Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,059
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$13,541
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,863
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
$65,600
Kept after tax
$52,059
Worth in national money
$57,863
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays this job a middle wage of $65,600, 40 of 50 states and about 11.46% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 143.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $65,600 you keep $52,059 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,863 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $69,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama's $65,600 median for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment places it 40 of 50 states, about 11.46% 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.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment sits at 143 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $52,059 after the full tax stack, from $65,600. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,863 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $69,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,540 |
| This salary | $65,600 |
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 | $52,059 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,890 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,378 |
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 | $62,077 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,775 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,600 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,360 and the ninetieth is $97,540 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $52,059, from $65,600, 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 143 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $57,863, the adjusted value of that $65,600 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 143 of 482 locally.
- The Alabama median of $65,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,360 to $97,540. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,059 from $65,600. 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 143 of 482 locally.
- This $57,863 adjusted figure, worked from $65,600, 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 143 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 143 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 $69,380, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,360 at the bottom tenth to $97,540 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $57,863 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 $52,059 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $69,380. 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 ($46,360) and the ninetieth ($97,540) 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 $57,863 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 $52,059 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.