Family Medicine Physicians in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$176,959
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$82,361
31.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$183,000
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
$259,320
Kept after tax
$176,959
Worth in national money
$183,000
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays family medicine physicians around $259,320 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, family medicine physicians comes in at 2 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $259,320 you keep $176,959 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $183,000 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $280,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- For family medicine physicians the Georgia median is $259,320, ranking 23 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Family medicine physicians ranks 2 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $176,959 after the full tax stack, from $259,320. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $183,000 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $280,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $161,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $259,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $438,620 |
| This salary | $259,320 |
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 | $176,959 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $189,301 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,804 |
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 | $240,521 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,472 |
| 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 $259,320. The published range is $161,560 up to $438,620, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $176,959, from $259,320, 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 2 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $183,000, the adjusted value of that $259,320 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 2 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for family medicine physicians in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $161,560 to $438,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $176,959 from $259,320. 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 2 of 492 locally.
- This $183,000 adjusted figure, worked from $259,320, 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 2 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 2 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 $280,870 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 $161,560 at the bottom tenth to $438,620 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $183,000.
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 $176,959.
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 $280,870. 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 ($161,560) and the ninetieth ($438,620) 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 $183,000 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 $176,959 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.