Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,795
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$10,305
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,256
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
$53,100
Kept after tax
$42,795
Worth in national money
$44,256
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $53,100, ranking 43 of 51 states — about 11.6% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 252 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $53,100 the take-home is $42,795; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,256 would nationally. The average comes to $54,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 43 of 51 for security and fire alarm systems installers, with a median of $53,100 — about 11.6% 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 252 of 492 in Georgia places security and fire alarm systems installers 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 security and fire alarm systems installers in Georgia, on $53,100, is $42,795 — equivalent to $44,256 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 $54,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,950 |
| This salary | $53,100 |
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 | $42,795 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,846 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,894 |
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 | $50,548 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,290 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,100 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,990 and the ninetieth is $74,950 — 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 $42,795, worked from $53,100. 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 252 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,256, the adjusted value of that $53,100 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 252 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $53,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,990 to $74,950. 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 $42,795, on $53,100 for work ranking 252 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 252 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $44,256 — the adjusted value of that $53,100 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 252 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,990 at the tenth percentile, $74,950 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $44,256 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Georgia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $42,795 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,990 to $74,950) 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 $44,256 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 $42,795 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.