Urban and Regional Planners in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,736
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$18,294
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,844
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
$80,030
Kept after tax
$61,736
Worth in national money
$63,844
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Georgia is 30 of 51 states for urban and regional planners, with a middle wage of $80,030. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 110 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,030 the take-home is $61,736; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,844 would nationally. The average comes to $84,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia ranks 30 of 51 for urban and regional planners at $80,030. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Georgia, urban and regional planners ranks 110 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for urban and regional planners in Georgia, on $80,030, is $61,736 — equivalent to $63,844 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 $84,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Urban and Regional Planners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,940 |
| This salary | $80,030 |
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 | $61,736 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,131 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,181 |
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 | $75,205 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,393 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,030 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $53,970 and the ninetieth is $125,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $61,736, from $80,030, 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 110 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 $63,844, the adjusted value of that $80,030 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 110 of 492 in the state.
- The Georgia median of $80,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $53,970 to $125,940. 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 $61,736 from $80,030. 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 110 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $63,844 — the adjusted value of that $80,030 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 110 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 $84,400 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $53,970, the highest tenth $125,940, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Georgia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $63,844 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $61,736 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $84,400. 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 ($53,970) and the ninetieth ($125,940) 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 $63,844 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 $61,736 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.