Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,456
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$28,744
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,236
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
$110,200
Kept after tax
$81,456
Worth in national money
$84,236
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $110,200, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 5.36% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, this job comes in at 41 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $110,200 you keep $81,456, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,236 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $139,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for education administrators, postsecondary, at $110,200 — about 5.36% 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.
- Education administrators, postsecondary ranks 41 of 492 occupations by median in Georgia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for education administrators, postsecondary on $110,200 is $81,456. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,236 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 $139,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $230,780 |
| This salary | $110,200 |
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 | $81,456 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,356 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,630 |
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 | $103,235 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,395 |
| 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 education administrators, postsecondary in Georgia earn under $110,200 and half over. The published range runs $72,910 at the tenth percentile to $230,780 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $81,456, from $110,200, 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 41 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 $84,236 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 41.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, postsecondary in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $72,910 to $230,780; 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.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $81,456 from $110,200. 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 41 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $84,236, worked from $110,200, 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 41 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 $139,230 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $72,910 at the bottom tenth to $230,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $84,236 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 $81,456.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $139,230. 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 ($72,910) and the ninetieth ($230,780) 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 $84,236 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 $81,456 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.