Education Administrators, All Other in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,422
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$23,188
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,384
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
$94,610
Kept after tax
$71,422
Worth in national money
$79,384
State rank
24
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $94,610, ranking 24 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Alabama this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 64 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $94,610 you keep $71,422, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $79,384 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $89,420, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alabama occupies the middle band for education administrators, all other: a median of $94,610, ranking 24 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Alabama publishes a median for, education administrators, all other sits 64 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for education administrators, all other on $94,610 is $71,422. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $79,384 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 $89,420 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,720 |
| This salary | $94,610 |
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 | $71,422 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,388 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,804 |
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 | $88,972 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,492 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $94,610 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,540 and the ninetieth is $129,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $71,422 take-home in Alabama comes from $94,610. 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 64 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,384 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 64.
- The Alabama median of $94,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,540 to $129,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $71,422, from $94,610, 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 64 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,384, worked from $94,610, 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 64 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 $89,420, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,540 and the top tenth $129,720 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $79,384.
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 $71,422 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 $89,420. 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 ($38,540) and the ninetieth ($129,720) 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 $79,384 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 $71,422 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.