Project Management Specialists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,188
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$25,953
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,788
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
$102,140
Kept after tax
$76,188
Worth in national money
$78,788
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for project management specialists. The middle earner takes $102,140, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 0.18% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 57 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $102,140 the take-home is $76,188; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $78,788 would nationally. The average comes to $108,080, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for project management specialists, at $102,140 — about 0.18% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Georgia, project management specialists ranks 57 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for project management specialists in Georgia, on $102,140, is $76,188 — equivalent to $78,788 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 $108,080 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,320 |
| This salary | $102,140 |
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 | $76,188 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,685 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,243 |
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 | $95,746 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,861 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,140 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,290 and the ninetieth is $163,320 — 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 $76,188, worked from $102,140. 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 57 of 492.
- Two cautions on $78,788, the adjusted value of that $102,140 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 57 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $102,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,290 to $163,320. 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 $76,188, on $102,140 for work ranking 57 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 57 of 492 in the state.
- This $78,788 adjusted figure, worked from $102,140, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 57 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 57 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 $108,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $58,290, the highest tenth $163,320, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $78,788 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, $76,188 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $108,080. 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 ($58,290) and the ninetieth ($163,320) 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 $78,788 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 $76,188 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.