Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,593
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$7,377
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,227
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
$39,970
Kept after tax
$32,593
Worth in national money
$36,227
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Alabama. The middle earner gets $39,970. That is 46 of 50 states, and about 16.4% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 344 among 482 occupations Alabama publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,970 you keep $32,593 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,227 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,960, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers, Alabama sits in the lower band at $39,970, ranking 46 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 16.4%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 344 of 482 in Alabama places computer, automated teller, and office machine 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.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $32,593 after the full tax stack, from $39,970. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,227 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,960 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,630 |
| This salary | $39,970 |
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 | $32,593 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,296 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$934 |
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 | $37,851 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,129 |
| 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 computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers in Alabama earn under $39,970 and half over. The published range runs $34,820 at the tenth percentile to $62,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $32,593 take-home in Alabama comes from $39,970. 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 344 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,227, the adjusted value of that $39,970 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 344 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,820 to $62,630; 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 $32,593, from $39,970, 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 344 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $36,227 — the adjusted value of that $39,970 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 344 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $44,960, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,820 and the top tenth $62,630, so most people doing this work in Alabama sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,227 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 $32,593.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $44,960. 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 ($34,820 to $62,630) 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 $36,227 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 $32,593 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.