Network and Computer Systems Administrators in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,939
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$24,231
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,429
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
$97,170
Kept after tax
$72,939
Worth in national money
$75,429
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays this job around $97,170 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 73 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $97,170 you keep $72,939, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $75,429 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $101,590, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For network and computer systems administrators the Georgia median is $97,170, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Georgia, network and computer systems administrators ranks 73 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for network and computer systems administrators on $97,170 is $72,939. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $75,429 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $101,590 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Network and Computer Systems Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,700 |
| This salary | $97,170 |
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 | $72,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,189 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,004 |
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 | $91,129 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,531 |
| 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 $97,170. The published range is $62,470 up to $148,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $72,939, worked from $97,170. 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 73 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,429, the adjusted value of that $97,170 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 73 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for network and computer systems administrators in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,470 to $148,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $72,939, on $97,170 for work ranking 73 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 73 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $75,429 — the adjusted value of that $97,170 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 73 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 $101,590 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $62,470, the highest tenth $148,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $75,429.
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, $72,939 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $101,590. 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 ($62,470) and the ninetieth ($148,700) 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 $75,429 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 $72,939 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.