Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,675
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$9,285
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,029
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
$48,960
Kept after tax
$39,675
Worth in national money
$41,029
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $48,960, ranking 25 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 291 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,960 you keep $39,675, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,029 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $50,130, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for hazardous materials removal workers: a median of $48,960, ranking 25 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 291 of 492 in Georgia places hazardous materials removal workers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for hazardous materials removal workers on $48,960 is $39,675. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,029 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $50,130 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,170 |
| This salary | $48,960 |
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 | $39,675 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,519 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,697 |
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 | $46,665 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,052 |
| 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 hazardous materials removal workers in Georgia earn under $48,960 and half over. The published range runs $35,640 at the tenth percentile to $61,170 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 $39,675, worked from $48,960. 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 291 of 492.
- Two cautions on $41,029, the adjusted value of that $48,960 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 291 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for hazardous materials removal workers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,640 to $61,170; 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 $39,675, on $48,960 for work ranking 291 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 291 of 492 in the state.
- This $41,029 adjusted figure, worked from $48,960, 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 291 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 291 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,640 at the bottom tenth to $61,170 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,029.
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, $39,675 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,640 to $61,170) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Georgia rather than a national figure.
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 $41,029 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 $39,675 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.