Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Georgia earn a median of $46,450 a year (4% below the U.S. median of $48,250), based on about 5,900 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Georgia. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

Median annual pay

$46,450

4% below the U.S. median of $48,250

Average annual pay

$50,940

Mean wage

Pay range

$35,530–$69,970

10th to 90th percentile

Jobs in the state

5,900

Employees, May 2025

Median hourly pay

$22.33

Before taxes

The state's price level is 96.3 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $46,450 here equals roughly $48,235 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.