Commercial Pilots in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$103,800
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$41,300
28.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$107,344
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
$145,100
Kept after tax
$103,800
Worth in national money
$107,344
State rank
7
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for commercial pilots. The middle earner takes $145,100, which ranks 7 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 17.76% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 15 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $145,100 you keep $103,800, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $107,344 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $147,610, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 7 of 48 states publishing a median for commercial pilots, at $145,100 — about 17.76% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Georgia, commercial pilots ranks 15 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for commercial pilots on $145,100 is $103,800. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $107,344 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 $147,610 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Commercial Pilots
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $145,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $247,410 |
| This salary | $145,100 |
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 | $103,800 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $110,442 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,309 |
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 | $135,383 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,970 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $145,100 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $53,010 and the ninetieth is $247,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $103,800, worked from $145,100. 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 15 of 492.
- Two cautions on $107,344, the adjusted value of that $145,100 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 15 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $145,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $53,010 to $247,410. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Georgia take-home of $103,800, on $145,100 for work ranking 15 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 15 of 492 in the state.
- This $107,344 adjusted figure, worked from $145,100, 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 15 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 15 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $53,010, the highest tenth $247,410, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $107,344 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Georgia then takes its own share, leaving $103,800.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($53,010) and the ninetieth ($247,410) 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 $107,344 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 $103,800 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.