Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,489
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,281
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,529
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
$36,770
Kept after tax
$30,489
Worth in national money
$31,529
State rank
38
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays slaughterers and meat packers a middle wage of $36,770, 38 of 47 states and about 8.37% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 429. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,770 you keep $30,489, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $31,529 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $36,610, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Georgia's $36,770 median for slaughterers and meat packers places it 38 of 47 states, about 8.37% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 429 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for slaughterers and meat packers on $36,770 is $30,489. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $31,529 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 $36,610 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $41,470 |
| This salary | $36,770 |
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 | $30,489 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,725 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,118 |
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 | $35,232 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,352 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Georgia earn less than $36,770. The published range is $31,690 up to $41,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $30,489, worked from $36,770. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 429 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,529 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 429.
- Reported values are medians; for slaughterers and meat packers in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,690 to $41,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $30,489, on $36,770 for work ranking 429 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 429 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,529, worked from $36,770, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 429 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,690 at the tenth percentile, $41,470 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $31,529 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $30,489 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,690 to $41,470) 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 $31,529 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 $30,489 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.