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🇺🇸United States · High income · 2026-Q3

Atlanta

44composite score · #28 of 50

LOW · source quality below tier-2

LOW. The cited BLS URL carries general metro wages, not gig-delivery rates, and cannot carry them: OEWS excludes self-employed workers. The published $15.76 is an internal blend whose named inputs included a blocklisted aggregator at n=27, well below any usable threshold; that input has been removed from this row rather than merely disclaimed. Awaiting re-sourcing from a tier-1/2 Atlanta-specific source; none is known to exist.

Only HIGH-confidence cities carry a full verification audit. See the methodology for what each tier means.

Earnings (USD per hour)

Net, after tax & expensesn/a
Gross$15.76/hr

Source: Internal blended estimate (BLS OEWS cannot cover self-employed couriers)

What would you take home in Atlanta?

30hrs

Take-home, weekly

n/a

Take-home, monthly

n/a

Gross, weekly

$473

Gross, monthly

$2,049

Take-home is gross hourly minus an estimated tax/expense rate per country. See the methodology page for the derivation. This widget assumes you actually work the hours you set. For app-based delivery, a portion of logged-in time is unpaid waiting; the headline rate reflects engaged time only where regulators have defined it.

Cost of living vs. earnings

Hours of work for one month's rent (1BR outside centre)295 hours
Rent, 1BR outside centre$1456/mo
Restaurant meal (mid-range)$29.50

Pay vs. local labour market

Minimum wage$7.25/hr
Median wage (all occupations)$24.60/hr

Gross hourly is 102% of local minimum wage, 30% of local median.

Notes

Georgia's own minimum wage is $5.15/hr and covered employees get the federal $7.25; O.C.G.A. s. 34-4-3.1 preempts Atlanta from setting any local wage. Suburban sprawl favours car-based delivery. Pure food delivery runs well below headline aggregator figures, which blend in rideshare.

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See full source citations for this city on the sources page. Read about how each metric is computed in the methodology.

Primary earnings source: www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25ma.zip · archived