Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,808
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$9,002
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,133
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
$47,810
Kept after tax
$38,808
Worth in national money
$40,133
State rank
31
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 31 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,810. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 314 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $47,810 you keep $38,808, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,133 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 31 of 48 for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall at $47,810. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 314 of 492 in Georgia places insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall on $47,810 is $38,808. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,133 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 $55,570 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,130 |
| This salary | $47,810 |
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 | $38,808 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,642 |
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 | $45,586 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,986 |
| 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 $47,810. The published range is $35,730 up to $95,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $38,808, from $47,810, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 314 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,133, the adjusted value of that $47,810 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 314 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,730 to $95,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,808 from $47,810. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 314 of 492 locally.
- This $40,133 adjusted figure, worked from $47,810, 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 314 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 314 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $55,570, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,730 and the top tenth $95,130 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $40,133 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,808.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $55,570. 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 ($35,730) and the ninetieth ($95,130) 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 $40,133 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 $38,808 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.