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Georgia Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Georgia-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Georgia is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Georgia Salaries

How Georgia salaries compare to the national market

Georgia trade wages run about 3% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.97 Georgia wage index to national medians. The gap is closing fast in metro Atlanta, where data-center, film-studio and EV-plant construction keeps trade demand hot and pushes rates about 8% above the state figure. Georgia taxes wages at a flat rate, 5.39% for 2026 as the state phases the rate down year by year, and no Georgia city or county adds a local wage tax.

Georgia: georgia salary calculator — Georgia wage index 0.97× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~3% below on paper, State income tax Flat 5.39% (2026, phasing down). Simplified outline of Georgia, stylised and not to scale.
Simplified outline of Georgia — a stylised shape, not to scale.
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State income tax

Georgia trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Georgia-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.97 Georgia wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeGeorgia median / yrNational medianGeorgia / hr
Electrician$61,290$63,190$29.47
Plumber$61,890$63,800$29.75
HVAC Technician$59,180$61,010$28.45
Pipefitter$61,890$63,800$29.75
Ironworker$60,900$62,780$29.28
Carpenter$58,760$60,580$28.25

Trade pay by Georgia metro

Local BLS medians vs the Georgia state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Atlanta$66,1901.08× state
Savannah$59,4500.97× state
Augusta$57,6100.94× state
Columbus$55,1600.9× state
What is driving trade demand in Georgia?

Construction megaprojects. Metro Atlanta is one of the country's largest data-center markets, the Hyundai Metaplant near Savannah and battery plants in Commerce and Cartersville need thousands of electricians and pipefitters, and the Port of Savannah keeps heavy civil work rolling. That demand is narrowing Georgia's ~3% wage gap with the national median.

How does Georgia's flat tax affect trade pay?

Georgia replaced its brackets with a single flat rate in 2024 and is stepping it down annually, 5.39% for 2026, with further cuts scheduled toward 4.99%. Every dollar of overtime is taxed at the same state rate, and because no Georgia municipality taxes wages, an Atlanta paycheck loses nothing extra to the city.

How accurate is the Georgia benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Georgia wage index (0.97×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Metro Atlanta rates run well above the state figure while south-Georgia markets run below it, and Georgia's largely non-union construction market widens the employer-to-employer spread. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Georgia salary guide.

What is the median trade salary in Georgia?

It varies by role: the Georgia electrician median is about $61,290, plumbers $61,890, HVAC technicians $59,180, and pipefitters $61,890 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Georgia-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Georgia wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.97 Georgia factor to localise them, reflecting that Georgia gross pay runs about 3% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Georgia metros pay trades the most?

Atlanta leads by a clear margin on data-center, high-rise and film-infrastructure work. Savannah tracks near the state median with port, Hyundai Metaplant and hotel construction, while Augusta (cyber and medical) and Columbus run a few points below the state figure.

Do Georgia trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Georgia follows the federal FLSA standard of 1.5× after 40 hours a week, and overtime is heavy on data-center and plant construction schedules. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5× (or 2×) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.97 Georgia wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Georgia Department of Revenue · Georgia Department of Labor. Reviewed 2026-07-21 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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