Food Batchmakers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,814
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,676
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,104
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
$46,490
Kept after tax
$37,814
Worth in national money
$39,104
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Georgia pays food batchmakers a middle wage of $46,490, ranking 7 of 50 states and sitting about 9.93% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Food batchmakers ranks 338 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,490 the take-home is $37,814; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,104 would nationally. The average lands at $44,780, below the middle of the range.
- Georgia's median for food batchmakers is $46,490, about 9.93% above the national figure and 7 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 338 of 492 in Georgia places food batchmakers 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.
- Post-tax income for food batchmakers in Georgia, on $46,490, is $37,814 — equivalent to $39,104 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $44,780 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Food Batchmakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,960 |
| This salary | $46,490 |
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 | $37,814 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,535 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,580 |
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 | $44,348 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,910 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,490 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,680 and the ninetieth is $58,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,814 take-home in Georgia comes from $46,490. 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 338 of 492.
- Two cautions on $39,104, the adjusted value of that $46,490 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 338 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $46,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,680 to $58,960. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,814, from $46,490, 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 338 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 50 for it.
- This $39,104 adjusted figure, worked from $46,490, 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 338 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 338 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $44,780, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,680 at the bottom tenth to $58,960 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $39,104.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Georgia's own levy, $37,814 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $44,780. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,680 to $58,960) 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 $39,104 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 $37,814 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.