Roofers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,153
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,787
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,455
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
$46,940
Kept after tax
$38,153
Worth in national money
$39,455
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for roofers. The middle earner takes $46,940, ranking 41 of 51 states — about 15.33% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Roofers ranks 330 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,940 you keep $38,153 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $39,455 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia ranks 41 of 51 for roofers, with a median of $46,940 — about 15.33% 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.
- Position 330 of 492 in Georgia places roofers 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $38,153 after the full tax stack, from $46,940. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,455 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,720 |
| This salary | $46,940 |
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 | $38,153 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,896 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,601 |
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 | $44,770 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,936 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,940 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,070 and the ninetieth is $63,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,153 take-home in Georgia comes from $46,940. 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 330 of 492.
- Two cautions on $39,455, the adjusted value of that $46,940 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 330 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $46,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,070 to $63,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,153, from $46,940, 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 330 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 51 for it.
- This $39,455 adjusted figure, worked from $46,940, 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 330 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 330 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 $48,440 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,070 at the tenth percentile, $63,720 at the ninetieth.
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 $39,455 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, $38,153 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 $48,440. 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 ($32,070 to $63,720) 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 $39,455 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 $38,153 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.