Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,163
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$25,077
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,542
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
$100,240
Kept after tax
$75,163
Worth in national money
$83,542
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alabama's middle earner gets $100,240, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 20.7% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, this job comes in at 47 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,240 the take-home is $75,163; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $83,542 would nationally. The average comes to $106,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For business operations specialists, all other, Alabama sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $100,240, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 20.7% 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.
- Business operations specialists, all other ranks 47 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 business operations specialists, all other in Alabama, on $100,240, is $75,163 — equivalent to $83,542 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 $106,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,280 |
| This salary | $100,240 |
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 | $75,163 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,349 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,887 |
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 | $94,290 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,606 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,240 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,110 and the ninetieth is $164,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $75,163, worked from $100,240. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 47 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $83,542 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 47.
- The Alabama median of $100,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,110 to $164,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alabama take-home of $75,163, on $100,240 for work ranking 47 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 47 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $83,542, worked from $100,240, 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 47 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 $106,330, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $61,110 at the bottom tenth to $164,280 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $83,542 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 $75,163.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $106,330. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,110) and the ninetieth ($164,280) 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 $83,542 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 $75,163 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.