Physical Therapist Aides in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,801
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$4,749
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,682
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
$30,550
Kept after tax
$25,801
Worth in national money
$26,682
State rank
36
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays physical therapist aides a middle wage of $30,550, 36 of 50 states and about 13.31% 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, physical therapist aides ranks 466. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $30,550 the take-home is $25,801; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $26,682 would nationally. The average comes to $31,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia's $30,550 median for physical therapist aides places it 36 of 50 states, about 13.31% 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, physical therapist aides ranks 466 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.
- Post-tax income for physical therapist aides in Georgia, on $30,550, is $25,801 — equivalent to $26,682 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 $31,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,680 |
| This salary | $30,550 |
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 | $25,801 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,727 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$822 |
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 | $29,398 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$994 |
| 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 physical therapist aides in Georgia earn under $30,550 and half over. The published range runs $22,080 at the tenth percentile to $38,680 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $25,801, from $30,550, 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 466 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 $26,682, the adjusted value of that $30,550 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 466 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapist aides in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $22,080 to $38,680; 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.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $25,801 from $30,550. 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 466 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $26,682 — the adjusted value of that $30,550 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 466 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $22,080 at the tenth percentile, $38,680 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 $26,682 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, $25,801 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($22,080 to $38,680) 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 $26,682 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 $25,801 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.