Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,035
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,095
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,265
Georgia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Georgia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$44,130
Kept after tax
$36,035
Worth in national money
$37,265
State rank
35
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $44,130, ranking 35 of 47 states — about 5.24% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 367 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,130 you keep $36,035, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $37,265 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $43,970, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Georgia ranks 35 of 47 for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders, with a median of $44,130 — about 5.24% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 367 of 492 in Georgia places cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders on $44,130 is $36,035. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $37,265 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $43,970 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,580 |
| This salary | $44,130 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Georgia | $36,035 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,638 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,467 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $42,135 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,775 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Georgia earn under $44,130 and half over. The published range runs $32,210 at the tenth percentile to $60,580 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,035 take-home in Georgia comes from $44,130. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 367 of 492.
- Two cautions on $37,265, the adjusted value of that $44,130 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 367 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,210 to $60,580; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $36,035, from $44,130, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 367 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 47 for it.
- This $37,265 adjusted figure, worked from $44,130, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 367 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 367 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,210 at the bottom tenth to $60,580 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Georgia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $37,265 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Georgia then takes its own share, leaving $36,035.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,210 to $60,580) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Georgia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Georgia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $37,265 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $36,035 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Georgia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.