Chemists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,050
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$22,700
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,441
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
$92,750
Kept after tax
$70,050
Worth in national money
$72,441
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays chemists around $92,750 at the midpoint, 22 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, chemists ranks 84 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $92,750 you keep $70,050 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $72,441 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $96,910, since top earners drag the number up.
- For chemists the Georgia median is $92,750, ranking 22 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, chemists sits 84 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $70,050 after the full tax stack, from $92,750. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $72,441 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $96,910 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Chemists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,870 |
| This salary | $92,750 |
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 | $70,050 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,080 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,792 |
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 | $87,022 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,238 |
| 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 chemists in Georgia earn under $92,750 and half over. The published range runs $56,760 at the tenth percentile to $144,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $70,050, from $92,750, 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 84 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,441, the adjusted value of that $92,750 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 84 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for chemists in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,760 to $144,870; 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 $70,050 from $92,750. 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 84 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $72,441 — the adjusted value of that $92,750 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 84 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $96,910 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $56,760 and the top tenth $144,870 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $72,441 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, $70,050 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $96,910. 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 ($56,760) and the ninetieth ($144,870) 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 $72,441 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 $70,050 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.