First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,763
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$17,247
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,803
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
$77,010
Kept after tax
$59,763
Worth in national money
$61,803
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $77,010. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 3.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 129 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $77,010 you keep $59,763 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $61,803 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $80,610, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, Georgia sits in the lower band at $77,010, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 129 of 492 in Georgia places first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $59,763 after the full tax stack, from $77,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $61,803 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $80,610 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,300 |
| This salary | $77,010 |
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 | $59,763 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,007 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,036 |
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 | $72,399 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,193 |
| 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 $77,010. The published range is $47,840 up to $122,300, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $59,763, from $77,010, 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 129 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,803, the adjusted value of that $77,010 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 129 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,840 to $122,300. 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 $59,763 from $77,010. 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 129 of 492 locally.
- This $61,803 adjusted figure, worked from $77,010, 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 129 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 129 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 $80,610 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,840 and the top tenth $122,300 — 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 $61,803 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 $59,763.
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 $80,610. 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 ($47,840) and the ninetieth ($122,300) 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 $61,803 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 $59,763 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.