Architectural and Engineering Managers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$114,172
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$47,298
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$118,070
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
$161,470
Kept after tax
$114,172
Worth in national money
$118,070
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays this job around $161,470 at the midpoint, 33 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, this job comes in at 9 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $161,470 you keep $114,172, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $118,070 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $163,150, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For architectural and engineering managers the Georgia median is $161,470, ranking 33 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Architectural and engineering managers ranks 9 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for architectural and engineering managers on $161,470 is $114,172. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $118,070 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $163,150 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Architectural and Engineering Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $107,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $161,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $221,750 |
| This salary | $161,470 |
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 | $114,172 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $121,631 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,097 |
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 | $150,558 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,090 |
| 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 $161,470. The published range is $107,170 up to $221,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $114,172, from $161,470, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 9 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $118,070, the adjusted value of that $161,470 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 9 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for architectural and engineering managers in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $107,170 to $221,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $114,172 from $161,470. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 9 of 492 locally.
- This $118,070 adjusted figure, worked from $161,470, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 9 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 9 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $107,170 at the bottom tenth to $221,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $118,070 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $114,172 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($107,170 to $221,750) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Georgia rather than a national figure.
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 $118,070 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 $114,172 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.