Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,710
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,970
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,032
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
$47,680
Kept after tax
$38,710
Worth in national money
$40,032
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays this job a middle wage of $47,680, 36 of 51 states and about 3.85% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 316 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,680 you keep $38,710 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,032 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,590, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia's $47,680 median for maintenance and repair workers, general places it 36 of 51 states, about 3.85% 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.
- Position 316 of 492 in Georgia places maintenance and repair workers, general 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $38,710 after the full tax stack, from $47,680. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,032 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,590 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,480 |
| This salary | $47,680 |
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 | $38,710 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,491 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,636 |
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 | $45,464 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,979 |
| 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 $47,680. The published range is $33,920 up to $72,480, 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 $38,710, worked from $47,680. 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 316 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,032, the adjusted value of that $47,680 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 316 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for maintenance and repair workers, general in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,920 to $72,480. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $38,710, on $47,680 for work ranking 316 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 316 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $40,032 — the adjusted value of that $47,680 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 316 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $50,590, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $33,920 and the top tenth $72,480 — 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 $40,032.
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 $38,710 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 $50,590. 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 ($33,920) and the ninetieth ($72,480) 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 $40,032 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 $38,710 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.