Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,641
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$7,639
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,824
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
$42,280
Kept after tax
$34,641
Worth in national money
$35,824
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays this job a middle wage of $42,280, 42 of 49 states and about 9.43% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 383. 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 $42,280 you keep $34,641, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,824 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $43,820, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia's $42,280 median for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters places it 42 of 49 states, about 9.43% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ranks 383 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 cabinetmakers and bench carpenters on $42,280 is $34,641. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,824 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 $43,820 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,610 |
| This salary | $42,280 |
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 | $34,641 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,152 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,379 |
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 | $40,400 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,668 |
| 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 $42,280. The published range is $30,930 up to $58,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,641 take-home in Georgia comes from $42,280. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 383 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,824, the adjusted value of that $42,280 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 383 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,930 to $58,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,641, from $42,280, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 383 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $35,824 — the adjusted value of that $42,280 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 383 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 $43,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,930 and the top tenth $58,610, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $35,824 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 $34,641 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $43,820. 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 ($30,930 to $58,610) 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 $35,824 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 $34,641 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.