Editors in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,527
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$17,123
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,559
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
$76,650
Kept after tax
$59,527
Worth in national money
$61,559
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for editors. The middle earner takes $76,650, which ranks 11 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 1.63% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Editors ranks 132 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $76,650 you keep $59,527, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,559 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $80,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 11 of 50 states publishing a median for editors, at $76,650 — about 1.63% 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.
- Position 132 of 492 in Georgia places editors 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 editors on $76,650 is $59,527. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,559 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 $80,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Editors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,000 |
| This salary | $76,650 |
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 | $59,527 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,753 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,018 |
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 | $72,064 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,169 |
| 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 editors in Georgia earn under $76,650 and half over. The published range runs $46,080 at the tenth percentile to $124,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,527 take-home in Georgia comes from $76,650. 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 132 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,559, the adjusted value of that $76,650 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 132 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for editors in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,080 to $124,000; 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 $59,527, from $76,650, 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 132 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $61,559 — the adjusted value of that $76,650 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 132 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 $80,920, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,080 and the top tenth $124,000 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,559 in national terms.
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 $59,527.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $80,920. 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 ($46,080) and the ninetieth ($124,000) 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 $61,559 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 $59,527 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.