Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,959
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$21,061
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,244
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
$88,020
Kept after tax
$66,959
Worth in national money
$69,244
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 18 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $88,020. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, this job comes in at 90 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $88,020 the take-home is $66,959; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $69,244 would nationally. The average comes to $106,450, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 18 of 49 for biological science teachers, postsecondary at $88,020. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Biological science teachers, postsecondary ranks 90 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.
- Post-tax income for biological science teachers, postsecondary in Georgia, on $88,020, is $66,959 — equivalent to $69,244 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 $106,450 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,430 |
| This salary | $88,020 |
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 | $66,959 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,752 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,564 |
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 | $82,628 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,924 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $88,020 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $55,840 and the ninetieth is $170,430 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $66,959, from $88,020, 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 90 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,244 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 90.
- The Georgia median of $88,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $55,840 to $170,430. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $66,959 from $88,020. 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 90 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,244, worked from $88,020, 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 90 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 $106,450, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $55,840 at the bottom tenth to $170,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $69,244 in national terms.
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 $66,959 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $106,450. 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 ($55,840) and the ninetieth ($170,430) 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 $69,244 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 $66,959 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.