Receptionists and Information Clerks in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,984
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,116
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,007
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
$36,100
Kept after tax
$29,984
Worth in national money
$31,007
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $36,100. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 5.02% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Georgia publishes, this job lands at 438. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,100 the take-home is $29,984; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,007 would nationally. The average comes to $36,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For receptionists and information clerks, Georgia sits in the lower band at $36,100, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 5.02%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Georgia, this work ranks 438 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for receptionists and information clerks in Georgia, on $36,100, is $29,984 — equivalent to $31,007 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 $36,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Receptionists and Information Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,190 |
| This salary | $36,100 |
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 | $29,984 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,186 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,086 |
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 | $34,603 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,313 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,100 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $24,920 and the ninetieth is $47,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $29,984, from $36,100, 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 438 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $31,007, the adjusted value of that $36,100 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 438 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $36,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $24,920 to $47,190. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,984 from $36,100. 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 438 of 492 locally.
- This $31,007 adjusted figure, worked from $36,100, 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 438 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 438 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $24,920 at the tenth percentile, $47,190 at the ninetieth.
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 $31,007.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Georgia then takes its own share, leaving $29,984.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($24,920 to $47,190) 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 $31,007 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 $29,984 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.