Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,221
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$12,079
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,867
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
$60,300
Kept after tax
$48,221
Worth in national money
$49,867
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,300, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 1.69% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 219 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,300 the take-home is $48,221; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,867 would nationally. The average lands at $59,280, below the middle of the range.
- Georgia ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare, at $60,300 — about 1.69% 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 219 of 492 in Georgia places education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare 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.
- Post-tax income for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare in Georgia, on $60,300, is $48,221 — equivalent to $49,867 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $59,280 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,830 |
| This salary | $60,300 |
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 | $48,221 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,631 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,236 |
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 | $57,300 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,704 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,300 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,580 and the ninetieth is $76,830 — 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 $48,221, worked from $60,300. 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 219 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,867, the adjusted value of that $60,300 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 219 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $60,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,580 to $76,830. 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 $48,221, on $60,300 for work ranking 219 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 219 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $49,867 — the adjusted value of that $60,300 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 219 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,580 and the top tenth $76,830, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $49,867.
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 $48,221 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,580 to $76,830) 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 $49,867 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 $48,221 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.