Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,525
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$12,505
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,215
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
$62,030
Kept after tax
$49,525
Worth in national money
$51,215
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $62,030. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 3.68% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 207 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,030 you keep $49,525, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $51,215 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $61,640, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, Georgia sits in the lower band at $62,030, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.68%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 207 of 492 in Georgia places licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 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 licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses on $62,030 is $49,525. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $51,215 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 $61,640 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,690 |
| This salary | $62,030 |
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 | $49,525 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,021 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,318 |
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 | $58,923 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,804 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,030 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,010 and the ninetieth is $76,690 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,525 take-home in Georgia comes from $62,030. 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 207 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,215, the adjusted value of that $62,030 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 207 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $62,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,010 to $76,690. 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 $49,525, from $62,030, 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 207 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $51,215 — the adjusted value of that $62,030 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 207 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,010 and the top tenth $76,690, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $51,215.
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 $49,525 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,010 to $76,690) 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 $51,215 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 $49,525 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.