+ projection · market pressure 73/100 — High pressure.

Cybersecurity Analyst earning $100K+ annually in Athens-Clarke County
Insufficient metro data for a reliable local $100K+ count

Metro cell too thin (rate > 50%, employment < 200) to project an honest count.

Source: Census ACS 2024 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).

OEWS six-figure baseline (cybersecurity analyst)
~23 of 30 (~77%)

Confidence: high. Our six-figure estimator uses a $115k review threshold; cells where the published p90 reaches that threshold are flagged for conservative upper-tail extrapolation.

Source: BLS OEWS.

Market pressure score (cybersecurity analyst, Athens-Clarke County)
73/100 — High pressure

Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.

Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.

Bachelor’s+ in the Athens-Clarke County labor force
56K

Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.

Competitive ratio ($100K+ earners / bachelor’s+)
2.7 per 10k

A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.

Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.

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Athens-Clarke County, GA is one of Georgia's labor markets for cybersecurity analysts. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a cybersecurity analyst inside the Athens-Clarke County metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.

Athens-Clarke County, GA cybersecurity analysts earn a median of $120,440 (BLS OEWS Athens-Clarke County MSA, May 2024). For Georgia context, statewide pay runs from $27/hr at entry to $46/hr at the state median and $68/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $96K avg salary. The Athens-Clarke County metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.

In the Athens-Clarke County metro, local $100K+ counts are not published as a point estimate because the metro cell is too thin for a reliable projection. Metro cell too thin to project ACS PUMS annual-earner data is used as a suppression signal here, not as a publishable local count. Projections Central long-term pressure score: 73/100 (High, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 56K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Georgia shows ~4.9K of 6.5K (~75%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.

Statewide cybersecurity analyst programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Georgia programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Georgia rules apply in the Athens-Clarke County metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. Smaller MSAs like the Athens-Clarke County metro often source cybersecurity analyst apprentices from a 60-mile radius into the nearest larger urban center; check with the state programs page for the closest active intake.

CYBERSECURITY ANALYST PAY SNAPSHOT — ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GA

$120,440 (OEWS MSA-level median)

Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.

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