How much do Food Processing Workers, All Other make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Percentile spread

For Food Processing Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $28,800 and the 90th percentile is $52,900. The difference is $24,100, which is 65.7% 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 $30,720 to the 75th at $44,580, covers $13,860.

The mean annual wage is $38,790, which sits above the median of $36,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 7.6% lower than the national median of $39,680 for Food Processing Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,639, which is 7.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3% lower than the Georgia median of $37,810.

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 $36,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Processing Workers, All Other at $36,639 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 Food Processing Workers, All Other. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks 9th 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).).

• Gainesville, GA is 52 miles away, with a median of $35,670 and employment of 990. That median is 2.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,862, against $36,639 here.
• Columbus, GA-AL is 94 miles away, with a median of $39,190 and employment of 50. That median is 6.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,888, against $36,639 here.
• Gadsden, AL is 97 miles away, with a median of $35,140 and employment of 40. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,026, against $36,639 here.

Employment share

Food Processing Workers, All Other accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (1,920 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (65,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.59 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.