Speech-Language Pathologists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,671
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$24,089
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,152
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
$96,760
Kept after tax
$72,671
Worth in national money
$75,152
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays speech-language pathologists around $96,760 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Georgia this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, speech-language pathologists ranks 77 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $96,760 you keep $72,671 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $75,152 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $93,470.
- For speech-language pathologists the Georgia median is $96,760, 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Georgia publishes a median for, speech-language pathologists sits 77 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.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $72,671 after the full tax stack, from $96,760. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,152 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $93,470 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,550 |
| This salary | $96,760 |
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 | $72,671 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,901 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,984 |
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 | $90,748 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,504 |
| 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 $96,760. The published range is $59,800 up to $125,550, 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 $72,671, worked from $96,760. 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 77 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,152, the adjusted value of that $96,760 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 77 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for speech-language pathologists in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,800 to $125,550. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Georgia take-home of $72,671, on $96,760 for work ranking 77 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 77 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $75,152 — the adjusted value of that $96,760 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 77 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $93,470 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $59,800 and the top tenth $125,550, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $75,152 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 $72,671 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $93,470. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,800 to $125,550) 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 $75,152 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 $72,671 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.