Electricians in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,729
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$11,591
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,324
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
$58,320
Kept after tax
$46,729
Worth in national money
$48,324
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for electricians is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $58,320. That is 47 of 51 states, and about 7.71% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Electricians ranks 229 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $58,320 you keep $46,729, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $48,324 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For electricians, Georgia sits in the lower band at $58,320, ranking 47 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.71%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 229 of 492 in Georgia places electricians 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 electricians on $58,320 is $46,729. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $48,324 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 $61,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,000 |
| This salary | $58,320 |
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 | $46,729 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,040 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,142 |
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 | $55,443 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,590 |
| 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 electricians in Georgia earn under $58,320 and half over. The published range runs $37,180 at the tenth percentile to $84,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,729 take-home in Georgia comes from $58,320. 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 229 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,324 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 229.
- Figures are distribution medians for electricians in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,180 to $84,000; 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 $46,729, from $58,320, 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 229 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,324, worked from $58,320, 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 229 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 $61,090, 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 $37,180 and the top tenth $84,000 — 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 $48,324 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Georgia's own levy, $46,729 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $61,090. 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 ($37,180) and the ninetieth ($84,000) 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 $48,324 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 $46,729 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.