Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,027
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$12,343
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,701
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
$61,370
Kept after tax
$49,027
Worth in national money
$50,701
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $61,370, ranking 26 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 210 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,370 the take-home is $49,027; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,701 would nationally. The average comes to $64,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists: a median of $61,370, ranking 26 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.
- Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ranks 210 of 492 occupations in Georgia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists in Georgia, on $61,370, is $49,027 — equivalent to $50,701 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 $64,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,260 |
| This salary | $61,370 |
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 | $49,027 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,491 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,287 |
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 | $58,304 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,766 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,370 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,890 and the ninetieth is $85,260 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $49,027, from $61,370, 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 210 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $50,701, the adjusted value of that $61,370 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 210 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $61,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,890 to $85,260. 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 $49,027 from $61,370. 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 210 of 492 locally.
- This $50,701 adjusted figure, worked from $61,370, 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 210 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 210 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $64,230, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,890 at the bottom tenth to $85,260 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 $50,701 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 $49,027 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $64,230. 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 ($45,890 to $85,260) 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 $50,701 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 $49,027 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.