How much do Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders make in Gainesville, GA?

Percentile spread

For Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $39,180 and the 90th percentile is $47,130. The difference is $7,950, which is 16.9% 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 $42,620 to the 75th at $47,130, covers $4,510.

The mean annual wage is $44,570, which sits below the median of $47,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gainesville, GA median is 8.2% higher than the national median of $43,530 for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,684, which is 11.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.6% higher than the Georgia median of $38,430.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gainesville, GA is 96.766, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders at $48,684 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders. Gainesville, GA ranks 1st of 5 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).).

• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 52 miles away, with a median of $35,740 and employment of 240. That median is 24.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,719, against $48,684 here.
• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 84 miles away, with a median of $41,240 and employment of 100. That median is 12.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,220, against $48,684 here.
• Columbia, SC is 160 miles away, with a median of $34,140 and employment of 40. That median is 27.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,450, against $48,684 here.

Employment share

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Gainesville, GA (170 of 103,870). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (14,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 17.24 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.