Dietitians and Nutritionists in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,507
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$13,683
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,361
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
$66,190
Kept after tax
$52,507
Worth in national money
$58,361
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays dietitians and nutritionists a middle wage of $66,190, 43 of 51 states and about 13.36% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Dietitians and nutritionists ranks 140 among 482 occupations Alabama publishes pay for.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $66,190 the take-home is $52,507; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $58,361 would nationally. The average comes to $68,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alabama's $66,190 median for dietitians and nutritionists places it 43 of 51 states, about 13.36% 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 140 of 482 in Alabama places dietitians and nutritionists 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.
- Post-tax income for dietitians and nutritionists in Alabama, on $66,190, is $52,507 — equivalent to $58,361 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 $68,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,450 |
| This salary | $66,190 |
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 | $52,507 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,364 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,388 |
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 | $62,635 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,873 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Alabama earn less than $66,190. The published range is $50,970 up to $87,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $52,507 take-home in Alabama comes from $66,190. 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 140 of 482.
- Two cautions on $58,361, the adjusted value of that $66,190 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 140 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dietitians and nutritionists in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,970 to $87,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $52,507, from $66,190, 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 140 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- This $58,361 adjusted figure, worked from $66,190, 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 140 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 140 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 $68,920, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,970 at the bottom tenth to $87,450 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $58,361 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Alabama's own levy, $52,507 remains.
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 $68,920. 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 ($50,970 to $87,450) 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 $58,361 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 $52,507 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.