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Production Workers, All Other pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Lewiston, ID-WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Production Workers, All Other is $40,970 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $93,420 per year in Lewiston, ID-WA. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 56.1% below Lewiston, ID-WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9199 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 10,720 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 40 in Lewiston, ID-WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings