Audiologists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,789
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$24,681
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,308
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
$98,470
Kept after tax
$73,789
Worth in national money
$76,308
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 21 of 49 states for audiologists, with a middle wage of $98,470. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, audiologists ranks 70 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $98,470 you keep $73,789 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $76,308 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $94,380.
- Georgia ranks 21 of 49 for audiologists at $98,470. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, audiologists sits 70 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $73,789 after the full tax stack, from $98,470. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $76,308 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $94,380 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,400 |
| This salary | $98,470 |
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 | $73,789 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,104 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,067 |
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 | $92,337 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,617 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of audiologists in Georgia earn under $98,470 and half over. The published range runs $71,990 at the tenth percentile to $126,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $73,789 take-home in Georgia comes from $98,470. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 70 of 492.
- Two cautions on $76,308, the adjusted value of that $98,470 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 70 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiologists in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $71,990 to $126,400; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $73,789, from $98,470, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 70 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 49 for it.
- This $76,308 adjusted figure, worked from $98,470, 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 70 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 70 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 $94,380, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $71,990 at the bottom tenth to $126,400 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $76,308.
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, $73,789 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $94,380. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($71,990 to $126,400) 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 $76,308 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 $73,789 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.