Special Education Teachers, Middle School in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,540
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$15,010
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,436
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
$70,550
Kept after tax
$55,540
Worth in national money
$57,436
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays this job around $70,550 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 161 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $70,550 the take-home is $55,540; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,436 would nationally. The average comes to $71,040, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For special education teachers, middle school the Georgia median is $70,550, ranking 20 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Special education teachers, middle school ranks 161 of 492 occupations in Georgia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for special education teachers, middle school in Georgia, on $70,550, is $55,540 — equivalent to $57,436 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 $71,040 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Middle School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,970 |
| This salary | $70,550 |
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 | $55,540 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,462 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,725 |
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 | $66,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,764 |
| 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 special education teachers, middle school in Georgia earn under $70,550 and half over. The published range runs $48,170 at the tenth percentile to $95,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $55,540, from $70,550, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 161 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,436, the adjusted value of that $70,550 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 161 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for special education teachers, middle school in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,170 to $95,970; 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.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $55,540 from $70,550. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 161 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $57,436 — the adjusted value of that $70,550 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 161 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,170 at the tenth percentile, $95,970 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 $57,436 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 $55,540 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,170 to $95,970) 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 $57,436 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 $55,540 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.