Special Education Teachers, Preschool in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,691
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$15,619
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,626
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
$72,310
Kept after tax
$56,691
Worth in national money
$58,626
State rank
15
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Georgia's middle earner gets $72,310, putting the state 15 of 45 — about 11.54% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 154 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $72,310 you keep $56,691 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $58,626 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $73,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- For special education teachers, preschool, Georgia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $72,310, ranking 15 of 45 and running about 11.54% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Special education teachers, preschool ranks 154 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $56,691 after the full tax stack, from $72,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,626 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $73,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Preschool
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,450 |
| This salary | $72,310 |
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 | $56,691 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,700 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,810 |
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 | $68,032 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,881 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $72,310 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,650 and the ninetieth is $98,450 — 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 $56,691, worked from $72,310. 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 154 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,626, the adjusted value of that $72,310 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 154 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $72,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,650 to $98,450. 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 $56,691, on $72,310 for work ranking 154 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 154 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $58,626 — the adjusted value of that $72,310 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 154 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,650 at the bottom tenth to $98,450 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $58,626.
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, $56,691 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 45 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 ($49,650 to $98,450) 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 $58,626 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 $56,691 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.