Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,826
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$8,354
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,084
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
$45,180
Kept after tax
$36,826
Worth in national money
$38,084
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $45,180. That is 38 of 49 states, and about 2.59% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Georgia, this sits in the middle: 361 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Georgia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,180 the take-home is $36,826; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,084 would nationally. The average lands at $44,810, below the middle of the range.
- For weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, Georgia sits in the lower band at $45,180, ranking 38 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 2.59%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ranks 361 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.
- Post-tax income for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Georgia, on $45,180, is $36,826 — equivalent to $38,084 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 $44,810 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,590 |
| This salary | $45,180 |
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 | $36,826 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,482 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,517 |
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 | $43,119 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,835 |
| 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 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Georgia earn under $45,180 and half over. The published range runs $34,050 at the tenth percentile to $56,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,826 take-home in Georgia comes from $45,180. 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 361 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Georgia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,084, the adjusted value of that $45,180 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 361 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,050 to $56,590; 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.
- Retained pay of $36,826, from $45,180, 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 361 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Georgia, so $38,084 — the adjusted value of that $45,180 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 361 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,050 at the tenth percentile, $56,590 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 $38,084 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 $36,826 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,050 to $56,590) 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 $38,084 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 $36,826 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.