Parking Attendants in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,603
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$4,357
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,443
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
$28,960
Kept after tax
$24,603
Worth in national money
$25,443
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for parking attendants. The middle earner takes $28,960, ranking 47 of 51 states — about 17.61% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Georgia, this one sits low: 477 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $28,960 the take-home is $24,603; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $25,443 would nationally. The average comes to $28,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 47 of 51 for parking attendants, with a median of $28,960 — about 17.61% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Parking attendants occupies position 477 of 492 in Georgia's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for parking attendants in Georgia, on $28,960, is $24,603 — equivalent to $25,443 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 $28,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,460 |
| This salary | $28,960 |
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 | $24,603 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,449 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$746 |
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 | $27,921 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$892 |
| 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 $28,960. The published range is $21,650 up to $36,460, 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 $24,603, worked from $28,960. 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 477 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $25,443 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 477.
- Reported values are medians; for parking attendants in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $21,650 to $36,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $24,603, on $28,960 for work ranking 477 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 477 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $25,443, worked from $28,960, 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 477 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $21,650 at the tenth percentile, $36,460 at the ninetieth.
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 $25,443 in national terms.
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, $24,603 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($21,650 to $36,460) 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 $25,443 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 $24,603 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.