First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,547
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$15,013
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,443
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
$70,560
Kept after tax
$55,547
Worth in national money
$57,443
State rank
4
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 $70,560, ranking 4 of 48 states and sitting about 18.95% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Georgia reports figures for, this is number 160.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $70,560 the take-home is $55,547; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,443 would nationally. The average comes to $71,200, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia's median for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers is $70,560, about 18.95% above the national figure and 4 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.
- In Georgia's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers sits at 160 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Georgia, on $70,560, is $55,547 — equivalent to $57,443 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 $71,200 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,560 |
| This salary | $70,560 |
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 | $55,547 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,469 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,726 |
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 | $66,418 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,765 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Georgia earn under $70,560 and half over. The published range runs $42,800 at the tenth percentile to $98,560 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $55,547, worked from $70,560. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 160 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,443 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 160.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,800 to $98,560; 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.
- The Georgia take-home of $55,547, on $70,560 for work ranking 160 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 160 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,443, worked from $70,560, 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 160 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,800 at the bottom tenth to $98,560 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 $57,443.
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, $55,547 remains.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($42,800) and the ninetieth ($98,560) 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 $57,443 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 $55,547 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.