Statisticians in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,691
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$30,459
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,582
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
$115,150
Kept after tax
$84,691
Worth in national money
$87,582
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for statisticians is strong here. Georgia's middle earner gets $115,150, putting the state 8 of 45 — about 8.99% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 35 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $115,150 you keep $84,691, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $87,582 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $118,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For statisticians, Georgia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $115,150, ranking 8 of 45 and running about 8.99% 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.
- Within Georgia, statisticians ranks 35 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for statisticians on $115,150 is $84,691. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $87,582 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $118,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,700 |
| This salary | $115,150 |
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 | $84,691 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,838 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,868 |
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 | $107,833 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,724 |
| 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 $115,150. The published range is $70,750 up to $170,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $84,691 take-home in Georgia comes from $115,150. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 35 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $87,582 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 35.
- Reported values are medians; for statisticians in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $70,750 to $170,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $84,691, from $115,150, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 35 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $87,582, worked from $115,150, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 35 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $70,750, the highest tenth $170,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $87,582.
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 $84,691 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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($70,750) and the ninetieth ($170,700) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $87,582 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 $84,691 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.