How much do Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers make in Athens-Clarke County, GA?

Percentile spread

For Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, the published 10th percentile is $35,090 and the 90th percentile is $60,330. The difference is $25,240, which is 46.8% 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 $35,090 to the 75th at $55,660, covers $20,570.

The mean annual wage is $48,550, which sits below the median of $53,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Athens-Clarke County, GA median is 16.4% higher than the national median of $46,350 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,819, which is 24.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19% higher than the Georgia median of $45,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Athens-Clarke County, GA is 93.343, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $53,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers at $57,819 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Athens-Clarke County, GA ranks 3rd of 12 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).).

• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 69 miles away, with a median of $41,490 and employment of 170. That median is 23.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,489, against $57,819 here.
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 69 miles away, with a median of $58,980 and employment of 590. That median is 9.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,946, against $57,819 here.
• Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 78 miles away, with a median of $42,380 and employment of 500. That median is 21.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,114, against $57,819 here.

Employment share

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Athens-Clarke County, GA (80 of 95,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,850 of 155,495,730). The local share is 10.11 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.