Budget Analysts in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,665
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$24,825
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,988
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
$99,490
Kept after tax
$74,665
Worth in national money
$82,988
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for budget analysts is strong here. Alabama's middle earner gets $99,490, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 8.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, budget analysts comes in at 51 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $99,490 you keep $74,665, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,988 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $101,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For budget analysts, Alabama sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $99,490, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 8.57% 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.
- Budget analysts ranks 51 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.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for budget analysts on $99,490 is $74,665. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,988 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 $101,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $142,670 |
| This salary | $99,490 |
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 | $74,665 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,821 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,876 |
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 | $93,582 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,591 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of budget analysts in Alabama earn under $99,490 and half over. The published range runs $61,050 at the tenth percentile to $142,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $74,665 take-home in Alabama comes from $99,490. 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 51 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,988 uses one figure for the whole of Alabama. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 51.
- Figures are distribution medians for budget analysts in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,050 to $142,670; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $74,665, from $99,490, 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 51 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,988, worked from $99,490, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alabama address, on work sitting at 51 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,050, the highest tenth $142,670, 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 $82,988 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 $74,665 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,050) and the ninetieth ($142,670) 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 $82,988 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 $74,665 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.