Stockers and Order Fillers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,622
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$5,998
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,633
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
$35,620
Kept after tax
$29,622
Worth in national money
$30,633
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays stockers and order fillers a middle wage of $35,620, 43 of 51 states and about 4.58% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, stockers and order fillers ranks 441. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,620 you keep $29,622 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $30,633 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $37,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia's $35,620 median for stockers and order fillers places it 43 of 51 states, about 4.58% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, stockers and order fillers ranks 441 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $29,622 after the full tax stack, from $35,620. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,633 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $37,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,010 |
| This salary | $35,620 |
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 | $29,622 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,801 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,063 |
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 | $34,153 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,285 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,620 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,880 and the ninetieth is $49,010 — 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 $29,622, worked from $35,620. 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 441 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,633 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 441.
- The Georgia median of $35,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,880 to $49,010. 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 $29,622, on $35,620 for work ranking 441 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 441 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,633, worked from $35,620, 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 441 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $37,790, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,880 and the top tenth $49,010, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Georgia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $30,633 in national terms.
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 $29,622.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $37,790. 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 ($29,880 to $49,010) 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 $30,633 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 $29,622 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.