Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,016
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$7,434
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,177
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
$41,450
Kept after tax
$34,016
Worth in national money
$35,177
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $41,450, ranking 32 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Georgia, this one sits low: 391 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $41,450 you keep $34,016 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $35,177 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $41,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for interviewers, except eligibility and loan: a median of $41,450, ranking 32 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Interviewers, except eligibility and loan occupies position 391 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $34,016 after the full tax stack, from $41,450. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,177 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,470 |
| This salary | $41,450 |
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 | $34,016 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,485 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,340 |
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 | $39,621 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,621 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,450 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,940 and the ninetieth is $56,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $34,016 take-home in Georgia comes from $41,450. 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 391 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,177, the adjusted value of that $41,450 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 391 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $41,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,940 to $56,470. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $34,016, from $41,450, 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 391 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $35,177 — the adjusted value of that $41,450 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 391 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $23,940 and the top tenth $56,470 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $35,177.
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, $34,016 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($23,940) and the ninetieth ($56,470) 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 $35,177 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 $34,016 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.