Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,418
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,912
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,525
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
$39,330
Kept after tax
$32,418
Worth in national money
$33,525
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 19 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $39,330. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 406. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,330 you keep $32,418 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,525 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $38,670.
- Georgia ranks 19 of 50 for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers at $39,330. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ranks 406 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $32,418 after the full tax stack, from $39,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,525 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $38,670 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,800 |
| This salary | $39,330 |
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 | $32,418 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,782 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,239 |
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 | $37,633 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,499 |
| 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 meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Georgia earn under $39,330 and half over. The published range runs $30,150 at the tenth percentile to $45,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $32,418, from $39,330, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 406 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,525, the adjusted value of that $39,330 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 406 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,150 to $45,800; 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.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,418 from $39,330. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 406 of 492 locally.
- This $33,525 adjusted figure, worked from $39,330, 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 406 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 406 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,150 at the tenth percentile, $45,800 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Georgia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $33,525 in national terms.
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 $32,418 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,150 to $45,800) 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 $33,525 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 $32,418 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.