Millwrights in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,075
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$12,685
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,784
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
$62,760
Kept after tax
$50,075
Worth in national money
$51,784
State rank
31
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for millwrights. The median is $62,760, ranking 31 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Georgia reports figures for, this is number 199.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,760 the take-home is $50,075; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,784 would nationally. The average comes to $63,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for millwrights: a median of $62,760, ranking 31 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Georgia's occupational distribution, millwrights sits at 199 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for millwrights in Georgia, on $62,760, is $50,075 — equivalent to $51,784 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 $63,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,980 |
| This salary | $62,760 |
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 | $50,075 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,608 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,353 |
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 | $59,608 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,846 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,760 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,450 and the ninetieth is $78,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,075 take-home in Georgia comes from $62,760. 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 199 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,784, the adjusted value of that $62,760 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 199 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $62,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,450 to $78,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $50,075, from $62,760, 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 199 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $51,784 — the adjusted value of that $62,760 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 199 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,450 at the bottom tenth to $78,980 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $51,784.
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 $50,075.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,450 to $78,980) 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 $51,784 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 $50,075 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.