Biological Scientists, All Other in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,710
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$24,110
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,192
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
$96,820
Kept after tax
$72,710
Worth in national money
$75,192
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for biological scientists, all other is strong here. Georgia's middle earner gets $96,820, putting the state 14 of 50 — about 2.12% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 75 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $96,820 the take-home is $72,710; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $75,192 would nationally. The average lands at $96,510, below the middle of the range.
- For biological scientists, all other, Georgia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $96,820, ranking 14 of 50 and running about 2.12% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Georgia, biological scientists, all other ranks 75 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for biological scientists, all other in Georgia, on $96,820, is $72,710 — equivalent to $75,192 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 $96,510 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Biological Scientists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,570 |
| This salary | $96,820 |
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 | $72,710 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,943 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,987 |
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 | $90,804 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,508 |
| 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 biological scientists, all other in Georgia earn under $96,820 and half over. The published range runs $66,380 at the tenth percentile to $122,570 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 $72,710, worked from $96,820. 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 75 of 492.
- Two cautions on $75,192, the adjusted value of that $96,820 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 75 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological scientists, all other in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,380 to $122,570; 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 $72,710, on $96,820 for work ranking 75 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 75 of 492 in the state.
- This $75,192 adjusted figure, worked from $96,820, 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 75 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 75 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $66,380 at the tenth percentile, $122,570 at the ninetieth.
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 $75,192 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $72,710 remains.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($66,380 to $122,570) 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 $75,192 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 $72,710 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.