Phlebotomists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,324
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,516
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,598
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
$45,840
Kept after tax
$37,324
Worth in national money
$38,598
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 21 of 51 states for phlebotomists, with a middle wage of $45,840. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 351 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,840 you keep $37,324, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,598 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $45,180, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Georgia ranks 21 of 51 for phlebotomists at $45,840. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Phlebotomists ranks 351 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for phlebotomists on $45,840 is $37,324. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,598 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 $45,180 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Phlebotomists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,850 |
| This salary | $45,840 |
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 | $37,324 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,012 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,549 |
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 | $43,738 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,873 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,840 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,600 and the ninetieth is $55,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,324 take-home in Georgia comes from $45,840. 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 351 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,598, the adjusted value of that $45,840 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 351 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $45,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,600 to $55,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,324, from $45,840, 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 351 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $38,598 — the adjusted value of that $45,840 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 351 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,600 at the bottom tenth to $55,850 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,598 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, $37,324 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 ($34,600 to $55,850) 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 $38,598 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 $37,324 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.