Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,093
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$12,037
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,734
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
$60,130
Kept after tax
$48,093
Worth in national money
$49,734
State rank
30
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 30 of 50 states for teachers and instructors, all other, with a middle wage of $60,130. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Georgia reports figures for, this is number 222.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,130 you keep $48,093, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $49,734 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 30 of 50 for teachers and instructors, all other at $60,130. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Georgia's occupational distribution, teachers and instructors, all other sits at 222 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for teachers and instructors, all other on $60,130 is $48,093. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $49,734 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 $62,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,510 |
| This salary | $60,130 |
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 | $48,093 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,494 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,228 |
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 | $57,141 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,694 |
| 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 $60,130. The published range is $34,670 up to $99,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,093 take-home in Georgia comes from $60,130. 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 222 of 492.
- Two cautions on $49,734, the adjusted value of that $60,130 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 222 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for teachers and instructors, all other in Georgia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,670 to $99,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,093, from $60,130, 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 222 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 50 for it.
- This $49,734 adjusted figure, worked from $60,130, 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 222 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 222 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 $62,420 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $34,670 at the bottom tenth to $99,510 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $49,734 in national terms.
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 $48,093 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $62,420. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,670) and the ninetieth ($99,510) 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 $49,734 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 $48,093 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.