Atlanta
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.
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Earnings (USD per hour)
Source: Internal blended estimate (BLS OEWS cannot cover self-employed couriers)
What would you take home in Atlanta?
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
Pay vs. local labour market
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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Primary earnings source: www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25ma.zip · archived