SOC 53-7064 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $34,010. The 10th percentile is $27,630 and the 90th percentile is $46,090. Employment is 10,350.

Median annual wage

$34,010

10th percentile
$27,630
25th percentile
$28,010
Median
$34,010
75th percentile
$38,480
90th percentile
$46,090
Mean
$35,420

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Packers and Packagers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $27,630 and the 90th percentile is $46,090. The difference is $18,460, which is 54.3% 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 $28,010 to the 75th at $38,480, covers $10,470.

The mean annual wage is $35,420, which sits above the median of $34,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 6.3% lower than the national median of $36,280 for Packers and Packagers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,990, which is 6.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.3% higher than the Georgia median of $33,260.

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 $34,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packers and Packagers, Hand at $33,990 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packers and Packagers, Hand. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks 10th of 26 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 $34,400 and employment of 750. That median is 1.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,550, against $33,990 here.
  • Rome, GA is 60 miles away, with a median of $32,640 and employment of 170. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,202, against $33,990 here.
  • Athens-Clarke County, GA is 69 miles away, with a median of $34,960 and employment of 320. That median is 2.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,453, against $33,990 here.

Employment share

Packers and Packagers, Hand accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (10,350 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.36% of employment (559,820 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Packers and Packagers, Hand by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $34,010. The 10th percentile is $27,630 and the 90th percentile is $46,090. Employment is 10,350.

How does that compare with the national median for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

The local median is 6.3% lower than the national median of $36,280.

What is Packers and Packagers, Hand pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $34,010 is $33,990. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA compare with nearby metros for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

Gainesville, GA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 52 miles away, at $34,400. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks 10th of 26 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.