Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,275
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$13,405
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,060
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
$65,680
Kept after tax
$52,275
Worth in national money
$54,060
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $65,680, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 4.79% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 181 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,680 the take-home is $52,275; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,060 would nationally. The average comes to $69,870, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for kindergarten teachers, except special education, at $65,680 — about 4.79% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Kindergarten teachers, except special education ranks 181 of 492 occupations in Georgia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for kindergarten teachers, except special education in Georgia, on $65,680, is $52,275 — equivalent to $54,060 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 $69,870 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,070 |
| This salary | $65,680 |
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 | $52,275 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,954 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,492 |
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 | $62,346 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,013 |
| 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 kindergarten teachers, except special education in Georgia earn under $65,680 and half over. The published range runs $48,610 at the tenth percentile to $95,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $52,275, worked from $65,680. 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 181 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,060 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 181.
- Figures are distribution medians for kindergarten teachers, except special education in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,610 to $95,070; 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.
- The Georgia take-home of $52,275, on $65,680 for work ranking 181 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 181 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,060, worked from $65,680, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 181 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 $69,870 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,610 at the tenth percentile, $95,070 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,060.
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 $52,275 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 50 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 $69,870. 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 ($48,610 to $95,070) 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 $54,060 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 $52,275 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.