Medical Transcriptionists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,125
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$4,205
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$24,948
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
$28,330
Kept after tax
$24,125
Worth in national money
$24,948
State rank
49
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for medical transcriptionists. The middle earner takes $28,330, ranking 49 of 50 states — about 29.89% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Georgia, this one sits low: 481 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $28,330 you keep $24,125 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $24,948 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $35,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia ranks 49 of 50 for medical transcriptionists, with a median of $28,330 — about 29.89% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Medical transcriptionists occupies position 481 of 492 in Georgia's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $24,125 after the full tax stack, from $28,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $24,948 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $35,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Transcriptionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,750 |
| This salary | $28,330 |
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 | $24,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,940 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$716 |
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 | $27,340 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$845 |
| 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 $28,330. The published range is $24,530 up to $53,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $24,125 take-home in Georgia comes from $28,330. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 481 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $24,948, the adjusted value of that $28,330 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 481 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for medical transcriptionists in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $24,530 to $53,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $24,125, from $28,330, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 481 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 49 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $24,948 — the adjusted value of that $28,330 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 481 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 $35,410, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $24,530, the highest tenth $53,750, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $24,948 in national terms.
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, $24,125 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $35,410. 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 ($24,530) and the ninetieth ($53,750) 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 $24,948 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 $24,125 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.