Pediatricians, General in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$106,898
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$43,092
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,548
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
$149,990
Kept after tax
$106,898
Worth in national money
$110,548
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pediatricians, general is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $149,990. That is 48 of 49 states, and about 28.59% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, pediatricians, general comes in at 14 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $149,990 you keep $106,898 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $110,548 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $153,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- For pediatricians, general, Georgia sits in the lower band at $149,990, ranking 48 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 28.59%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Pediatricians, general ranks 14 of 492 occupations by median in Georgia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $106,898 after the full tax stack, from $149,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $110,548 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $153,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $149,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $254,560 |
| This salary | $149,990 |
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 | $106,898 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $113,784 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,544 |
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 | $139,916 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,304 |
| 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 pediatricians, general in Georgia earn under $149,990 and half over. The published range runs $87,480 at the tenth percentile to $254,560 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 $106,898, worked from $149,990. 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 14 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $110,548 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 14.
- Figures are distribution medians for pediatricians, general in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $87,480 to $254,560; 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 $106,898, on $149,990 for work ranking 14 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 14 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $110,548, worked from $149,990, 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 14 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $87,480 at the bottom tenth to $254,560 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $110,548.
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 $106,898.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($87,480) and the ninetieth ($254,560) 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 $110,548 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 $106,898 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.