Computer and Information Systems Managers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$122,073
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$51,867
29.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$126,240
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
$173,940
Kept after tax
$122,073
Worth in national money
$126,240
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Georgia pays this job a middle wage of $173,940, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 0.69% above the national middle.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 6 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $173,940 you keep $122,073 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $126,240 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $187,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia's median for computer and information systems managers is $173,940, about 0.69% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, computer and information systems managers sits 6 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 $122,073 after the full tax stack, from $173,940. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $126,240 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $187,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $119,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $173,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $279,640 |
| This salary | $173,940 |
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 | $122,073 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $130,154 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,697 |
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 | $162,117 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,944 |
| 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 computer and information systems managers in Georgia earn under $173,940 and half over. The published range runs $119,110 at the tenth percentile to $279,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $122,073 take-home in Georgia comes from $173,940. 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 6 of 492.
- Two cautions on $126,240, the adjusted value of that $173,940 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 6 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer and information systems managers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $119,110 to $279,640; 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 $122,073, from $173,940, 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 6 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $126,240 adjusted figure, worked from $173,940, 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 6 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 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 $187,100 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 $119,110 and the top tenth $279,640 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $126,240.
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, $122,073 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 $187,100. 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 ($119,110) and the ninetieth ($279,640) 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 $126,240 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 $122,073 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.