Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,781
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$23,369
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,783
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
$95,150
Kept after tax
$71,781
Worth in national money
$79,783
State rank
39
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $95,150, ranking 39 of 48 states — about 7.64% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Alabama this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 63 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $95,150 the take-home is $71,781; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $79,783 would nationally. The average comes to $96,630, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alabama ranks 39 of 48 for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay, with a median of $95,150 — about 7.64% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Alabama publishes a median for, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay sits 63 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.
- Post-tax income for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Alabama, on $95,150, is $71,781 — equivalent to $79,783 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 $96,630 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,080 |
| This salary | $95,150 |
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 | $71,781 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,768 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,812 |
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 | $89,482 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,503 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,150 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $78,250 and the ninetieth is $119,080 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $71,781, worked from $95,150. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 63 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,783 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 63.
- The Alabama median of $95,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $78,250 to $119,080. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alabama take-home of $71,781, on $95,150 for work ranking 63 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 63 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,783, worked from $95,150, 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 63 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $78,250 and the top tenth $119,080, 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 $79,783 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $71,781 remains.
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 ($78,250 to $119,080) 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 $79,783 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 $71,781 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.