Print Binding and Finishing Workers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,403
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,907
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,509
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
$39,310
Kept after tax
$32,403
Worth in national money
$33,509
State rank
37
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for print binding and finishing workers. The middle earner takes $39,310, ranking 37 of 50 states — about 7.05% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Georgia, this one sits low: 407 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,310 you keep $32,403 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,509 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $41,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia ranks 37 of 50 for print binding and finishing workers, with a median of $39,310 — about 7.05% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Print binding and finishing workers occupies position 407 of 492 in Georgia's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $32,403 after the full tax stack, from $39,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,509 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Print Binding and Finishing Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,690 |
| This salary | $39,310 |
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 | $32,403 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,766 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,238 |
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 | $37,614 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,498 |
| 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 $39,310. The published range is $29,380 up to $55,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $32,403, from $39,310, 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 407 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 $33,509, the adjusted value of that $39,310 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 407 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for print binding and finishing workers in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,380 to $55,690. 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 $32,403 from $39,310. 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 407 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $33,509 — the adjusted value of that $39,310 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 407 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $41,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,380 at the bottom tenth to $55,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,509.
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, $32,403 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.
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 $41,760. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,380 to $55,690) 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 $33,509 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 $32,403 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.