Database Architects in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,252
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$39,248
28.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,674
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
$139,500
Kept after tax
$100,252
Worth in national money
$103,674
State rank
15
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for database architects. The median is $139,500, ranking 15 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, database architects ranks 16 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $139,500 you keep $100,252 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $103,674 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $144,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for database architects: a median of $139,500, ranking 15 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, database architects sits 16 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 $100,252 after the full tax stack, from $139,500. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $103,674 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $144,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $102,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $139,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $187,410 |
| This salary | $139,500 |
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 | $100,252 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $106,614 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,039 |
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 | $130,192 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,586 |
| 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 $139,500. The published range is $102,400 up to $187,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $100,252, from $139,500, 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 16 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $103,674 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 16.
- Reported values are medians; for database architects in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $102,400 to $187,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $100,252 from $139,500. 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 16 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $103,674, worked from $139,500, 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 16 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 $144,970, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $102,400 at the tenth percentile, $187,410 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 $103,674 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 $100,252 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 $144,970. 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 ($102,400 to $187,410) 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 $103,674 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 $100,252 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.