Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,232
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,198
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,264
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
$36,430
Kept after tax
$30,232
Worth in national money
$31,264
State rank
45
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $36,430. That is 45 of 45 states, and about 23.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Georgia publishes, this job lands at 432. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,430 you keep $30,232, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $31,264 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,070, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For automotive glass installers and repairers, Georgia sits in the lower band at $36,430, ranking 45 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 23.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Georgia, this work ranks 432 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for automotive glass installers and repairers on $36,430 is $30,232. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $31,264 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 $40,070 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,290 |
| This salary | $36,430 |
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 | $30,232 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,452 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,101 |
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 | $34,913 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,332 |
| 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 glass installers and repairers in Georgia earn under $36,430 and half over. The published range runs $29,760 at the tenth percentile to $52,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,232 take-home in Georgia comes from $36,430. 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 432 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,264, the adjusted value of that $36,430 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 432 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive glass installers and repairers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,760 to $52,290; 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 $30,232, from $36,430, 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 432 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $31,264 — the adjusted value of that $36,430 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 432 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $40,070, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,760 at the bottom tenth to $52,290 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 $31,264 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Georgia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $30,232 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $40,070. 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 ($29,760 to $52,290) 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 $31,264 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 $30,232 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.