Bill and Account Collectors in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,670
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,630
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,956
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
$46,300
Kept after tax
$37,670
Worth in national money
$38,956
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for bill and account collectors. The median is $46,300, 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. Bill and account collectors ranks 341 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,300 you keep $37,670 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,956 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,940, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for bill and account collectors: a median of $46,300, 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 341 of 492 in Georgia places bill and account collectors 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $37,670 after the full tax stack, from $46,300. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,956 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,940 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bill and Account Collectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,050 |
| This salary | $46,300 |
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 | $37,670 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,382 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,571 |
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 | $44,170 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,899 |
| 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 $46,300. The published range is $32,000 up to $62,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $37,670, from $46,300, 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 341 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $38,956, the adjusted value of that $46,300 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 341 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for bill and account collectors in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,000 to $62,050. 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 $37,670 from $46,300. 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 341 of 492 locally.
- This $38,956 adjusted figure, worked from $46,300, 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 341 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 341 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,000 at the tenth percentile, $62,050 at the ninetieth.
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 $38,956 in national terms.
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 $37,670.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,000 to $62,050) 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 $38,956 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 $37,670 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.