Georgia · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 16,400 substitute teachers, short-term working in Georgia. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Georgia
$38,870A year, or $18.69 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $20,800 | $10.00 |
| 25th percentile | $29,560 | $14.21 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $38,870 | $18.69 |
| 75th percentile | $39,890 | $19.18 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $45,900 | $22.07 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $36,240 | $17.42 |
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A $38,870 salary in Georgia, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Georgia sit at 96.3 against a national average of 100, so $38,870 earned here buys what $40,366 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Georgia is $38,870 a year, or $18.69 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $38,870, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $32,221 a year, or roughly $2,685 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 17.1%.
Georgia takes $1,191 of it in state income tax.
No. The median in Georgia is 6.7% below the national median of $41,670.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Georgia sit at 96.3 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.5 times the median household income of $77,353. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Georgia run at 96.3 against a national average of 100, with rents at 88.7, so $38,870 here buys about what $40,366 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $45,900 a year or more, against $20,800 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Georgia someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 16,400 of these jobs in Georgia for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 1% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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