Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,449
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$20,261
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,683
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
$85,710
Kept after tax
$65,449
Worth in national money
$67,683
State rank
13
of 51 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 $85,710, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 4.24% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, this job comes in at 92 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $85,710 the take-home is $65,449; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,683 would nationally. The average comes to $98,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia's median for environmental scientists and specialists, including health is $85,710, about 4.24% above the national figure and 13 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Environmental scientists and specialists, including health ranks 92 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.
- Post-tax income for environmental scientists and specialists, including health in Georgia, on $85,710, is $65,449 — equivalent to $67,683 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 $98,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,410 |
| This salary | $85,710 |
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 | $65,449 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,127 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,454 |
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 | $80,482 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,770 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $85,710 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,470 and the ninetieth is $162,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $65,449 take-home in Georgia comes from $85,710. 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 92 of 492.
- Two cautions on $67,683, the adjusted value of that $85,710 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 92 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $85,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,470 to $162,410. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $65,449, from $85,710, 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 92 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- This $67,683 adjusted figure, worked from $85,710, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 92 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 92 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $98,480, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,470 at the bottom tenth to $162,410 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 $67,683 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 $65,449.
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 $98,480. 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 ($56,470) and the ninetieth ($162,410) 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 $67,683 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 $65,449 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.