Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Georgia scores 96.3 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $72,220 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Georgia (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 96.3 | 27th of 51 |
| Rents | 88.7 | 25th of 51 |
| Goods | 98.9 | — |
| Other services | 97.3 | — |
Home electricity averaged 14.08 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $3.78 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 4,889,170 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Georgia, the median pay is $48,170 a year, or $23.16 an hour; that ranks 33rd of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $27,930 and one in ten more than $122,470.
Georgia taxes wages at a flat 4.99%. The brackets in Georgia. A single filer on the median $48,170, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $38,481 a year, or $1,480 every two weeks, after $3,600 of federal income tax, $3,685 of Social Security and Medicare and $2,404 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Georgia.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 145,030 | $26,920 |
| Retail Salespersons | 143,120 | $30,840 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 137,580 | $38,480 |
| General and Operations Managers | 111,060 | $103,730 |
| Registered Nurses | 100,950 | $93,550 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are software developers ($131,010), general and operations managers ($103,730), registered nurses ($93,550). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 159 Georgia counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $216,778, and across the 68 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,675 a month. A typical home costs 3.13 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $1,764 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $75,611 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 35.8% of Georgia's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +2.5% over the past year and +27.6% over five years, and rents +2.1% over the past year.
The most expensive Georgia counties are Greene County ($641,077), Forsyth County ($614,380) and Oconee County ($562,301); the least expensive are Stewart County ($78,769), Calhoun County ($87,735) and Randolph County ($98,627).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Georgia county, that comes to $45,425 a year for one adult and $87,110 for two adults and two children, of which $9,551 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $70,224.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $11,304 | $942 |
| Food | $11,916 | $993 |
| Transportation | $18,730 | $1,561 |
| Healthcare | $16,902 | $1,409 |
| Childcare | $9,551 | $796 |
| Other necessities | $7,248 | $604 |
| Taxes | $11,229 | $936 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 162 colleges in Georgia, 62 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $17,158 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $38,579. Compare degrees and schools.
| Appling County | $164,505 | +4.9% | — | $53,535 | $84,714 |
| Atkinson County | $133,142 | +7.4% | — | $44,737 | $81,930 |
| Bacon County | $163,033 | +10.2% | — | $59,143 | $80,927 |
| Baker County | $131,643 | +0.9% | — | $50,682 | $82,326 |
| Baldwin County | $234,352 | +3.5% | $1,224 | $73,995 | $86,981 |
| Banks County | $344,411 | +0.8% | $1,501 | $83,913 | $84,714 |
| Barrow County | $350,697 | −1.3% | $2,115 | $86,369 | $108,293 |
| Bartow County | $328,993 | +1.1% | $1,719 | $92,489 | $105,404 |
| Ben Hill County | $126,198 | −3.2% | — | $47,699 | $81,122 |
| Berrien County | $189,973 | +1.8% | — | $64,401 | $82,700 |
| Bibb County | $172,704 | +2.4% | $1,252 | $67,657 | $93,196 |
| Bleckley County | $186,315 | +6.8% | — | $70,000 | $84,314 |
| Brantley County | $174,480 | +8.0% | — | $69,752 | $84,582 |
| Brooks County | $190,531 | +5.6% | — | $68,181 | $84,857 |
| Bryan County | $401,911 | −1.5% | $2,244 | $107,896 | $116,466 |
| Bulloch County | $280,951 | +0.5% | $1,444 | $77,052 | $91,292 |
| Burke County | $179,590 | +10.4% | — | $57,594 | $86,314 |
| Butts County | $278,141 | 0.0% | — | $73,793 | $99,414 |
| Calhoun County | $87,735 | −1.8% | — | $65,921 | $83,547 |
| Camden County | $307,585 | +0.2% | $1,674 | $80,200 | $94,782 |
| Candler County | $229,043 | +8.8% | — | $69,191 | $85,275 |
| Carroll County | $291,095 | +0.4% | $1,636 | $85,249 | $97,804 |
| Catoosa County | $298,068 | +0.6% | $1,590 | $84,256 | $98,518 |
| Charlton County | $212,400 | +1.7% | — | $55,139 | $83,719 |
| Chatham County | $338,312 | −3.1% | $1,785 | $85,265 | $101,840 |
| Chattahoochee County | $143,288 | +6.5% | — | $58,294 | $97,378 |
| Chattooga County | $179,643 | +5.0% | — | $56,615 | $79,720 |
| Cherokee County | $475,300 | −0.9% | $2,101 | $118,861 | $126,609 |
| Clarke County | $337,421 | +1.9% | $1,631 | $80,356 | $97,979 |
| Clay County | $170,801 | +6.9% | — | $76,042 | $82,689 |
| Clayton County | $230,375 | −4.3% | $1,584 | $65,181 | $109,661 |
| Clinch County | $129,164 | +9.0% | — | $71,476 | $81,772 |
| Cobb County | $427,151 | −2.2% | $1,750 | $119,399 | $122,644 |
| Coffee County | $178,299 | +1.7% | — | $60,314 | $79,885 |
| Colquitt County | $168,655 | +7.1% | — | $61,639 | $81,932 |
| Columbia County | $334,817 | +1.7% | $1,797 | $110,499 | $106,488 |
| Cook County | $170,275 | +5.7% | — | $57,935 | $82,378 |
| Coweta County | $394,399 | −0.7% | $1,839 | $108,944 | $111,985 |
| Crawford County | $208,198 | +5.4% | — | $74,128 | $90,616 |
| Crisp County | $138,857 | +3.0% | $925 | $60,633 | $80,135 |
| Dade County | $255,798 | +1.0% | — | $74,767 | $91,705 |
| Dawson County | $452,697 | −0.6% | $2,152 | $103,003 | $109,255 |
| Decatur County | $171,385 | +5.2% | — | $63,281 | $80,405 |
| DeKalb County | $339,016 | −2.3% | $1,766 | $101,059 | $119,107 |
| Dodge County | $158,127 | +12.9% | — | $59,725 | $83,575 |
| Dooly County | $138,152 | +4.6% | — | $67,696 | $84,546 |
| Dougherty County | $125,636 | +0.6% | $1,016 | $55,548 | $87,555 |
| Douglas County | $303,434 | −3.1% | $1,742 | $89,242 | $116,513 |
| Early County | $129,317 | +8.2% | — | $60,495 | $83,062 |
| Echols County | $172,620 | +6.9% | — | $69,766 | $87,110 |
| Effingham County | $337,775 | −1.6% | $2,132 | $97,943 | $103,182 |
| Elbert County | $185,036 | +5.9% | — | $67,236 | $86,557 |
| Emanuel County | $135,678 | +5.2% | — | $57,762 | $83,381 |
| Evans County | $179,044 | +10.9% | — | $62,261 | $83,345 |
| Fannin County | $502,592 | +1.4% | — | $65,360 | $83,897 |
| Fayette County | $498,831 | −0.3% | $2,338 | $124,983 | $129,366 |
| Floyd County | $235,850 | +2.0% | $1,312 | $75,375 | $93,296 |
| Forsyth County | $614,380 | −2.6% | $2,298 | $153,330 | $135,242 |
| Franklin County | $289,474 | +2.7% | — | $66,697 | $80,792 |
| Fulton County | $420,808 | −2.0% | $1,934 | $123,181 | $122,377 |
| Gilmer County | $414,266 | −1.2% | $1,934 | $81,685 | $83,462 |
| Glascock County | $190,328 | +2.2% | — | $75,845 | $86,493 |
| Glynn County | $361,440 | +0.2% | $1,641 | $82,831 | $96,514 |
| Gordon County | $280,102 | +3.3% | $1,676 | $75,902 | $85,024 |
| Grady County | $198,079 | +6.3% | — | $65,887 | $80,603 |
| Greene County | $641,077 | +2.6% | — | $101,615 | $86,812 |
| Gwinnett County | $408,823 | −2.6% | $1,838 | $97,369 | $123,992 |
| Habersham County | $325,510 | +2.6% | $1,395 | $78,671 | $81,148 |
| Hall County | $391,520 | −1.5% | $1,655 | $90,997 | $107,649 |
| Hancock County | $213,479 | +3.5% | — | $52,730 | $84,750 |
| Haralson County | $276,263 | +1.6% | — | $81,777 | $88,740 |
| Harris County | $378,602 | +4.6% | — | $104,333 | $101,293 |
| Hart County | $316,700 | +1.3% | — | $74,403 | $83,606 |
| Heard County | $275,847 | +3.9% | — | $75,685 | $90,293 |
| Henry County | $321,774 | −2.6% | $1,839 | $90,093 | $120,782 |
| Houston County | $257,745 | +2.9% | $1,559 | $92,678 | $98,231 |
| Irwin County | $160,377 | +0.4% | — | $71,866 | $82,592 |
| Jackson County | $407,483 | −0.2% | $2,077 | $95,013 | $97,427 |
| Jasper County | $327,840 | +4.4% | — | $72,813 | $100,335 |
| Jeff Davis County | $149,018 | +8.6% | — | $51,290 | $80,534 |
| Jefferson County | $118,440 | −3.3% | — | $58,434 | $83,863 |
| Jenkins County | $155,981 | −1.8% | — | $52,146 | $84,338 |
| Johnson County | $146,028 | +7.5% | — | $61,849 | $82,822 |
| Jones County | $253,922 | +3.1% | — | $84,587 | $93,456 |
| Lamar County | $288,611 | +4.7% | — | $81,813 | $93,846 |
| Lanier County | $218,818 | +4.3% | $1,900 | $56,842 | $87,709 |
| Laurens County | $183,102 | +2.5% | $1,118 | $64,909 | $81,109 |
| Lee County | $267,335 | +1.7% | $1,520 | $99,590 | $99,431 |
| Liberty County | $246,599 | −0.5% | $1,731 | $64,921 | $97,945 |
| Lincoln County | $264,765 | +6.8% | — | $63,201 | $87,783 |
| Long County | $283,784 | +2.5% | $1,856 | $70,224 | $89,709 |
| Lowndes County | $231,208 | +3.4% | $1,378 | $73,604 | $91,381 |
| Lumpkin County | $397,236 | +1.3% | $1,904 | $87,401 | $88,677 |
| Macon County | $105,474 | +4.9% | — | $57,467 | $90,108 |
| Madison County | $329,891 | +3.8% | $1,442 | $73,943 | $98,577 |
| Marion County | $183,420 | +6.2% | — | $63,705 | $90,248 |
| McDuffie County | $200,324 | +4.5% | $1,000 | $61,579 | $90,509 |
| McIntosh County | $274,704 | +2.7% | — | $67,694 | $88,943 |
| Meriwether County | $216,778 | +1.9% | — | $67,010 | $95,595 |
| Miller County | $162,432 | +5.7% | — | $75,184 | $81,585 |
| Mitchell County | $157,057 | +3.5% | — | $64,286 | $82,007 |
| Monroe County | $339,112 | +2.8% | — | $102,056 | $90,890 |
| Montgomery County | $178,018 | +5.3% | — | $62,457 | $81,026 |
| Morgan County | $461,565 | +3.5% | — | $96,270 | $103,877 |
| Murray County | $245,379 | +1.6% | — | $75,358 | $90,071 |
| Muscogee County | $187,510 | +2.7% | $1,320 | $71,311 | $95,771 |
| Newton County | $296,137 | −1.1% | $1,849 | $80,856 | $108,897 |
| Oconee County | $562,301 | +1.0% | $2,108 | $137,986 | $108,832 |
| Oglethorpe County | $319,152 | +3.9% | — | $85,174 | $93,807 |
| Paulding County | $346,546 | −0.5% | $2,078 | $104,039 | $123,508 |
| Peach County | $236,741 | +3.4% | $1,408 | $87,400 | $95,703 |
| Pickens County | $399,590 | +1.2% | $2,224 | $87,302 | $96,361 |
| Pierce County | $212,692 | +7.4% | — | $73,239 | $82,759 |
| Pike County | $379,550 | +2.5% | — | $102,868 | $103,848 |
| Polk County | $226,434 | +2.6% | $1,305 | $68,413 | $80,923 |
| Pulaski County | $180,106 | +3.8% | — | $62,716 | $86,950 |
| Putnam County | $420,236 | +1.9% | — | $84,754 | $89,521 |
| Quitman County | $120,518 | +11.4% | — | $63,598 | $87,349 |
| Rabun County | $408,190 | +1.2% | $2,200 | $77,382 | $83,603 |
| Randolph County | $98,627 | +7.2% | — | $39,353 | $83,306 |
| Richmond County | $195,599 | +2.2% | $1,384 | $63,861 | $94,588 |
| Rockdale County | $304,191 | −1.8% | $1,708 | $80,675 | $114,169 |
| Schley County | $187,601 | +1.5% | — | $76,818 | $88,201 |
| Screven County | $191,599 | +10.2% | — | $69,411 | $86,668 |
| Seminole County | $140,800 | +1.9% | — | $68,607 | $81,077 |
| Spalding County | $234,394 | −2.4% | $1,346 | $73,935 | $100,421 |
| Stephens County | $237,614 | +1.6% | $1,500 | $71,542 | $80,236 |
| Stewart County | $78,769 | −8.1% | — | $51,806 | $91,775 |
| Sumter County | $138,882 | +7.3% | — | $53,246 | $83,382 |
| Talbot County | $189,934 | +1.2% | — | $58,353 | $92,773 |
| Taliaferro County | $155,518 | +6.7% | — | $53,523 | $85,200 |
| Tattnall County | $196,623 | +8.9% | $1,238 | $63,236 | $83,552 |
| Taylor County | $154,930 | +7.1% | — | $55,175 | $90,177 |
| Telfair County | $116,409 | +0.6% | — | $60,016 | $80,674 |
| Terrell County | $119,724 | +1.7% | — | $61,971 | $84,551 |
| Thomas County | $228,273 | +4.4% | $1,678 | $82,808 | $87,980 |
| Tift County | $210,202 | +3.7% | $1,262 | $67,383 | $82,936 |
| Toombs County | $175,259 | +2.9% | $1,047 | $68,349 | $79,257 |
| Towns County | $401,893 | +0.1% | $2,000 | $74,021 | $81,660 |
| Treutlen County | $124,859 | +0.9% | — | $68,506 | $82,118 |
| Troup County | $238,187 | +2.2% | $1,373 | $71,540 | $93,354 |
| Turner County | $136,574 | −0.2% | — | $56,789 | $80,935 |
| Twiggs County | $100,587 | −0.7% | — | $70,598 | $84,144 |
| Union County | $385,015 | −0.3% | — | $83,996 | $82,381 |
| Upson County | $187,213 | +6.6% | — | $66,773 | $83,965 |
| Walker County | $245,010 | +1.5% | $1,342 | $72,472 | $92,118 |
| Walton County | $392,009 | +0.3% | $1,833 | $96,431 | $107,454 |
| Ware County | $143,724 | +2.2% | $1,075 | $55,394 | $79,502 |
| Warren County | $122,697 | +7.9% | — | $56,603 | $84,290 |
| Washington County | $151,493 | +7.7% | — | $58,977 | $84,546 |
| Wayne County | $214,580 | +6.4% | — | $62,080 | $79,177 |
| Webster County | $164,340 | +9.1% | — | $52,500 | $89,997 |
| Wheeler County | $152,799 | +12.2% | — | $61,652 | $81,797 |
| White County | $325,975 | +2.4% | $1,817 | $85,799 | $84,622 |
| Whitfield County | $249,266 | +0.2% | $1,536 | $73,554 | $91,101 |
| Wilcox County | $129,070 | +5.7% | — | $62,254 | $84,884 |
| Wilkes County | $166,754 | +9.9% | — | $67,989 | $84,843 |
| Wilkinson County | $143,992 | +7.7% | — | $62,500 | $85,903 |
| Worth County | $173,447 | +9.0% | — | $66,528 | $86,011 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
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