Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,215
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$19,045
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,263
Alabama costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Alabama — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$82,260
Kept after tax
$63,215
Worth in national money
$70,263
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alabama's middle earner gets $82,260, putting the state 15 of 50 — about 2.99% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alabama. It ranks 86 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $82,260 you keep $63,215 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $70,263 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $79,500.
- For aircraft mechanics and service technicians, Alabama sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $82,260, ranking 15 of 50 and running about 2.99% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Alabama, aircraft mechanics and service technicians ranks 86 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $63,215 after the full tax stack, from $82,260. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,263 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $79,500 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,440 |
| This salary | $82,260 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Alabama | $63,215 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,700 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,624 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $77,307 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,243 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,260 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,350 and the ninetieth is $98,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $63,215 take-home in Alabama comes from $82,260. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 86 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,263, the adjusted value of that $82,260 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 86 of 482 in the state.
- The Alabama median of $82,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,350 to $98,440. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $63,215, from $82,260, assumes a single Alabama filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 86 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $70,263 — the adjusted value of that $82,260 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 86 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $79,500, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,350 at the bottom tenth to $98,440 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Alabama is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $70,263 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Alabama adds its own income tax on top — which is why $63,215 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Alabama is $79,500. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,350 to $98,440) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alabama rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Alabama's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $70,263 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $63,215 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Alabama income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.