Carpet Installers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,148
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$9,112
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,484
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
$48,260
Kept after tax
$39,148
Worth in national money
$40,484
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for carpet installers is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $48,260. That is 31 of 45 states, and about 4.13% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Georgia reports figures for, this is number 305.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,260 the take-home is $39,148; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,484 would nationally. The average comes to $50,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For carpet installers, Georgia sits in the lower band at $48,260, ranking 31 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 4.13%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Georgia's occupational distribution, carpet installers sits at 305 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for carpet installers in Georgia, on $48,260, is $39,148 — equivalent to $40,484 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 $50,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,670 |
| This salary | $48,260 |
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 | $39,148 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,957 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,664 |
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 | $46,008 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,012 |
| 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 carpet installers in Georgia earn under $48,260 and half over. The published range runs $34,340 at the tenth percentile to $72,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,148 take-home in Georgia comes from $48,260. 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 305 of 492.
- Two cautions on $40,484, the adjusted value of that $48,260 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 305 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for carpet installers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,340 to $72,670; 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.
- Retained pay of $39,148, from $48,260, 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 305 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 45 for it.
- This $40,484 adjusted figure, worked from $48,260, 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 305 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 305 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 $50,860, 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 $34,340 at the bottom tenth to $72,670 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 $40,484 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, $39,148 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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $50,860. 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 ($34,340) and the ninetieth ($72,670) 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 $40,484 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 $39,148 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.