Dental Hygienists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,841
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$23,649
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,293
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
$95,490
Kept after tax
$71,841
Worth in national money
$74,293
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays dental hygienists around $95,490 at the midpoint, 28 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, dental hygienists ranks 81 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $95,490 you keep $71,841, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $74,293 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $91,220, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For dental hygienists the Georgia median is $95,490, ranking 28 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, dental hygienists sits 81 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for dental hygienists on $95,490 is $71,841. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $74,293 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 $91,220 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,650 |
| This salary | $95,490 |
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 | $71,841 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,007 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,923 |
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 | $89,568 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,419 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,490 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $74,610 and the ninetieth is $103,650 — 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 $71,841, worked from $95,490. 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 81 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,293 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 81.
- The Georgia median of $95,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $74,610 to $103,650. 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 $71,841, on $95,490 for work ranking 81 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 81 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,293, worked from $95,490, 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 81 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 $91,220, 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 — $74,610 at the tenth percentile, $103,650 at the ninetieth.
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 $74,293 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $71,841 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $91,220. 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 ($74,610 to $103,650) 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 $74,293 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 $71,841 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.