Helpers--Production Workers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,119
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,161
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,148
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
$36,280
Kept after tax
$30,119
Worth in national money
$31,148
State rank
44
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for helpers--production workers. The middle earner takes $36,280, ranking 44 of 49 states — about 7.14% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Georgia, this one sits low: 434 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,280 the take-home is $30,119; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,148 would nationally. The average comes to $38,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 44 of 49 for helpers--production workers, with a median of $36,280 — about 7.14% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Helpers--production workers occupies position 434 of 492 in Georgia's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for helpers--production workers in Georgia, on $36,280, is $30,119 — equivalent to $31,148 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 $38,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Helpers--Production Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,100 |
| This salary | $36,280 |
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 | $30,119 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,331 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,094 |
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 | $34,772 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,323 |
| 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 helpers--production workers in Georgia earn under $36,280 and half over. The published range runs $28,470 at the tenth percentile to $50,100 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,119 take-home in Georgia comes from $36,280. 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 434 of 492.
- Two cautions on $31,148, the adjusted value of that $36,280 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 434 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--production workers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,470 to $50,100; 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 $30,119, from $36,280, 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 434 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 49 for it.
- This $31,148 adjusted figure, worked from $36,280, 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 434 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 434 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 $38,260 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,470 and the top tenth $50,100, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $31,148 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $30,119 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $38,260. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,470 to $50,100) 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 $31,148 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 $30,119 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.