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Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders is $45,100 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $46,210 per year in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 2.4% below Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-6061 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 250 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. 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.