Rehabilitation Counselors in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,227
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$10,773
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,737
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
$55,000
Kept after tax
$44,227
Worth in national money
$45,737
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Georgia pays rehabilitation counselors a middle wage of $55,000, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 17.4% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Rehabilitation counselors ranks 247 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $55,000 the take-home is $44,227; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,737 would nationally. The average comes to $57,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia's median for rehabilitation counselors is $55,000, about 17.4% above the national figure and 7 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 247 of 492 in Georgia places rehabilitation counselors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for rehabilitation counselors in Georgia, on $55,000, is $44,227 — equivalent to $45,737 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 $57,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,510 |
| This salary | $55,000 |
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 | $44,227 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,373 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,984 |
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 | $52,330 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,399 |
| 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 $55,000. The published range is $34,900 up to $85,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $44,227 take-home in Georgia comes from $55,000. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 247 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,737, the adjusted value of that $55,000 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 247 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for rehabilitation counselors in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,900 to $85,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $44,227, from $55,000, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 247 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $45,737 — the adjusted value of that $55,000 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 247 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 $57,030, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,900 and the top tenth $85,510 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,737.
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 $44,227.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $57,030. 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 ($34,900) and the ninetieth ($85,510) 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 $45,737 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 $44,227 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.