Accountants and Auditors Salary in Georgia
The median annual wage for accountants and auditors in Georgia is $81,900 ($39.37 per hour) — -2.1% vs. the national median of $83,680. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
- Median annual wage
- $81,900
- Mean annual wage
- $93,640
- Median hourly wage
- $39.37
- Employment in GA
- 44,020
44,020 employed · 9.0 per 1,000 jobs
Wage percentiles in Georgia
| Percentile | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $51,830 | $24.92 |
| 25th percentile | $64,830 | $31.17 |
| Median (50th) | $81,900 | $39.37 |
| 75th percentile | $109,110 | $52.46 |
| 90th percentile | $145,960 | $70.17 |
What this salary is worth in Georgia
- Cost-of-living adjusted salary
- $85,053
- Median rent burden
- 20.4%
- Est. affordable home price
- $298,766
Georgia prices are 96.3 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)
Median gross rent in Georgia: $1,393/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $2,048/mo
At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance
For context, the median home value in Georgia is $303,300 (ACS 2020-2024).
Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.
Accountants and Auditors salary in other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Other salaries in Georgia
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Georgia
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Georgia
- Cashiers in Georgia
- Construction Laborers in Georgia
- Cooks, Restaurant in Georgia
- Customer Service Representatives in Georgia
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Georgia
- Fast Food and Counter Workers in Georgia
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Georgia
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Georgia
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Georgia
- General and Operations Managers in Georgia
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Georgia
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Georgia
- Human Resources Specialists in Georgia
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Georgia
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Georgia
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Georgia
- Light Truck Drivers in Georgia
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Georgia
- Management Analysts in Georgia
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Georgia
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Georgia
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Georgia
- Nursing Assistants in Georgia
- Office Clerks, General in Georgia
- Project Management Specialists in Georgia
- Receptionists and Information Clerks in Georgia
- Registered Nurses in Georgia
- Retail Salespersons in Georgia
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Georgia
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Georgia
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Georgia
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Georgia
- Security Guards in Georgia
- Software Developers in Georgia
- Stockers and Order Fillers in Georgia
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Georgia
- Waiters and Waitresses in Georgia
About this data
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.
Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.