Slaughterers and Meat Packers · SOC 51-3023
Slaughterers and Meat Packers Salary in the Gainesville Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Gainesville, GA metro area
Figures describe the Gainesville, GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Gainesville city limits.
Slaughterers and Meat Packers in the Gainesville, GA metro area earned a median of $35,680 per year ($17.15 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,380 at the 10th percentile to $41,470 at the 90th. BLS estimates 920 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Slaughterers and Meat Packers in the Gainesville metro area earn more than $35,680 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,380 and $39,790.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $35,380 | $35,380 | $35,680 | $39,790 | $41,470 |
| Hourly | $17.01 | $17.01 | $17.15 | $19.13 | $19.94 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Gainesville metro areathis metro area$35,680 median for Gainesville metro area; middle half earns $35,380 to $39,790
- Georgiastate (GA)$36,770 median for Georgia; middle half earns $33,340 to $39,510
- United Statesnational$40,130 median for United States; middle half earns $36,150 to $46,870
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs Georgia overall and −11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Gainesville metro area has the 46th-highest published median for this occupation among the 61 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Georgia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for slaughterers and meat packers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Gainesville metro areathis page$35,680 median for Gainesville metro area; middle half earns $35,380 to $39,790
- $39,510 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $34,500 to $41,110
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for slaughterers and meat packerss · Highest-paying occupations in Gainesville Metro
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.