Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,469
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,891
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,783
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
$47,360
Kept after tax
$38,469
Worth in national money
$39,783
State rank
29
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 29 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,360. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 324 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,360 the take-home is $38,469; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,783 would nationally. The average comes to $47,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 29 of 49 for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics at $47,360. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics ranks 324 of 492 occupations in Georgia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Georgia, on $47,360, is $38,469 — equivalent to $39,783 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 $47,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,800 |
| This salary | $47,360 |
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 | $38,469 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,234 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,621 |
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 | $45,164 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,960 |
| 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 outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Georgia earn under $47,360 and half over. The published range runs $33,060 at the tenth percentile to $62,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,469 take-home in Georgia comes from $47,360. 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 324 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,783 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 324.
- Figures are distribution medians for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,060 to $62,800; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,469, from $47,360, 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 324 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,783, worked from $47,360, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 324 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,060 and the top tenth $62,800, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $39,783 in national terms.
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 $38,469 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 ($33,060 to $62,800) 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 $39,783 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 $38,469 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.