Tool and Die Makers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,010
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$12,010
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,649
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
$60,020
Kept after tax
$48,010
Worth in national money
$49,649
State rank
34
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for tool and die makers. The middle earner takes $60,020, ranking 34 of 45 states — about 6.29% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 223 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,020 you keep $48,010, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $49,649 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,500, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia ranks 34 of 45 for tool and die makers, with a median of $60,020 — about 6.29% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Tool and die makers ranks 223 of 492 occupations in Georgia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for tool and die makers on $60,020 is $48,010. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $49,649 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 $61,500 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tool and Die Makers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,810 |
| This salary | $60,020 |
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 | $48,010 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,406 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,223 |
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 | $57,038 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,688 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,020 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,920 and the ninetieth is $78,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,010 take-home in Georgia comes from $60,020. 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 223 of 492.
- Two cautions on $49,649, the adjusted value of that $60,020 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 223 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $60,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,920 to $78,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $48,010, from $60,020, 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 223 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 45 for it.
- This $49,649 adjusted figure, worked from $60,020, 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 223 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 223 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,920 and the top tenth $78,810, 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 $49,649 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Georgia's own levy, $48,010 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,920 to $78,810) 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 $49,649 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 $48,010 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.