Lodging Managers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,794
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$12,266
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,459
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
$61,060
Kept after tax
$48,794
Worth in national money
$50,459
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays lodging managers a middle wage of $61,060, 43 of 51 states and about 11.83% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Georgia reports figures for, this is number 213.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,060 you keep $48,794, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $50,459 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $72,240, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia's $61,060 median for lodging managers places it 43 of 51 states, about 11.83% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Georgia's occupational distribution, lodging managers sits at 213 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for lodging managers on $61,060 is $48,794. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $50,459 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 $72,240 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,360 |
| This salary | $61,060 |
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 | $48,794 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,272 |
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 | $58,013 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,748 |
| 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 lodging managers in Georgia earn under $61,060 and half over. The published range runs $41,600 at the tenth percentile to $125,360 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 $48,794, worked from $61,060. 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 213 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,459, the adjusted value of that $61,060 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 213 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for lodging managers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,600 to $125,360; 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 $48,794, on $61,060 for work ranking 213 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 213 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $50,459 — the adjusted value of that $61,060 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 213 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 $72,240 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $41,600 at the bottom tenth to $125,360 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $50,459 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $48,794 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.
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 $72,240. 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 ($41,600) and the ninetieth ($125,360) 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 $50,459 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 $48,794 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.