Architectural and Engineering Managers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$115,665
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$46,685
28.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$128,559
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
$162,350
Kept after tax
$115,665
Worth in national money
$128,559
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alabama pays this job around $162,350 at the midpoint, 31 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, this job comes in at 4 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $162,350 the take-home is $115,665; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $128,559 would nationally. The average comes to $167,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For architectural and engineering managers the Alabama median is $162,350, ranking 31 of 51 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.
- Architectural and engineering managers ranks 4 of 482 occupations by median in Alabama, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for architectural and engineering managers in Alabama, on $162,350, is $115,665 — equivalent to $128,559 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $167,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Architectural and Engineering Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $106,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $162,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $236,230 |
| This salary | $162,350 |
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 | $115,665 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $122,232 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,773 |
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 | $152,741 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,943 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $162,350 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $106,100 and the ninetieth is $236,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $115,665 take-home in Alabama comes from $162,350. 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 4 of 482.
- Two cautions on $128,559, the adjusted value of that $162,350 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alabama. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 4 of 482 locally.
- The Alabama median of $162,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $106,100 to $236,230. 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 $115,665, from $162,350, 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 4 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- This $128,559 adjusted figure, worked from $162,350, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 4 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 4 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $106,100, the highest tenth $236,230, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $128,559 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Alabama then takes its own share, leaving $115,665.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($106,100) and the ninetieth ($236,230) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $128,559 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 $115,665 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.