Health Education Specialists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,397
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$25,003
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,936
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
$99,400
Kept after tax
$74,397
Worth in national money
$76,936
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for health education specialists is strong here. Georgia's middle earner gets $99,400, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 55.14% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, health education specialists ranks 68 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,400 the take-home is $74,397; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $76,936 would nationally. The average comes to $102,140, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For health education specialists, Georgia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $99,400, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 55.14% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, health education specialists sits 68 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for health education specialists in Georgia, on $99,400, is $74,397 — equivalent to $76,936 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 $102,140 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Education Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $153,630 |
| This salary | $99,400 |
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 | $74,397 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,758 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,111 |
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 | $93,201 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,679 |
| 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 $99,400. The published range is $51,800 up to $153,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $74,397 take-home in Georgia comes from $99,400. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 68 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,936 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 68.
- Reported values are medians; for health education specialists in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,800 to $153,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $74,397, from $99,400, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 68 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,936, worked from $99,400, 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 68 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,800 and the top tenth $153,630 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $76,936.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Georgia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $74,397 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,800) and the ninetieth ($153,630) 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 $76,936 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 $74,397 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.