Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,599
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$15,041
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,497
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
$70,640
Kept after tax
$55,599
Worth in national money
$57,497
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Georgia pays this job around $70,640 at the midpoint, 27 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 158 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $70,640 you keep $55,599 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,497 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $70,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- For stationary engineers and boiler operators the Georgia median is $70,640, ranking 27 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.
- Position 158 of 492 in Georgia places stationary engineers and boiler operators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $55,599 after the full tax stack, from $70,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,497 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,310 |
| This salary | $70,640 |
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 | $55,599 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,525 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,730 |
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 | $66,483 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,770 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $70,640 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $53,290 and the ninetieth is $92,310 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $55,599, from $70,640, 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 158 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $57,497, the adjusted value of that $70,640 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 158 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $70,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $53,290 to $92,310. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $55,599 from $70,640. 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 158 of 492 locally.
- This $57,497 adjusted figure, worked from $70,640, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 158 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 158 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,290 at the tenth percentile, $92,310 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 $57,497 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Georgia then takes its own share, leaving $55,599.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,290 to $92,310) 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 $57,497 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 $55,599 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.