Occupational Therapy Assistants in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,050
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$16,870
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,066
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
$75,920
Kept after tax
$59,050
Worth in national money
$61,066
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $75,920, which ranks 10 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 5.01% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 134 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $75,920 you keep $59,050, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,066 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $72,080, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Georgia ranks 10 of 50 states publishing a median for occupational therapy assistants, at $75,920 — about 5.01% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 134 of 492 in Georgia places occupational therapy assistants 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for occupational therapy assistants on $75,920 is $59,050. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,066 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 $72,080 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,830 |
| This salary | $75,920 |
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 | $59,050 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,240 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,983 |
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 | $71,386 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,121 |
| 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 $75,920. The published range is $55,840 up to $86,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $59,050, from $75,920, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 134 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,066, the adjusted value of that $75,920 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 134 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,840 to $86,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,050 from $75,920. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 134 of 492 locally.
- This $61,066 adjusted figure, worked from $75,920, 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 134 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 134 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 $72,080, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $55,840 at the bottom tenth to $86,830 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 $61,066.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Georgia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $59,050 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $72,080. 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 ($55,840 to $86,830) 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 $61,066 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 $59,050 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.