Motorcycle Mechanics in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,221
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$7,829
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,424
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
$43,050
Kept after tax
$35,221
Worth in national money
$36,424
State rank
40
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays motorcycle mechanics a middle wage of $43,050, 40 of 45 states and about 11.38% 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, motorcycle mechanics ranks 378. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $43,050 you keep $35,221 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,424 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $45,950, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia's $43,050 median for motorcycle mechanics places it 40 of 45 states, about 11.38% 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, motorcycle mechanics ranks 378 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 $35,221 after the full tax stack, from $43,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,424 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,950 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Motorcycle Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,900 |
| This salary | $43,050 |
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 | $35,221 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,771 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,416 |
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 | $41,122 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,713 |
| 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 motorcycle mechanics in Georgia earn under $43,050 and half over. The published range runs $32,700 at the tenth percentile to $60,900 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $35,221, worked from $43,050. 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 378 of 492.
- Two cautions on $36,424, the adjusted value of that $43,050 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 378 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for motorcycle mechanics in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,700 to $60,900; 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.
- The Georgia take-home of $35,221, on $43,050 for work ranking 378 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 378 of 492 in the state.
- This $36,424 adjusted figure, worked from $43,050, 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 378 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 378 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $45,950, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,700 and the top tenth $60,900, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $36,424 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $35,221.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $45,950. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,700 to $60,900) 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 $36,424 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 $35,221 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.