Helpers--Carpenters in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,043
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$7,117
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,171
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
$40,160
Kept after tax
$33,043
Worth in national money
$34,171
State rank
28
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 28 of 47 states for helpers--carpenters, with a middle wage of $40,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--carpenters ranks 397. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,160 you keep $33,043 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,171 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $39,280.
- Georgia ranks 28 of 47 for helpers--carpenters at $40,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, helpers--carpenters ranks 397 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $33,043 after the full tax stack, from $40,160. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,171 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,280 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Helpers--Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,620 |
| This salary | $40,160 |
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 | $33,043 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,449 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,279 |
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 | $38,411 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,546 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,160 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $27,890 and the ninetieth is $45,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $33,043, worked from $40,160. 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 397 of 492.
- Two cautions on $34,171, the adjusted value of that $40,160 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 397 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $40,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $27,890 to $45,620. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Georgia take-home of $33,043, on $40,160 for work ranking 397 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 397 of 492 in the state.
- This $34,171 adjusted figure, worked from $40,160, 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 397 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 397 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,890 at the bottom tenth to $45,620 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Georgia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $34,171 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Georgia then takes its own share, leaving $33,043.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,890 to $45,620) 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 $34,171 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 $33,043 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.