Curators in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,344
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$11,466
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,926
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
$57,810
Kept after tax
$46,344
Worth in national money
$47,926
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays curators a middle wage of $57,810, 34 of 49 states and about 8.85% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Curators ranks 236 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $57,810 you keep $46,344, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $47,926 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $63,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia's $57,810 median for curators places it 34 of 49 states, about 8.85% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 236 of 492 in Georgia places curators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for curators on $57,810 is $46,344. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $47,926 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 $63,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Curators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,820 |
| This salary | $57,810 |
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 | $46,344 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,630 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,118 |
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 | $54,965 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,561 |
| 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 curators in Georgia earn under $57,810 and half over. The published range runs $38,590 at the tenth percentile to $96,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $46,344, worked from $57,810. 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 236 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,926 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 236.
- Figures are distribution medians for curators in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,590 to $96,820; 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.
- The Georgia take-home of $46,344, on $57,810 for work ranking 236 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 236 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,926, worked from $57,810, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 236 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 $63,350, 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 $38,590 at the bottom tenth to $96,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $47,926 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 $46,344.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $63,350. 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 ($38,590) and the ninetieth ($96,820) 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 $47,926 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 $46,344 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.