Here’s the Salary Needed To Take Home $100K in the South

If you wanted to take home $100,000 in the U.S. Southern region, you’d need to make at least $130,000 annually. In five states, however, annual earnings need to be at least $140,000 for a six-figure take-home pay.

For this piece, GOBankingRates drew from a recent in-house study analyzing the income necessary to bring home a $100,000 salary in every state and isolated the Southern states. Keep reading to discover the salary needed to take home $100,000 in the South.

• Salary needed for $100K: $139,188
• Tax burden: 28.2%

• Salary needed for $100K: $139,054
• Tax burden: 28.1%

• Salary needed for $100K: $142,135
• Tax burden: 29.7%

• Salary needed for $100K: $130,999
• Tax burden: 23.7%

• Salary needed for $100K: $141,187
• Tax burden: 29.2%

• Salary needed for $100K: $138,944
• Tax burden: 28.0%

• Salary needed for $100K: $136,927
• Tax burden: 27.0%

• Salary needed for $100K: $146,521
• Tax burden: 31.8%

• Salary needed for $100K: $139,321
• Tax burden: 28.2%

• Salary needed for $100K: $139,333
• Tax burden: 28.2%

• Salary needed for $100K: $139,830
• Tax burden: 28.5%

• Salary needed for $100K: $141,429
• Tax burden: 29.3%

• Salary needed for $100K: $130,999
• Tax burden: 23.7%

• Salary needed for $100K: $130,999
• Tax burden: 23.7%

• Salary needed for $100K: $141,801
• Tax burden: 29.5%

• Salary needed for $100K: $139,656
• Tax burden: 28.4%

Methodology: To generate the income for what it takes to bring home a $100,000 salary by state, GOBankingRates surveyed income taxes at both the federal and state level (including FICA). Income tax estimates were created by using an in-house calculator for a person who was filing their taxes as a single person and using the standard deduction (with 2024 tax brackets). Once the three income taxes were calculated as an annual amount, GOBankingRates found each state’s (4) total annual income taxes paid and (5) total income tax burden. All data was collected on and is up to date as of March 12, 2025.