Transportation Security Screeners in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,070
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$13,700
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,881
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
$66,770
Kept after tax
$53,070
Worth in national money
$54,881
State rank
17
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 17 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $66,770. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 173 among 492 occupations Georgia publishes pay for.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $66,770 the take-home is $53,070; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,881 would nationally. The average lands at $61,870, below the middle of the range.
- Georgia ranks 17 of 45 for transportation security screeners at $66,770. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 173 of 492 in Georgia places transportation security screeners 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.
- Post-tax income for transportation security screeners in Georgia, on $66,770, is $53,070 — equivalent to $54,881 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $61,870 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,070 |
| This salary | $66,770 |
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 | $53,070 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,803 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,544 |
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 | $63,335 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,110 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of transportation security screeners in Georgia earn under $66,770 and half over. The published range runs $42,640 at the tenth percentile to $71,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $53,070, worked from $66,770. 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 173 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,881, the adjusted value of that $66,770 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 173 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation security screeners in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,640 to $71,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Georgia take-home of $53,070, on $66,770 for work ranking 173 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 173 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $54,881 — the adjusted value of that $66,770 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 173 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 $61,870 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,640 at the tenth percentile, $71,070 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,881 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 $53,070 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $61,870. 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 ($42,640 to $71,070) 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 $54,881 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 $53,070 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.