Medical Assistants in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,129
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$7,471
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,294
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
$41,600
Kept after tax
$34,129
Worth in national money
$35,294
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays medical assistants a middle wage of $41,600, 36 of 51 states and about 8.95% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, medical assistants ranks 388. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $41,600 you keep $34,129 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $35,294 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $42,590, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia's $41,600 median for medical assistants places it 36 of 51 states, about 8.95% 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.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, medical assistants ranks 388 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 $34,129 after the full tax stack, from $41,600. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,294 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,590 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,430 |
| This salary | $41,600 |
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 | $34,129 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,606 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,347 |
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 | $39,762 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,629 |
| 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 $41,600. The published range is $34,270 up to $51,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $34,129, from $41,600, 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 388 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $35,294, the adjusted value of that $41,600 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 388 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical assistants in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,270 to $51,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $34,129 from $41,600. 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 388 of 492 locally.
- This $35,294 adjusted figure, worked from $41,600, 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 388 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 388 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,270 and the top tenth $51,430, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $35,294 in national terms.
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 $34,129.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,270 to $51,430) 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 $35,294 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 $34,129 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.