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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary in Georgia

SOC 43-5053 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$53,290
per year in Georgia
Middle half
$47,440–$66,750
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
3,050
in Georgia
Concentration
0.92×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Georgia
$53,290
published median
United States
$58,470
8.9% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
50th
51 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $53,290 median has purchasing power comparable to about $55,342 nationally. Georgia's BEA regional price parity is 96.3 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Georgia.

$40,600$75,280

Getting in

Typical education to enter
No formal educational credential
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
Short-term on-the-job training

Narrow to a metro in Georgia

Every linked area below has a published estimate for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Macon-Bibb County, GA$58,47088.51702.57×
2Chattanooga, TN-GA$58,39091.52001.08×
3Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$57,43091.9800.50×
4Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$50,770100.12,7501.41×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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