Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,687
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$13,213
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,452
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
$64,900
Kept after tax
$51,687
Worth in national money
$53,452
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $64,900, ranking 24 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 187 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $64,900 you keep $51,687, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,452 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $70,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers: a median of $64,900, ranking 24 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 187 of 492 in Georgia places telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers on $64,900 is $51,687. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,452 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 $70,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,960 |
| This salary | $64,900 |
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 | $51,687 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,327 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,455 |
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 | $61,615 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,969 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,900 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,900 and the ninetieth is $96,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $51,687, from $64,900, 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 187 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,452, the adjusted value of that $64,900 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 187 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $64,900 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,900 to $96,960. 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 $51,687 from $64,900. 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 187 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $53,452 — the adjusted value of that $64,900 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 187 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $70,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $41,900 and the top tenth $96,960 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $53,452 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 $51,687.
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 $70,330. 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 ($41,900) and the ninetieth ($96,960) 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 $53,452 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 $51,687 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.