Veterinarians in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,072
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$34,518
27.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,215
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
$126,590
Kept after tax
$92,072
Worth in national money
$95,215
State rank
24
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia sits in the middle of the pack for veterinarians. The median is $126,590, ranking 24 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 30 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Georgia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $126,590 you keep $92,072, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $95,215 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $127,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Georgia occupies the middle band for veterinarians: a median of $126,590, ranking 24 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Georgia, veterinarians ranks 30 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.
- After federal, FICA and Georgia income tax, retained pay for veterinarians on $126,590 is $92,072. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $95,215 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 $127,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Veterinarians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $126,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,620 |
| This salary | $126,590 |
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 | $92,072 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $97,790 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,418 |
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 | $118,326 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,620 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $126,590 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $66,710 and the ninetieth is $167,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $92,072, from $126,590, 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 30 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $95,215, the adjusted value of that $126,590 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 30 of 492 locally.
- The Georgia median of $126,590 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $66,710 to $167,620. 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 $92,072 from $126,590. 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 30 of 492 locally.
- This $95,215 adjusted figure, worked from $126,590, 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 30 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 30 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $66,710, the highest tenth $167,620, 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 $95,215 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $92,072 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,710) and the ninetieth ($167,620) 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 $95,215 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 $92,072 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.