How much do Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Percentile spread

For Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, the published 10th percentile is $38,260 and the 90th percentile is $59,920. The difference is $21,660, which is 36.7% 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 $44,940 to the 75th at $59,920, covers $14,980.

The mean annual wage is $54,250, which sits below the median of $58,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 27.2% 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 $58,946, which is 27.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 30% higher than the Georgia median of $45,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers at $58,946 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks 1st of 9 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).).

• Rome, GA is 60 miles away, with a median of $36,200 and employment of 140. That median is 38.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,150, against $58,946 here.
• Athens-Clarke County, GA is 69 miles away, with a median of $53,970 and employment of 80. That median is 8.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,819, against $58,946 here.
• Dalton, GA is 78 miles away, with a median of $45,610 and employment of 860. That median is 22.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,766, against $58,946 here.

Employment share

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (590 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,850 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.47 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.