Aircraft Service Attendants in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,963
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$8,127
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,861
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
$43,090
Kept after tax
$34,963
Worth in national money
$38,861
State rank
20
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alabama pays aircraft service attendants around $43,090 at the midpoint, 20 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Alabama, this sits in the middle: 329 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,090 you keep $34,963, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,861 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For aircraft service attendants the Alabama median is $43,090, ranking 20 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Aircraft service attendants ranks 329 of 482 occupations in Alabama by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for aircraft service attendants on $43,090 is $34,963. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,861 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $44,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,230 |
| This salary | $43,090 |
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 | $34,963 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,803 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$988 |
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 | $40,800 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,195 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Alabama earn less than $43,090. The published range is $32,180 up to $59,230, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,963 take-home in Alabama comes from $43,090. 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 329 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,861, the adjusted value of that $43,090 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 329 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft service attendants in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,180 to $59,230. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,963, from $43,090, 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 329 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $38,861 — the adjusted value of that $43,090 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 329 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $44,910 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,180 at the bottom tenth to $59,230 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Alabama sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $38,861 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $34,963 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 46 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 $44,910. 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 ($32,180 to $59,230) 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 $38,861 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 $34,963 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.