Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,125
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$7,545
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,818
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
$40,670
Kept after tax
$33,125
Worth in national money
$36,818
State rank
46
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays this job a middle wage of $40,670, 46 of 48 states and about 14.29% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 340 among 482 occupations Alabama publishes pay for.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $40,670 you keep $33,125, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,818 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $41,190, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alabama's $40,670 median for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers places it 46 of 48 states, about 14.29% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 340 of 482 in Alabama places coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers on $40,670 is $33,125. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,818 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 $41,190 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,820 |
| This salary | $40,670 |
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 | $33,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,858 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$946 |
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 | $38,513 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,144 |
| 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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Alabama earn under $40,670 and half over. The published range runs $26,950 at the tenth percentile to $54,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $33,125, from $40,670, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 340 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,818 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 340.
- Figures are distribution medians for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $26,950 to $54,820; 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.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,125 from $40,670. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 340 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,818, worked from $40,670, 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 340 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $26,950 at the tenth percentile, $54,820 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,818 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 $33,125 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 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,950 to $54,820) 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 $36,818 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 $33,125 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.