Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,445
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$7,575
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,621
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
$42,020
Kept after tax
$34,445
Worth in national money
$35,621
State rank
30
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 30 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $42,020. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 384. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $42,020 you keep $34,445, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,621 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $56,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 30 of 47 for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys at $42,020. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys ranks 384 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys on $42,020 is $34,445. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,621 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 $56,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,380 |
| This salary | $42,020 |
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 | $34,445 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,943 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,367 |
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 | $40,156 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,653 |
| 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 broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys in Georgia earn under $42,020 and half over. The published range runs $24,700 at the tenth percentile to $102,380 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $34,445, from $42,020, 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 384 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 $35,621 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 384.
- Figures are distribution medians for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $24,700 to $102,380; 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.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $34,445 from $42,020. 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 384 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,621, worked from $42,020, 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 384 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 $56,950, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $24,700, the highest tenth $102,380, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $35,621 in national terms.
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, $34,445 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $56,950. 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 ($24,700) and the ninetieth ($102,380) 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 $35,621 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 $34,445 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.