Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,338
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$27,622
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,046
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
$106,960
Kept after tax
$79,338
Worth in national money
$82,046
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 19 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $106,960. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 44 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $106,960 you keep $79,338 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,046 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $153,130, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia ranks 19 of 50 for health specialties teachers, postsecondary at $106,960. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, health specialties teachers, postsecondary sits 44 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $79,338 after the full tax stack, from $106,960. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,046 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $153,130 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $367,270 |
| This salary | $106,960 |
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 | $79,338 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,076 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,474 |
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 | $100,224 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,180 |
| 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 $106,960. The published range is $62,780 up to $367,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $79,338, worked from $106,960. 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 44 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,046 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 44.
- Reported values are medians; for health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,780 to $367,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $79,338, on $106,960 for work ranking 44 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 44 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,046, worked from $106,960, 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 44 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 $153,130 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 $62,780 and the top tenth $367,270 — 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 $82,046.
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 $79,338 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $153,130. 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 ($62,780) and the ninetieth ($367,270) 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 $82,046 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 $79,338 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.