How much do Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Percentile spread

For Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $31,780 and the 90th percentile is $45,880. The difference is $14,100, which is 37.3% 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 $36,970 to the 75th at $42,290, covers $5,320.

The mean annual wage is $39,740, which sits above the median of $37,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 15.6% lower than the national median of $44,810 for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,798, which is 15.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.2% higher than the Georgia median of $37,390.

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 $37,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders at $37,798 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

• Knoxville, TN is 160 miles away, with a median of $37,880 and employment of 200. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,921, against $37,798 here.
• Columbia, SC is 194 miles away, with a median of $36,420 and employment of 40. That median is 3.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,884, against $37,798 here.

Employment share

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (150 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (20,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.40 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.