Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,772
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$11,278
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,334
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
$57,050
Kept after tax
$45,772
Worth in national money
$47,334
State rank
36
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 $57,050. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 2.71% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Georgia reports figures for, this is number 241.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,050 you keep $45,772 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $47,334 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $57,780, since top earners drag the number up.
- For heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, Georgia sits in the lower band at $57,050, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 2.71%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Georgia's occupational distribution, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers sits at 241 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $45,772 after the full tax stack, from $57,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,334 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,780 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,900 |
| This salary | $57,050 |
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 | $45,772 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,020 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,081 |
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 | $54,252 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,517 |
| 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 $57,050. The published range is $38,150 up to $77,900, 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 $45,772, worked from $57,050. 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 241 of 492.
- Two cautions on $47,334, the adjusted value of that $57,050 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 241 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,150 to $77,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $45,772, on $57,050 for work ranking 241 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 241 of 492 in the state.
- This $47,334 adjusted figure, worked from $57,050, 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 241 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 241 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,150 at the tenth percentile, $77,900 at the ninetieth.
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 $47,334 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, $45,772 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 ($38,150 to $77,900) 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 $47,334 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 $45,772 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.