Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,776
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$26,264
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,397
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
$103,040
Kept after tax
$76,776
Worth in national money
$79,397
State rank
16
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $103,040, ranking 16 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 55 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $103,040 you keep $76,776 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $79,397 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $105,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for software quality assurance analysts and testers: a median of $103,040, ranking 16 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Georgia, software quality assurance analysts and testers ranks 55 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $76,776 after the full tax stack, from $103,040. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $79,397 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $105,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,760 |
| This salary | $103,040 |
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 | $76,776 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,319 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,286 |
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 | $96,582 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,920 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of software quality assurance analysts and testers in Georgia earn under $103,040 and half over. The published range runs $68,130 at the tenth percentile to $141,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $76,776, worked from $103,040. 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 55 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,397, the adjusted value of that $103,040 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 55 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for software quality assurance analysts and testers in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $68,130 to $141,760; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Georgia take-home of $76,776, on $103,040 for work ranking 55 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 55 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $79,397 — the adjusted value of that $103,040 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 55 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $68,130 and the top tenth $141,760, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $79,397.
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 $76,776 of this wage survives to your account.
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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($68,130 to $141,760) 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 $79,397 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 $76,776 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.