How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Gainesville, GA?

Percentile spread

For Packers and Packagers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $27,660 and the 90th percentile is $37,270. The difference is $9,610, which is 27.9% 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 $31,760 to the 75th at $35,290, covers $3,530.

The mean annual wage is $33,620, which sits below the median of $34,400. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gainesville, GA median is 5.2% lower than the national median of $36,280 for Packers and Packagers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,550, which is 2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% higher than the Georgia median of $33,260.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gainesville, GA is 96.766, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $34,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packers and Packagers, Hand at $35,550 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

28 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packers and Packagers, Hand. Gainesville, GA ranks 11th of 29 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).).

• Athens-Clarke County, GA is 43 miles away, with a median of $34,960 and employment of 320. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,453, against $35,550 here.
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 52 miles away, with a median of $34,010 and employment of 10,350. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,990, against $35,550 here.
• Dalton, GA is 68 miles away, with a median of $29,780 and employment of 350. That median is 13.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,146, against $35,550 here.

Employment share

Packers and Packagers, Hand accounts for 0.72% of wage-and-salary employment in Gainesville, GA (750 of 103,870). Nationally the occupation is 0.36% of employment (559,820 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.01 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.