Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,861
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$24,189
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,348
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
$97,050
Kept after tax
$72,861
Worth in national money
$75,348
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 20 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $97,050. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 74 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $97,050 you keep $72,861, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $75,348 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $98,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 20 of 50 for postmasters and mail superintendents at $97,050. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, postmasters and mail superintendents sits 74 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for postmasters and mail superintendents on $97,050 is $72,861. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $75,348 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 $98,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,740 |
| This salary | $97,050 |
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 | $72,861 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,998 |
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 | $91,017 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,523 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,050 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $87,900 and the ninetieth is $111,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $72,861, worked from $97,050. 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 74 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $75,348 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 74.
- The Georgia median of $97,050 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $87,900 to $111,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Georgia take-home of $72,861, on $97,050 for work ranking 74 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 74 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $75,348, worked from $97,050, 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 74 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $87,900 and the top tenth $111,740, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $75,348 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, $72,861 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 ($87,900 to $111,740) 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 $75,348 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 $72,861 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.