Median pay · Georgia
$160,760A year, or $77 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile1 in 10 earn less | $94,390 | $45 |
| 25th percentile | $122,320 | $59 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $160,760 | $77 |
| 75th percentile | $205,400 | $99 |
| 90th percentile1 in 10 earn more | $277,180 | $133 |
| MeanAll pay divided by all jobs | $168,940 | $81 |
Wage survey · BLS May 2025
How we got this
- Median wage in GeorgiaBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$160,760
- Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$77.29
- Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$9,489 a month at an effective rate of 29.2%.$113,872 a year
- Worth at national average pricesPrices in Georgia sit at 96.3 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$166,949
- Against the national medianThe national median is $166,790.3.6% below
- Jobs countedA concentration of 0.69 against the nation's 1.00.8,510
What we assumed
- Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
- OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
- Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
- Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details
Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1
What lands in the bank
Tax year 2026 · InteractiveEstimated on the median salary of $160,760 in Georgia, for a single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026. Explore other wage levels and filing statuses below.
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What $160,760 is worth in Georgia
Prices in Georgia sit at 96.3 against a national average of 100, so $160,760 earned here buys what $166,949 buys at national average prices.
- Rents. 88.7 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
- Against local households. The median household in Georgia takes in $77,353, so this occupation's median is 2.08 times that, on one income.
- How common the job is here. 31% less concentrated in Georgia than in the country as a whole.
Reading the numbers
What stands out for marketing managers in Georgia
BLS does not publish exact figures above $239,200 a year ($115.00 an hour). At least one percentile in Georgia reaches that cap, so the top of the range is higher than the table can show.
One median paycheck here is 2.1 times the median household income in Georgia ($77,353), a figure that counts every earner in the home.
The gap between the ends is wide: the 90th percentile ($277,180) is 2.9 times the 10th ($94,390). The survey does not say who sits where in that range. It records no experience, shift or employer.
Even the lowest-paid 10% of marketing managers in Georgia make at least $94,390 a year.
Common questions
Marketing Manager pay in Georgia, answered
How much does a marketing manager make in Georgia?
The median wage for marketing managers in Georgia is $160,760 a year, or $77.29 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.
What is the average marketing manager salary in Georgia?
BLS’s mean (average) wage for marketing managers in Georgia is $168,940 a year. The median is $160,760.
The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.
What is the hourly pay for a marketing manager in Georgia?
The median hourly wage is $77.29. At a full-time year that lines up with about $160,760 a year.
BLS May 2025; hourly and annual figures come from the same survey.
What is the starting salary for a marketing manager in Georgia?
BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in Georgia, the lowest-paid 10% of marketing managers earn under $94,390 a year and a quarter earn under $122,320 ($45.38 and $58.81 an hour).
New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.
What is the salary range for a marketing manager in Georgia?
The overall salary range for marketing managers in Georgia spans from $94,390 for the bottom 10% to $277,180 for top earners.
The middle 50% earn between $122,320 and $205,400 a year, with the overall median at $160,760.
What is the take-home pay for a marketing manager in Georgia?
On the median wage of $160,760, a single filer taking the 2026 standard deduction keeps an estimated $113,872 a year, or roughly $9,489 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 29.2%.
Georgia takes $7,273 of it in state income tax.
How much does a marketing manager make a month in Georgia?
On the median annual salary of $160,760, estimated take-home pay is roughly $9,489 a month after federal, state, and FICA taxes.
For workers paid on a standard biweekly schedule (26 pay periods per year), each paycheck is approximately $4,380 net.
Do marketing managers earn more in Georgia than in the rest of the country?
No. The median in Georgia is 3.6% below the national median of $166,790.
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.
Is $160,760 a good salary in Georgia?
It is 2.08 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 $160,760 here buys about what $166,949 buys at national average prices.
What do the highest-paid marketing managers earn in Georgia?
The top tenth earn $277,180 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $94,390.
Experience, specialty, 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.
How many marketing managers are there in Georgia?
The survey counted 8,510 of these jobs in Georgia for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 31% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.