Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,356
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$9,834
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,767
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
$51,190
Kept after tax
$41,356
Worth in national money
$42,767
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $51,190, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 264 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $51,190 the take-home is $41,356; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,767 would nationally. The average comes to $59,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for automotive body and related repairers: a median of $51,190, ranking 29 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 264 of 492 in Georgia places automotive body and related repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for automotive body and related repairers in Georgia, on $51,190, is $41,356 — equivalent to $42,767 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 $59,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,080 |
| This salary | $51,190 |
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 | $41,356 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,311 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,803 |
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 | $48,756 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,180 |
| 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 automotive body and related repairers in Georgia earn under $51,190 and half over. The published range runs $36,140 at the tenth percentile to $97,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $41,356, worked from $51,190. 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 264 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,767 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 264.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive body and related repairers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,140 to $97,080; 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.
- The Georgia take-home of $41,356, on $51,190 for work ranking 264 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 264 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,767, worked from $51,190, 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 264 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $59,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,140 and the top tenth $97,080 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $42,767.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Georgia then takes its own share, leaving $41,356.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $59,160. 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 ($36,140) and the ninetieth ($97,080) 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 $42,767 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 $41,356 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.