Social Workers, All Other in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,580
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$17,680
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,648
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
$78,260
Kept after tax
$60,580
Worth in national money
$62,648
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for social workers, all other. The median is $78,260, ranking 25 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, social workers, all other ranks 120 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $78,260 you keep $60,580, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $62,648 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $79,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for social workers, all other: a median of $78,260, ranking 25 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, social workers, all other sits 120 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for social workers, all other on $78,260 is $60,580. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $62,648 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $79,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Social Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,650 |
| This salary | $78,260 |
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 | $60,580 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,886 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,096 |
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 | $73,560 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,276 |
| 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 $78,260. The published range is $42,930 up to $126,650, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $60,580, worked from $78,260. 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 120 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,648 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 120.
- Reported values are medians; for social workers, all other in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,930 to $126,650. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $60,580, on $78,260 for work ranking 120 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 120 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,648, worked from $78,260, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 120 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $42,930 and the top tenth $126,650 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $62,648 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, $60,580 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($42,930) and the ninetieth ($126,650) 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 $62,648 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 $60,580 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.