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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Maintenance Workers, Machinery Salary in Georgia

Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Georgia earn a median annual salary of $55,390, which is -8.4% compared to the national median. There are 2,350 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Georgia (state).

$55,390
Georgia median annual wage
$27/hour median
-8.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $60,500
2,350
Local employment
0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.32
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$38,040
25th
$44,460
Median
$55,390
75th
$68,700
90th
$78,550

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Georgia, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
96.3%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$57,522
Goods: 98.9%
Services: 92.8%
Rents: 88.7%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Wyoming$85,830Compare310
Alaska$75,670Compare60
New Hampshire$75,060Compare170
Hawaii$69,620Compare30
California$66,120Compare3,730
Tennessee$64,980Compare1,400

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Georgia

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Psychiatrists$229,1900.59
Nurse Anesthetists$221,1900.73
Anesthesiologists$206,8900.45
Chief Executives$201,7500.81
Dentists, General$195,8200.91
Dentists, All Other Specialists$194,2100.44
Air Traffic Controllers$174,6001.38
Computer And Information Systems Managers$169,1700.86

Georgia has salary data for 761 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Psychiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Georgia

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Maintenance Workers, Machinery are projected to change by -2.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,800 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.