How much do Slaughterers and Meat Packers make in Gainesville, GA?

Percentile spread

For Slaughterers and Meat Packers, the published 10th percentile is $35,380 and the 90th percentile is $41,470. The difference is $6,090, which is 17.1% 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 $35,380 to the 75th at $39,790, covers $4,410.

The mean annual wage is $37,910, which sits above the median of $35,680. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gainesville, GA median is 11.1% lower than the national median of $40,130 for Slaughterers and Meat Packers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,872, which is 8.1% 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 $36,770.

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 $35,680 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Slaughterers and Meat Packers at $36,872 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Slaughterers and Meat Packers. Gainesville, GA ranks 4th of 5 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).).

• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 52 miles away, with a median of $39,510 and employment of 730. That median is 10.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,487, against $36,872 here.
• Knoxville, TN is 121 miles away, with a median of $35,270 and employment of 90. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,101, against $36,872 here.
• Columbia, SC is 160 miles away, with a median of $46,170 and employment of 150. That median is 29.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,294, against $36,872 here.

Employment share

Slaughterers and Meat Packers accounts for 0.89% of wage-and-salary employment in Gainesville, GA (920 of 103,870). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (69,950 of 155,495,730). The local share is 19.69 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.