Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,274
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$11,116
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,820
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
$56,390
Kept after tax
$45,274
Worth in national money
$46,820
State rank
43
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 $56,390. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 7.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 244 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $56,390 you keep $45,274, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,820 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $57,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers, Georgia sits in the lower band at $56,390, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers ranks 244 of 492 occupations in Georgia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers on $56,390 is $45,274. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,820 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 $57,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,130 |
| This salary | $56,390 |
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 | $45,274 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,489 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,050 |
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 | $53,633 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,479 |
| 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 heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in Georgia earn under $56,390 and half over. The published range runs $36,990 at the tenth percentile to $79,130 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $45,274 take-home in Georgia comes from $56,390. 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 244 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,820, the adjusted value of that $56,390 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 244 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,990 to $79,130; 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.
- Retained pay of $45,274, from $56,390, 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 244 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $46,820 — the adjusted value of that $56,390 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 244 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,990, the highest tenth $79,130, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $46,820 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $45,274 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,990) and the ninetieth ($79,130) 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 $46,820 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 $45,274 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.