Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,318
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$27,612
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,026
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
$106,930
Kept after tax
$79,318
Worth in national money
$82,026
State rank
16
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Georgia pays this job a middle wage of $106,930, ranking 16 of 48 states and sitting about 3.8% above the national middle.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 45 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $106,930 you keep $79,318, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,026 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $98,390, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Georgia's median for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay is $106,930, about 3.8% above the national figure and 16 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay sits 45 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay on $106,930 is $79,318. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,026 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 $98,390 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,440 |
| This salary | $106,930 |
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 | $79,318 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,055 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,473 |
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 | $100,197 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,179 |
| 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 $106,930. The published range is $64,130 up to $124,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $79,318 take-home in Georgia comes from $106,930. 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 45 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,026, the adjusted value of that $106,930 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 45 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,130 to $124,440. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $79,318, from $106,930, 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 45 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $82,026 — the adjusted value of that $106,930 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 45 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 $98,390, 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 — $64,130 at the tenth percentile, $124,440 at the ninetieth.
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 $82,026.
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 $79,318 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $98,390. 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 ($64,130 to $124,440) 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 $82,026 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 $79,318 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.