Financial Managers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$117,543
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$49,247
29.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$121,555
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
$166,790
Kept after tax
$117,543
Worth in national money
$121,555
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for financial managers. The middle earner takes $166,790, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 0.13% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, financial managers comes in at 7 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $166,790 you keep $117,543 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $121,555 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $182,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for financial managers, at $166,790 — about 0.13% 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.
- Financial managers ranks 7 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 $117,543 after the full tax stack, from $166,790. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $121,555 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $182,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Financial Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $94,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $166,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $315,890 |
| This salary | $166,790 |
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 | $117,543 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $125,267 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,353 |
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 | $155,489 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,454 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $166,790 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $94,040 and the ninetieth is $315,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $117,543, from $166,790, 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 7 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $121,555 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 7.
- The Georgia median of $166,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $94,040 to $315,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $117,543 from $166,790. 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 7 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $121,555, worked from $166,790, 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 7 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 $182,920, 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 $94,040 at the bottom tenth to $315,890 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $121,555 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $117,543.
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 $182,920. 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 ($94,040) and the ninetieth ($315,890) 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 $121,555 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 $117,543 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.