Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,351
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$15,969
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,309
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
$73,320
Kept after tax
$57,351
Worth in national money
$59,309
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $73,320, ranking 39 of 51 states — about 6% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 147 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $73,320 you keep $57,351, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $59,309 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $75,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 39 of 51 for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators, with a median of $73,320 — about 6% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ranks 147 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators on $73,320 is $57,351. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $59,309 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 $75,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,080 |
| This salary | $73,320 |
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 | $57,351 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,411 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,858 |
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 | $68,971 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,948 |
| 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 $73,320. The published range is $51,000 up to $103,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $57,351, worked from $73,320. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 147 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,309, the adjusted value of that $73,320 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 147 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,000 to $103,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $57,351, on $73,320 for work ranking 147 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 147 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $59,309 — the adjusted value of that $73,320 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 147 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 $75,700, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,000 at the tenth percentile, $103,080 at the ninetieth.
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 $59,309 in national terms.
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 $57,351 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 $75,700. 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 ($51,000 to $103,080) 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 $59,309 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 $57,351 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.