Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$21,649
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$3,481
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$22,388
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
$25,130
Kept after tax
$21,649
Worth in national money
$22,388
State rank
44
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays this job a middle wage of $25,130, 44 of 46 states and about 39.59% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 489. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $25,130 you keep $21,649 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $22,388 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $28,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia's $25,130 median for personal care and service workers, all other places it 44 of 46 states, about 39.59% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, personal care and service workers, all other ranks 489 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $21,649 after the full tax stack, from $25,130. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $22,388 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $28,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $17,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $25,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,240 |
| This salary | $25,130 |
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 | $21,649 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $22,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$565 |
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 | $24,334 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$666 |
| 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 $25,130. The published range is $17,330 up to $42,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $21,649, from $25,130, 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 489 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $22,388, the adjusted value of that $25,130 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 489 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for personal care and service workers, all other in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $17,330 to $42,240. 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 $21,649 from $25,130. 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 489 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $22,388 — the adjusted value of that $25,130 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 489 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $28,810, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $17,330 at the bottom tenth to $42,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $22,388 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 $21,649 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $28,810. 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 ($17,330) and the ninetieth ($42,240) 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 $22,388 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 $21,649 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.