How much do Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Percentile spread

For Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $31,600 and the 90th percentile is $54,350. The difference is $22,750, which is 56.6% 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 $37,430 to the 75th at $43,020, covers $5,590.

The mean annual wage is $41,240, which sits above the median of $40,170. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 3.4% lower than the national median of $41,590 for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,147, which is 3.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.5% higher than the Georgia median of $38,440.

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 $40,170 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders at $40,147 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks 2nd of 2 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 $41,200 and employment of 210. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,507, against $40,147 here.

Employment share

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (270 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,250 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.46 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.