Medical Equipment Repairers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,215
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$9,135
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,554
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
$48,350
Kept after tax
$39,215
Worth in national money
$40,554
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays medical equipment repairers a middle wage of $48,350, 45 of 51 states and about 21.59% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment repairers ranks 301 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,350 the take-home is $39,215; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,554 would nationally. The average comes to $53,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia's $48,350 median for medical equipment repairers places it 45 of 51 states, about 21.59% 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 301 of 492 in Georgia places medical equipment repairers 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.
- Post-tax income for medical equipment repairers in Georgia, on $48,350, is $39,215 — equivalent to $40,554 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $53,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,820 |
| This salary | $48,350 |
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 | $39,215 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,668 |
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 | $46,093 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,017 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,350 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,280 and the ninetieth is $76,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $39,215, worked from $48,350. 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 301 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,554, the adjusted value of that $48,350 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 301 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $48,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,280 to $76,820. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Georgia take-home of $39,215, on $48,350 for work ranking 301 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 301 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $40,554 — the adjusted value of that $48,350 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 301 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 $53,600 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 $37,280 at the bottom tenth to $76,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $40,554.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Georgia's own levy, $39,215 remains.
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.
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 $53,600. 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 ($37,280) and the ninetieth ($76,820) 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 $40,554 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 $39,215 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.