Library Assistants, Clerical in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,217
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,193
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,249
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
$36,410
Kept after tax
$30,217
Worth in national money
$31,249
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for library assistants, clerical. The median is $36,410, ranking 25 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: 433 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,410 the take-home is $30,217; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,249 would nationally. The average comes to $36,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for library assistants, clerical: a median of $36,410, ranking 25 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.
- Library assistants, clerical occupies position 433 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 library assistants, clerical in Georgia, on $36,410, is $30,217 — equivalent to $31,249 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 $36,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Library Assistants, Clerical
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,640 |
| This salary | $36,410 |
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 | $30,217 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,435 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,100 |
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 | $34,894 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,331 |
| 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 $36,410. The published range is $28,460 up to $49,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $30,217, worked from $36,410. 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 433 of 492.
- Two cautions on $31,249, the adjusted value of that $36,410 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 433 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for library assistants, clerical in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,460 to $49,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $30,217, on $36,410 for work ranking 433 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 433 of 492 in the state.
- This $31,249 adjusted figure, worked from $36,410, 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 433 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 433 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,460 at the tenth percentile, $49,640 at the ninetieth.
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 $31,249 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 $30,217.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,460 to $49,640) 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 $31,249 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 $30,217 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.