Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,795
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$6,055
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,812
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
$35,850
Kept after tax
$29,795
Worth in national money
$30,812
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Georgia pays this job a middle wage of $35,850, 40 of 51 states and about 6.03% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Georgia this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 440. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,850 the take-home is $29,795; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $30,812 would nationally. The average comes to $36,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Georgia's $35,850 median for veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers places it 40 of 51 states, about 6.03% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Georgia reports, veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ranks 440 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers in Georgia, on $35,850, is $29,795 — equivalent to $30,812 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 $36,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,810 |
| This salary | $35,850 |
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 | $29,795 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,985 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,074 |
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 | $34,369 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,299 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,850 as a midpoint for Georgia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,210 and the ninetieth is $44,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Georgia's $29,795, worked from $35,850. 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 440 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,812 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 440.
- The Georgia median of $35,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,210 to $44,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Georgia take-home of $29,795, on $35,850 for work ranking 440 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 440 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,812, worked from $35,850, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 440 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,210 at the bottom tenth to $44,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $30,812 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 $29,795 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,210 to $44,810) 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 $30,812 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 $29,795 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.