Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,063
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$25,357
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,626
Georgia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Georgia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$100,420
Kept after tax
$75,063
Worth in national money
$77,626
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Georgia pays this job a middle wage of $100,420, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 1.15% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, this job comes in at 64 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,420 the take-home is $75,063; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $77,626 would nationally. The average comes to $114,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia's median for architects, except landscape and naval is $100,420, about 1.15% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Architects, except landscape and naval ranks 64 of 492 occupations by median in Georgia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for architects, except landscape and naval in Georgia, on $100,420, is $75,063 — equivalent to $77,626 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $114,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $184,870 |
| This salary | $100,420 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Georgia | $75,063 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,475 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,160 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $94,148 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,746 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Georgia earn less than $100,420. The published range is $65,820 up to $184,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $75,063, worked from $100,420. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 64 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,626 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 64.
- Reported values are medians; for architects, except landscape and naval in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,820 to $184,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $75,063, on $100,420 for work ranking 64 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 64 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,626, worked from $100,420, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 64 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $114,600, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $65,820 at the bottom tenth to $184,870 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Georgia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $77,626 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Georgia's own levy, $75,063 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $114,600. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,820) and the ninetieth ($184,870) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Georgia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $77,626 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $75,063 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Georgia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.